Waterboys [1984] A Pagan Place

[01] Church Not Made With Hands
[02] All The Things She Gave Me
[03] The Thrill Is Gone
[04] Rags
[05] Some Of My Best Friends Are Trains
[06] Somebody Might Wave Back
[07] The Big Music
[08] Red Army Blues
[09] A Pagan Place



amg: On their second album, A Pagan Place, the Waterboys turn Celtic folk-rock into a monumental fusion of Van Morrison's poetry, arena rock, and Phil Spector's monolithic wall of sound. Mike Scott's ideas are simply too grand to be executed properly, yet A Pagan Place has enough thrilling moments to make his embarrassing missteps forgivable.
(amg 6/10)