The Waterboys jsou britská folk rocková a keltská kapela, kterou v roce 1983 založil skotský hudebník Mike Scott. Jejich tvorba se vyznačuje literárními odkazy a často se zabývá spirituálními tématy, což jim přineslo uznání jak rockové, tak folkovými kritiky.
Album A Rock in the Weary Land vyšlo v roce 2000 u vydavatelství BMG International a Razor & Tie jako sedmé studiové album kapely. Po sedmileté přestávce pokračuje album v tvrdším rockovém stylu předchozí desky Dream Harder (1993). Čtrnáct skladeb zahrnuje delší kompozice jako osmiminutovou My Love Is My Rock in the Weary Land, ale i kratší, jako dvouapůlminutovou My Lord, What a Morning. Fotografii na obalu pořídil Steve Gullick.
Na albu se podíleli Livingstone Brown, Jeremy Stacey, Richard Naiff a John Baggott.
Skladby
CD1
1. Let It Happen
2. The Charlatan's Lament
3. Is She Conscious?
4. We Are Jonah
5. It's All Gone
6. My Love is My Rock In the Weary Land
7. Lucky Day / Bad Advice
8. His Word is Not His Bond
9. Malediction
10. Dumbing Down the World
11. The Wind In the Wires
12. Night Falls On London
13. Crown
14. My Lord, What a Morning
CD2
1. Fanfare By Thighpaulsandra (Previously Unreleased)
2. Sad Procession
3. Is She Conscious? (Acoustic Demo)
4. Dumbing Down the World (Live At Glastonbury)
5. Trouble Down Yonder
6. In the Long Low Weary Land (Previously Unreleased)
7. Wintermind
8. Never Been Out of Love (Previously Unreleased)
9. Somewhere In the Bleak Mid-Distance* Something Beautiful is
10. Anatomy of a Love Affair
11. Is She Conscious (Funky Thumbs) (Previously Unreleased)
12. Martin Decent
13. Time, Space and the Bride's Bed
14. Oh Yeah / I'll Be Satisfied (Previously Unreleased)
15. Carolan's Weird Welcome (Previously Unreleased)
16. Since the Fire Started Burning In My Soul (Previously Unrele
17. The Height of His Head (Previously Unreleased)
18. My Love is My Rock (Instrumental With Choir) (Previously Unr
19. It Bends Towards Justice (Previously Unreleased)
20. The Last Rock Freak Out (Previously Unreleased)
