''An Appointment with Mr. Yeats'' is the tenth studio album by The Waterboys, released on 19 September 2011 through W14/ Proper Records. The album contains 14 tracks, all of which are based upon the poetry of
W.B. Yeats
William Butler Yeats (13 June 186528 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish liter ...
, a long term influence on lead-songwriter Mike Scott.
Scott premiered the tracks which would make up the album, as well as those produced previously, as part of the ''An Appointment with Mr. Yeats'' concerts from 2010 onwards. Some shorter tracks such as ''Down by the Salley Gardens'' were either omitted entirely or provided as bonus tracks available for download only
Track listing
# "The Hosting of the Shee"
# "Song of Wandering Aengus"
# "News for the Delphic Oracle"
# "A Full Moon in March"
# "Sweet Dancer"
# "White Birds"
# "
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
"The Lake Isle of Innisfree" is a twelve-line poem comprising three quatrains, written by William Butler Yeats in 1888 and first published in the '' National Observer'' in 1890. It was reprinted in ''The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends a ...
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# "Mad As the Mist and Snow"
# "Before the World Was Made"
# " September 1913"
# "
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
"An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" is a poem by Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), written in 1918 and first published in the Macmillan edition of ''The Wild Swans at Coole'' in 1919.Pierce 2000 p.274 The poem is a soliloquy give ...
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# "Politics"
# "Let the Earth Bear Witness"
# "The Faery's Last Song"
Amazon
*''Bonus Track'' Four Ages of Man
iTunes
*''Bonus Track ''Love Song''
Personnel
*Mike Scott - vocals, 6- & 12-string acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards (including acoustic & electric pianos, organ, flute organ, Mellotron, synthesized cello/horns/flute/mountain horn), 8-string bouzouki, percussion (hand drum, tiny cymbals, deep drum, snare drum, cabasa), programming, effects, treatments, "loop archaeology" on 'White Birds'
*Marc Arciero - bass guitar (credited throughout as "earth resonator")
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Ralph Salmins
The Waterboys are a folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained ...
- drums (including "orc-drums" on 'The Hosting of the Shee'), tambourine
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Steve Wickham
Steve Wickham is an Irish musician. Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home,Kate St. John - saxophone, oboe, cor anglais
*Blaise Margail - trombone
*Sarah Allen - flute
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Joe Chester
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* ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage
* ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971
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- guitars, harmonium, additional vocals
* Katie Kim - vocals (including whispers on 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree')
*Freddie Stevenson - vocals