Bring Em All in [Import]

Bring Em All in [Import]

Bring Em All in [Import]

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Mike Scott was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and undisputed decision-maker for the Waterboys from the time the band came together in London in 1981 until it reconstituted with new personnel in Dublin in 1987, and finally fell apart in New York in 1991. Scott has a knack for thinking up pop melodies and evocative lyrics and singing them in a roughened, personal voice, but his musical skills are limited. He relied heavily on bandmates such as Anthony Thistlethwaite, Steve Wickham, and future World Party founder Karl Wallinger to flesh out his bare-bones songs with Celtic-folk and Celtic-rock textures. That's obvious from Bring 'Em All In, Scott's debut solo album, which is full of marvelous songs but which leaves them sounding like drab, undeveloped home demos--which is precisely what they are. Many of the album's songs were inspired by Scott's return to his homeland of Scotland. "Iona's Song" is a metaphoric description of crawling back "like a beggar at a feast," begging the ancient hills to "heal my black heart," while "Edinburgh Castle" is a more literal autobiography of visiting his old school and still feeling intimidated. Both are performed on acoustic guitar with background textures supplied by electric guitar washes, and both lack the authentic folk licks and expansive solos they seem to cry for.

Several other songs take the form of prayers as Scott offers acceptance to all of the world's creatures on the title track, begs for guidance for himself on "What Do You Want Me to Do?" and yearns to forgive himself on "Learning to Love Him." These numbers are built around quite attractive melodies, but the tunes are never expanded into the rich harmonies which were always a Waterboys trademark. One can only hope Scott will assemble a new, Waterboys-like band and re-record these songs, perhaps in a live setting, to realize their considerable potential. --Geoffrey Himes

Product Description
1995 Solo Debut from the Ex-Waterboys Singer / Songwriter. Now at a Cheaper Price.

Bring Em All in,Mike Scott,EMI Int'l,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Rock/Pop
Bring 'em All In
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Terrific effort (Mike is great even w/o Waterboys)
  • One of the great ones
  • beautiful
  • Best Mike Scott ever
  • Water world
 Bring 'em All In
Mike Scott
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003JD9
Release Date: 2000-04-26

Tracks:

  1. Bring 'Em All In
  2. Iona Song
  3. Edinburgh Castle
  4. What Do You Want Me To Do
  5. I Know She's In The Building
  6. City Full Of Ghosts (Dublin)
  7. Wonderful Disguise
  8. Sensitive Children
  9. Learning To Love Him
  10. She Is So Beautiful
  11. Wonderful Disguise (Reprise)
  12. Long Way To The Light
  13. Building The City Of Light

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Mike Scott was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and undisputed decision-maker for the Waterboys from the time the band came together in London in 1981 until it reconstituted with new personnel in Dublin in 1987, and finally fell apart in New York in 1991. Scott has a knack for thinking up pop melodies and evocative lyrics and singing them in a roughened, personal voice, but his musical skills are limited. He relied heavily on bandmates such as Anthony Thistlethwaite, Steve Wickham, and future World Party founder Karl Wallinger to flesh out his bare-bones songs with Celtic-folk and Celtic-rock textures. That's obvious from Bring 'Em All In, Scott's debut solo album, which is full of marvelous songs but which leaves them sounding like drab, undeveloped home demos--which is precisely what they are. Many of the album's songs were inspired by Scott's return to his homeland of Scotland. "Iona's Song" is a metaphoric description of crawling back "like a beggar at a feast," begging the ancient hills to "heal my black heart," while "Edinburgh Castle" is a more literal autobiography of visiting his old school and still feeling intimidated. Both are performed on acoustic guitar with background textures supplied by electric guitar washes, and both lack the authentic folk licks and expansive solos they seem to cry for.

Several other songs take the form of prayers as Scott offers acceptance to all of the world's creatures on the title track, begs for guidance for himself on "What Do You Want Me to Do?" and yearns to forgive himself on "Learning to Love Him." These numbers are built around quite attractive melodies, but the tunes are never expanded into the rich harmonies which were always a Waterboys trademark. One can only hope Scott will assemble a new, Waterboys-like band and re-record these songs, perhaps in a live setting, to realize their considerable potential. --Geoffrey Himes

Album Details

1995 Solo Debut from the Ex-Waterboys Singer / Songwriter. Now at a Cheaper Price.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Terrific effort (Mike is great even w/o Waterboys).......2007-01-09

Mike Scott is truly a great musician. Even without his Waterboys he rocks. As usual, the songs are done in unmistakeably "Mike Scott"-vein - that makes any record by Mike (with or without Waterboys) seem a bit too homogeneous... but the strength of his naked persona should carry you thru it anyway. The title track is just terrific, "Building The City Of Light" rocks pretty hard; "She's So Beautiful" and "Wonderful Disguise" are great ballads. Go and buy it if you like this type of music.

5 out of 5 stars One of the great ones.......2006-05-24

I too was swept into being a Waterboys fan with This is the Sea and Fisherman's Blues. I would rate this right up there with those albums. Maybe not as consistently great musically as FBlues (there are two songs that go on too long in order to tell a story - City Full of Ghosts and Edinburgh Castle) but the songs that click amaze me.

Try Bring 'em All In" and "Building the City of Light." Wow. A very personal and spiritual album. Every time I see a copy in the dollar bin I buy it to give to someone!

5 out of 5 stars beautiful.......2006-04-26

beautiful,magical,inspiring,up close and personal
mike scott like u never heard him before
she is so beautiful is one of the most beautiful songs i ever heard.
this album is truly a gem

5 out of 5 stars Best Mike Scott ever.......2006-01-25

We have Fishermans Blues, we have This is sea BUT "bring em' all in" is absolutely the BEST of them of all...Hopefully Waterboys can reach back to something near this in the future, it was definitely a downhill with Universall Hall!!

5 out of 5 stars Water world.......2004-07-18

I'm a Waterboy's fan. I like this album even more. It's like a slow moving waterboy's album; poetic, acoustic, lovely.
Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2
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    		Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2

    Manufacturer: Azica
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0002IQL08
    Release Date: 2004-07-06

    Tracks:

    1. Ah Robin (Round)
    2. And Let Me The Cannikin Clink
    3. And Will He Not Come Again
    4. Be Merry, Be Merry
    5. Black Spirits
    6. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
    7. Bonny Sweet Robin
    8. But Shall I Go Mourn
    9. Can'st Thou Not Hit It
    10. Come Away
    11. Come Away, Hecate
    12. Come Live With Me
    13. Come O'er The Burn
    14. Come Thou Monarch (Version 2)(Round)
    15. Come Unto These Yellow Sands
    16. A Cup Of Wine
    17. Farewell, Dear Heart
    18. Fathers That Wear Rags
    19. Fear No More
    20. Fie On Sinful Fantasy
    21. Fill The Cup (Round)
    22. Flout 'Em And Cout 'Em (Round)
    23. Fools Had Ne'er Less Grace
    24. For I'll Cut My Green Coat
    25. The Friar And The Nun
    26. Full Fathom Five
    27. The George Alow (Version 1)
    28. Get You Hence
    29. The God Of Love
    30. Hark, Hark The Lark
    31. Have I Caught My Heavenly Jewel
    32. Heart's Ease
    33. Hold Thy Peace (Version 2)(Round)
    34. Honor, Riches
    35. I Am Gone Sir
    36. I Loathe The I Did Love
    37. It Was A Lover And His Lass
    38. Jepha
    39. Jog On
    40. Jolly Shepherd (Round)
    41. King Stephen Was A Worthy Peer
    42. Lawn As White
    43. Love, Love, Nothing But Love (Version 2)
    44. The Master, The Swabber (Version 2)
    45. No More Dams
    46. An Old Hare Hoar (Version 1)
    47. O Mistress Mine (Version 1)
    48. Orpheus With His Lute
    49. O Sweet Oliver
    50. Pardon Goddess Of The Night
    51. Roses Their Sharp Spines
    52. Sigh No More, Ladies
    53. Some Men For Sudden Joy (Version 1)
    54. Take, O Take Those Lips
    55. Tell Me, Where Is Fancy Bred
    56. That Sir Which Serves
    57. There Dwelt A Man In Babylon (Version 1)
    58. There Was Three Fools
    59. Three Merry Men (Round)
    60. Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
    61. Under The Greenwood Tree
    62. Up And Down (Round)
    63. Urns And Odours Bring Away
    64. Walsingham
    65. Was This Fair Face
    66. Wedding Is Great Juno's Crown
    67. What Shall He Have (Round)
    68. When Arthur First In Court
    69. When Daffodils Begin To Peer
    70. When Daisies Pied
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    72. When Icicles Hang By The Wall
    73. When That I Was And A Little Tyne Boy
    74. Where The Bee Sucks
    75. While You Here Do Snoring Lie
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    77. Why Let The Strucken Deer
    78. Willow, Willow (Version 1)
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    81. You Spotted Snakes

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    16. Eighty-Eight
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    18. George Alow (Version 2)
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    37. Loath To Depart (2 Versions)
    38. Love, Love (Version 1)
    39. Master, Swabber (Version 1)
    40. Mounsier Mingo
    41. Mounsieur's Almaine
    42. My Mind To Me
    43. Nutmegs (Of All The Birds)
    44. Nutmegs (Wooing Of The Baker's Daughter)
    45. O Death (2 Versions)
    46. Old Hare Hoar (Version 2)
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    48. O' The Twelfth Day Of December
    49. Oyster Pie
    50. Peg A Ramsey (2 Versions)
    51. Phillida (3 Versions)
    52. Please One
    53. Pyramus
    54. Queen Dido (2 Versions)
    55. Ratcatcher
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    57. Robin Goodfellow
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    63. Sick, Sick (3 Vesions)
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    66. Titus Andronicus
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    69. Troy Town
    70. Wellady
    71. Whenas We Sat In Babylon
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    73. Whoop
    74. Why Let The Strucken (If Care Do Cause)
    75. Willow, Willow (Version 2)
    76. Will Ye Buy A Fine Dog
    77. With A Fading
    Bring 'em All In
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      		Bring 'em All In
      Mike Scott
      Manufacturer: Capitol
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000008Q7Z
      Release Date: 1995-11-14

      Tracks:

      1. Bring 'Em All In
      2. Mother Cluny
      3. Beatles Reunion Blues [#]
      4. Two Great Waves [#]
      5. My Beautiful Guide [#]
      Bring 'Em All In
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        		Bring 'Em All In

        Manufacturer: Chrysalis
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000EJ20NW
        {25 Tracks} Chicago Down Home Blues, Vol. 1 "featuring" Johnny Young, Johnny Williams, Sunnyland Slim, Floyd Jones, Man Young, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Little Walter, Blues Boy Willie, Delta Joe Sanders, John Brim,
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		{25 Tracks} Chicago Down Home Blues, Vol. 1 "featuring" Johnny Young, Johnny Williams, Sunnyland Slim, Floyd Jones, Man Young, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Little Walter, Blues Boy Willie, Delta Joe Sanders, John Brim,
          Boogie, Ora Nelle Blues, Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young Telephone Blues , Back to Korea Blues - Sunnyland Slim, School Days - Floyd Jones, Let Me Ride Your Mule - Man Young Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams , I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter, Come on Babe - Blues Boy Willie One Doggone Reason - St. Louis Jimmy Oden , Going Down the Line - John Brim, Hard Times - Floyd Jones 4 O'Clock Blues - Delta Joe Sanders , It's All over Now - Sunnyland Slim, Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones My Baby Walked Out - Man Young , Dark Clouds - John Brim, Blue Baby - Little Walter Coming up Fast - St. Louis Jimmy Oden , Roll Tumble and Slip - Delta Joe Sanders, I Want My Baby - Little Walter Leaving Daddy Blues - John Brim , and Keep What You Got - Floyd Jones Lonesome Man Blues - John Brim
          ProductGroup: Music
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          Up & Coming
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            		Up & Coming

            Manufacturer: Hook'em Up Beatz Entertainments
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000CA7LCI
            Release Date: 2005-03-15
            Bring 'Em All In
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              		Bring 'Em All In
              Mike Scott
              Manufacturer: Chrysalis
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              Singer-SongwritersSinger-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
              ASIN: B000KGYIVQ

              Product Description

              4-track CD single. 1. Bring 'Em All In 2. City Full of Ghosts (Dublin) 3. Mother Cluny 4. Beatles Reunion Blues

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