The Waterboys – The Platinum Collection: underwhelming

EMI have produced some fine compilations in The Platinum Collection series: triple disc sets, which can be had for about £12, of the best of Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry and Maria Callas, for example, enrich my CD collection.

But EMI’s new 3CD set, The Waterboys – The Platinum Collection is underwhelming. It’s simply a repackaging of three separate albums, Fisherman’s Blues, Room To Roam and This Is The Sea – all prime albums, but all three will surely be already filed on the shelves of virtually all Mike Scott fans.

It’s disappointing that EMI didn’t follow the pattern of earlier issues in The Platinum Collection series.



Gerry Smith