The Waterboys – Life, Death And Dennis Hopper
The Waterboys – Life, Death And Dennis Hopper
Format: CD – Vinyl LP – Digital
Label: Sun Records
Release: 2025
Release date: April 4, 2025
Inspired entirely by the life and mythos of actor Dennis Hopper, Mike Scott and The Waterboys created this expansive album as tribute to one of American popular culture’s most compelling public figures
Deeply conceptual, this album of all original songs brings together high-profile featured artists like Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, and Steve Earle to musically weave through Hopper’s life, including a song for each of Hopper’s wives.
Produced with Waterboys bandmates Famous James and Brother Paul, the album features guests including Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, Steve Earle, Nashville-based artist Anana Kaye, English singer Barny Fletcher, Norwegian country-rockers Sugarfoot, Dawes‘ Taylor Goldsmith, Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s and Patti Palladin.
Website: https://www.mikescottwaterboys.com/waterboys-news.php
Tracks:
01. Kansas (feat. Steve Earle) (02:14)
02. Hollywood ’55 (01:34)
03. Live In The Moment, Baby (02:28)
04. Brooke / 1712 North Crescent Heights (01:30)
05. Andy (A Guy Like You) (02:23)
06. The Tourist (feat. Barny Fletcher & Sugarfoot) (04:01)
07. Freaks On Wheels (00:58)
08. Blues For Terry Southern (02:45)
09. Memories Of Monterey (01:16)
10. Riding Down To Mardi Gras (02:20)
11. Hopper’s On Top (Genius) (03:09)
12. Transcendental Peruvian Blues (02:24)
13. Michelle (Always Stay) (03:07)
14. Freakout At The Mud Palace (03:04)
15. Daria (01:09)
16. Ten Years Gone (feat. Bruce Springsteen) (03:32)
17. Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend (feat. Fiona Apple) (02:08)
18. Rock Bottom (01:16)
19. I Don’t Know How I Made It (feat. Taylor Goldsmith) (02:34)
20. Frank (Let’s F*ck) (02:00)
21. Katherine (feat. Anana Kaye) (01:31)
22. Everybody Loves Dennis Hopper (03:02)
23. Golf, They Say (03:31)
24. Venice, California (Victoria) / The Passing Of Hopper (04:04)
25. Aftermath (02:37)