Room To Roam Music Cd

Waterboys - Room To Roam

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Room to Roam      Artist : The Waterboys      List Price : $17.98 USD        Your Price : $17.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2008-08-05      Studio : Emd Int'l      Label : Emd Int'l      Avg. Customer Rating : (3 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Room To Roam      Fiddle, Guitar, and rockin'-rollie-o      Rating:      The Waterboys invented alternative music before alternative music was a category (This is the sea, Pagan Place); then they up and went folk rock, and very successfully (Fisherman's blues). Room to Roam takes another step in the folk category and bar none is one of the finest CDs ever. Then they re-issue this jem with an entire second CD filled with a ton of fun. Phenomenal musicians! (Our 3 year old even sings to "sailor boy" which is top request at our home.) They lyrics are thought provoking, joyful, and will capture your imagination. If you live beyond pop music and enjoy some of the world's very best musical talent, then Room to Roam is a must.     Customer Reviews for Room To Roam Cd      not to be missed by fans from any waterboys era      Rating:      In retrospect, Room to Roam made complete sense, following Fisherman's Blues, which took several steps from This is the Sea; but these traces are much clearer in light of the remastered F.Blues and of course Too Close to Heaven, where the evolution becomes apparent. But this album seemed like quite a change, even from side two of F.Blues, when it dropped. It proved to be a gem with a few listens, so having it (here as Side One) in greater sound is worth the price. And having the tunes accurate is a help too. Side two is obviously the feature here: In Search of a Rose: splendid alternate take, showing how well the band indeed played together, how well these instruments layered into beauty. My Morag: an unreleased gem, a wonderful addition to the library, no mere throw-away by any means. Mike's voice is perfect here and shows just how much these traditional songs were not a stretch for this rocker at all. Man is in Love alternate: not as effective as Rose, perhaps because the sparse song then suddenly gets Wick's fiddle tossed on it from nowhere, but a useful example of how tunes changed. Wyndy Wyndy Road: excellent example of Mike's dexterity in taking tunes and applying words - not top notch but a nice addition and helps with context. Three Ships: "She's All That I Need" tune expanded and wordless, which is slightly long but ends in absolute beauty - that these are just a few instruments producing this otherworldly sound is amazing - true for all the songs, really. Sunny Sailor Boy: synth? what?? This song seems like something from years later, completely out of place. It is interesting in itself, a nice tune and a departure for Mike, but it doesn't belong here. Maybe I'll warm to it over time... Sponsored Pedal-Pusher's Blues: Mike has written into his songs much of his tribulations with fame, which is difficult out of context; occasionally it works, even on Lightning, but not really here. It's okay but that's all. Wayward Wind: I was disappointed first hearing, since I was used to the strong vocal on Live Adventures, but a few listenings reversed that. This is perhaps the best example of what Mike once described as the Waterboys at its best being the blend of his voice and Wick's fiddle - his voice just melts into the instruments perfectly. It doesn't have the ragged tumbling of the live version, but is a wonderful complement to that. Another gem. Danny Murphy/Florence: the two tunes don't mesh at all - I don't get it at all. Why not Florence separate? The two are okay, but together they are jarring opposites. Danny Murphy is nice enough, though only as filler, though it shows Mike's dexterity in writing music for others' words, as if other examples (Yeats poems) didn't suffice. Raggle Taggle live: shows the band in great, strong performance - a great addition. Custer's Blues live: I'm not a fan of this song generally, but live it is much better, for Mike's vocals are not lost as they are on the studio version. Most of the 'blues' songs from the period don't appeal much to me, so don't take it too seriously. Twa Recruiting Sergeants: priceless vocals from Mike - how did he pull this off?? It may be useful only to show how comfortable he was with traditional music, but that it does spectacularly! It's a fun song, but that's all, nothing great except for context. Reel and Stomp in the Kitchen: a nice short instrumental, not as good as some (Natural Bridge Blues) but a decent segue Down by the Sally Gardens: We knew from Stolen Child that Yeats/Scott/Mac Eoin was a deadly force, but this puts the full weight of the Yeats' pathos into the music. The music is gorgeous and perfectly matched for the lyric, everything about it being perfectly rendered. My only complaint is the music should have gone a bit beyond the end of the vocal, for it could have added to the intensity - maybe. In any case, this is the highlight of the album (but that might be because I've had Song for the Life for years...) Strathspey: Nice enough, sound isn't great or terrible, though it sounds a bit like a nature CD...though that the birds are real is stunning- I think you'd have to be there... Song for the Life: released on a compilation, this song is a real gem, worth the cost of that album and this. A lovely tune rendered perfectly, with a sense of hope exiting the album... Kings of Kerry: how could you not like it? So overall the album is a treasure, with a few to forget. From here the band split, and the Waterboys have not regained this strength. The current lineup is great, but something about this time, with Mike evolving musically at breakneck pace, can't be matched. Over the years, Mike seems to have grown happy with his life calmed, and so I am happy for that and the musical gems that have come about...but this whirlwind of joy is something else completely, a world unto itself of which I'm happy to have recorded here. Editorial Reviews for Room To Roam Audio Cd      Album Description      2008 digitally remastered and expanded two CD collector's edition lavishly packaged in a digipak housed in a plastic outer slipcase with extensive booklet and sleevenotes written by Mike Scott telling the story of the album. Originally released in 1990, this edition features a bonus disc that contains an additional 17 rarities including alternate versions, live cuts, previously unreleased tracks and more. As the follow-up to their successful Fisherman's Blues, Room To Roam continues leader Mike Scott's exploration of traditional Irish, Scottish and British Folk music. 34 tracks. EMI.