| Artist: | The Waterboys |
| Studio: | 15 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 9 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 29 |
Discography of releases by The Waterboys and Mike Scott.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [1] | EUR [2] | GER [3] | IRE [4] | NED [5] | NZ [6] | NOR [7] | SWE [8] | UK [9] | US [10] | ||||||
| The Waterboys |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| A Pagan Place |
| — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | 100 | — | ||||
| This Is the Sea |
| — | 70 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | 37 | — | ||||
| Fisherman's Blues |
| — | 63 | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 76 |
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| Room to Roam |
| — | 17 | — | — | 69 | — | 11 | 16 | 5 | 180 |
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| Dream Harder |
| — | 21 | 67 | 7 | 54 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 171 |
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| A Rock in the Weary Land |
| 35 | — | — | 17 | — | — | 27 | 51 | 47 | — | ||||
| Universal Hall |
| 59 | — | — | 54 | — | — | 24 | — | 74 | — | ||||
| Book of Lightning |
| 34 | — | — | 19 | 73 | — | 12 | — | 51 | — | ||||
| An Appointment with Mr Yeats |
| 17 | — | 82 | 13 | — | — | 23 | — | 30 | — | ||||
| Modern Blues |
| 10 | — | 46 | 10 | 18 | — | 10 | — | 14 | — | ||||
| Out of All This Blue |
| 3 | — | 68 | 5 | 107 | — | — | — | 8 | — | ||||
| Where the Action Is |
| 6 | — | 65 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | ||||
| Good Luck, Seeker |
| 4 | — | 40 | 14 | 53 | — | — | — | 14 | — | ||||
| All Souls Hill |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [13] | IRE | UK | |||||||||||||
| Fisherman's Blues |
| 79 | 67 | 119 | |||||||||||
| Room to Roam |
| — | — | 179 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [14] | UK | UK Indie [15] | |||||||||||||
| The Live Adventures of |
| 66 | 91 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Karma to Burn |
| — | — | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [16] | EUR [17] | GER [18] | IRE | NED | NZ | NOR | POR [19] | SWE | UK | ||||||
| The Best of The Waterboys 81–90 |
| — | 11 | 52 | 1 | 69 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
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| The Best of The Waterboys |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 98 | ||||
| The Secret Life of the Waterboys 81–85 |
| 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 133 | ||||
| Too Close to Heaven |
| 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 111 | ||||
| The Platinum Collection |
| — | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 196 | ||||
| Cloud of Sound |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Fisherman's Box |
| 68 | — | — | 67 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 84 | ||||
| 1985 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Tracks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Is She Conscious? |
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| 2014 | Puck's Blues |
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| 2019 | Out of All This Blue |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [20] | AUS [21] | CAN [22] | EUR [23] | IRE [24] | NED | NZ | POR [25] | UK | |||||||
| 1983 | "A Girl Called Johnny" | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | 80 | The Waterboys | ||||
| "December" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113[26] | ||||||
| 1984 | "The Big Music" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 124[27] | A Pagan Place | ||||
| "Church Not Made With Hands" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "All the Things She Gave Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1985 | "The Whole of the Moon" | — | 12 | 71 | 76 | — | 19 | 19 | — | 26 | This Is the Sea | ||||
| "Don't Bang the Drum" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1986 | "Medicine Bow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1988 | "Fisherman's Blues" | — | 54 | — | 80 | 13 | — | 20 | — | 32 |
| Fisherman's Blues | |||
| 1989 | "And a Bang on the Ear" | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 51 | |||||
| 1990 | "How Long Will I Love You?" | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | Room to Roam | ||||
| 1991 | "A Man Is in Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Whole of the Moon" (re-issue) | — | 107 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
| The Best of the Waterboys 81—90 | ||||
| "Fisherman's Blues" (re-issue) | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 75 | ||||||
| 1993 | "The Return of Pan" | — | — | 64 | 89 | 28 | — | — | 10 | 24 | Dream Harder | ||||
| "Glastonbury Song" | — | — | — | 62 | 12 | — | — | 3 | 29 | ||||||
| 2000 | "My Love Is My Rock in the Weary Land" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Rock In the Weary Land | ||||
| "We Are Jonah" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "This Light Is for the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Universal Hall | ||||
| 2007 | "Everybody Takes a Tumble" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125 | Book of Lightning | ||||
| "The Crash of Angel Wings" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2011 | "Sweet Dancer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | An Appointment with Mr Yeats | ||||
| 2012 | "Politics" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2014 | "November Tale" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Modern Blues | ||||
| 2015 | "Beautiful Now" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2017 | "If the Answer Is Yeah | " | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Out of All This Blue | |||
| "Payo Payo Chin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2020 | "The Soul Singer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Good Luck, Seeker | ||||
| 2022 | "Here We Go Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All Souls Hill | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [28] | EUR [29] | NOR [30] | SWE [31] | UK | |||||||||||
| Bring 'Em All In |
| 18 | 44 | 14 | 21 | 23 | |||||||||
| Still Burning |
| 24 | 54 | 18 | 39 | 34 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [32] | UK | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Bring 'Em All In" | 38 | 56 | Bring 'Em All In | |||||||||||
| "Building the City of Light" | 46 | 60 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Love Anyway" | 31 | 50 | Still Burning | |||||||||||
| 1998 | "Rare, Precious and Gone" | 47 | 74 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 333.