| The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Waterboys |
| Cover: | The Whole of the Moon - The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys.jpg |
| Released: | 6 October 1998[1] |
| Length: | 74:05 |
| Label: | EMI |
| Prev Title: | The Live Adventures of the Waterboys |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | A Rock in the Weary Land |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys is a compilation album by The Waterboys and Mike Scott, released in 1998 by EMI.[2]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic described the compilation as an "excellent sampler", adding: "The sequencing pays no attention to chronology, [but] despite this, Scott's impassioned singing holds things together better than might be expected, and the effect is not unlike a good Waterboys concert."[1] The 2000 book The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion described the album as a "useful compilation" which "also rounds up some of Scott's stripped-down solo work".[3]