Waterboys | DREAM HARDER | CD

Personnel: Mike Scott (vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, effects); Billy Connolly (spoken vocals); Chris Bruce (guitar); Ljubisa "Lubi" Ristic (sitar); Caroline Lavelle (cello); George Stathos (Greek clarinet); James Campagnola (saxophone); Scott Thunes, Kenny Aaronson, Brian Stanley (bass); Jim Keltner, Carla Azar, Thommy Price, Steve Holly (drums); Bashiri Johnson (congas, talking drum, shaker, tambourine); Jere Peters (rattle); Jules Shear, Pal Shazar, Laura Lee Ash, Darwin Buschman M.D., Roger Greenawalt, Fiona Prendergast, Terry Wetmore, Tawatha Agee, Cindy Mizelle, Fonzi Thornton (background vocals).
Engineers include: Bill Price, Niko Bolas, Joe Blaney.
Personnel: Mike Scott (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Chris Bruce (guitar); Ljubisa "Lubi" Ristic (sitar); Caroline LaVelle (cello); George Stathos (clarinet); James Campagnola (saxophone); Bashiri Johnson (drums, congas, talking drum, shaker, tambourine); Jim Keltner, Kenny Aaronson, Thommy Price, Scott Thunes, Brian Stanley , Carla Azar, Steve Holly (drums); Jerry Peters (percussion); Cindy Mizelle, Fonzi Thornton, Darwin Buschman M.D., Darvin M.D. Buachman, Terry Wetmore, Fiona Prendergast, Laura Lee Ash, Jules Shear, Pal Shazar, Roger Greenawalt, Tawatha Agee (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Bill Price .
Recording information: Bearsville Studios, NY; Can Am Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY; Hit Factory Studios, New York, NY; Power Station Studios, New York, NY; Right Track Recording Studios, New York, NY; Ringsend Road Studios, Dublin, Ireland; Wessex Sound Studios, London, England.
Photographers: Michael Halsband; John Hardin.
Unknown Contributor Role: George Stathos.
DREAM HARDER was the Waterboys' sixth and last album, barring a number of posthumous releases. Opening with the crunching power chords of "The New Life," it finds Mike Scott with a largely new backing band, a rekindled love of guitar, and a notion to move away from the Irish-influenced folk music of the past several Waterboys records. The combination of these factors makes for one of the loosest, most relaxed Waterboys outings since the band's early days.
Standouts include the insistent, rolling pace of "Glastonbury Song," the oddly appropriate pairing of guitar heroics and dub rhythms of "Suffer," and the majestic "Love And Death," which is carried along, like all the best Waterboys songs, on Scott's earnest vocals. Also of note is "Spiritual City," which includes a looping, trance-like sitar and scat vocals. Overall, DREAM HARDER provides both a solid entry into, and fitting end to, the Waterboys saga; it's also an important signpost to Scott's subsequent solo career.

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop
• Released: 05/25/1993
• Released: 5/25/1993