A Pagan Place

For the novel by Edna O'Brien, see A Pagan Place (novel).

A Pagan Place
[The Waterboys] a pagan place featuring a [Head shot] of [Mike Scott]
Studio album by
the Waterboys
Released28 May 1984 (1984-05-28)
RecordedNovember 1982 at Redshop Studio
September 1983 at Rockfield Studio
GenreRock
Length41:03
LabelEnsign, Island, Chrysalis
ProducerMike Scott
The Waterboys chronology
The Waterboys
(1983) 		A Pagan Place
(1984) 		This Is the Sea
(1985)
Singles from A Pagan Place
  1. "The Big Music"
    Released: April 1984
  2. "Church Not Made with Hands"
    Released: July 1984
  3. "All the Things She Gave Me"
    Released: September 1984

A Pagan Place is the second studio album by the Waterboys, released by Ensign Records on 28 May 1984.[1] It was the first Waterboys record with Karl Wallinger as part of the band and also includes Roddy Lorimer's first trumpet solo for the band on the track "A Pagan Place".

The album shares a title with the book A Pagan Place, written by Irish novelist Edna O'Brien. According to a post at the official Waterboys forum, Mike Scott, who chose the album name, has never read the book,[2] and neither the album nor the title track share any other similarities with the novel.

  1. ^ "New Albums". Music Week. 26 May 1984. p. 31. ISSN 0265-1548.
  2. ^ "A Pagan Place". Mike Scott & The Waterboys forum. Retrieved 14 November 2005.