The Waterboys - Dream Harder CD

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Dream Harder (1993) is the sixth album by The Waterboys. Led as always by Scottish singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Mike Scott, the album features none of the earlier UK-based band members and instead finds Scott backed by American session musicians. It was the last Waterboys album before Scott spent seven years pursuing a formal solo career, with Bring 'Em All In (1995) and Still Burning (1997). The album reached position 171 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, surpassing the previous Waterboys album Room to Roam, in spite of a less-than-enthusiastic response from critics to the album's sound.

The album art was provided by the photography of Michael Halsband and John Hardin and the painting of Pal Shazar, under the direction of Frank Olinsky and Tom Zutaut.

Dream Harder was a return to a rock, or even hard rock, sound after the traditional Celtic-influenced preceding two albums. It did, however, continue The Waterboys' tradition of arranging a William Butler Yeats poem, in this case "Love And Death". "The Return of Pan" is The Waterboys' second ode to the Greek deity, and the album contains a number of references to the romantic Neopaganism of Dion Fortune and the mystical Christianity of C. S. Lewis, as well as a tribute to guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

Pan, shown here, was also referenced in "The Pan Within" on This Is the Sea.

Tracks written by Mike Scott, except where noted.

"The New Life" – 5:08

"Glastonbury Song" – 3:43

"Preparing to Fly" – 4:34

"The Return of Pan" – 4:19

"Corn Circles" – 4:05

"Suffer" – 3:49

"Winter Winter" – 0:33

"Love and Death" (words: William Butler Yeats, music: Scott) – 2:44

"Spiritual City" – 3:11

"Wonders of Lewis" – 2:04

"The Return of Jimi Hendrix" (words: Scott, music: Scott, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Jim Keltner) – 5:48

"Good News" – 3:35

Personnel

• Kenny Aaronson – bass guitar on "The New Life" and "Suffer"
• Tawatha Agee – background vocals on "Glastonbury Song"
• Laura Lee Ash – additional background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• Carla Azar – drums
• Chris Bruce – lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Darwin Buschman, M.D. – additional background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• James Campagnola – saxophone
• Billy Connolly – voices
• Roger Greenawalt – additional background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• Steve Holley – drums on "Corn Circles"
• Bashiri Johnson – conga, drums, tambourine, shaker, talking drum
• Jim Keltner – drums on "The Return of Jimi Hendrix"
• Caroline Lavelle – cello on "Love and Death"
• Cindy Mizelle – background vocals on "Glastonbury Song"
• Jerry Peters – percussion
• Fiona Prendergast – additional background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• Thommy Price – drums on "The New Life" and "Suffer"
• Ljubisa "Lubi" Ristic – sitar
• Mike Scott – guitar, percussion, rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Pal Shazar – background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• Jules Shear – background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"
• Brian Stanley – bass guitar on "Corn Circles"
• George Stathos – Greek clarinet
• Fonzi Thornton – background vocals on "Glastonbury Song"
• Scott Thunes – bass guitar
• Terry Wetmore – additional background vocals on "Preparing to Fly"