Fact #152605

Nigel Grainge (founder, Ensign Records) : I really liked most of Fisherman Blues and tracks like Stolen Child and A bang on the ear certainly achieved the level of some of their former heights. But as I've already said, they became completely different from the band that had first excited me nearly a decade before. I always liked the ethereal, mystical, lyrical side of The Waterboys and I think they made the mistake of thinking that that aspect of their music could only be explored though traditional Irish music and nothing else. After the terrible Room To Roam I got the impression that he (Waterboys founder Mike Scott) came to the end of that sequence. After releasing what was essentially a traditional album, he seemed to cut away many of the traditional elements and attempted to return to some of the earlier Big Music.
(Source : 1991 interview at http://www.hotpress.com/Nigel-Grainge/music/interviews/The-Hitman-An-interview-with-Nigel-Grainge/20315964.html)