{"product_id":"universal-hall","title":"Universal Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Waterboys' eighth studio album is made available on vinyl for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2003, \u003ci\u003eUniversal Hall\u003c\/i\u003e was recorded in the basement studio of the titular hall, a theatre and concert venue in Findhorn, Scotland. It is the most nakedly spiritual of the band's records, all the more so for having been mostly written and entirely made in the spiritual community at Findhorn.   At the time of release, band leader Mike Scott described\u003ci\u003e Universal Hall\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a record containing eleven spiritual songs that articulate - to the best of my ability - the vision that drives, challenges, sustains and transforms me.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This vision is explored in now-classic Waterboys numbers such as \"Peace Of Iona\", \"The Christ In You\" and \"Universal Hall\" itself. The celtic-flavoured \"I've Lived Here Before\", was written with Liam O'Maonlai of Hothouse Flowers.  The album also saw the return of the band's fiddler Steve Wickham, his first appearance on a Waterboys' record since \u003ci\u003eRoom To Roam\u003c\/i\u003e in 1990. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cooking Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50482967871819,"sku":"2029926","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50482968330571,"sku":"2029928","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Universal_Hall_42619c8e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727558905","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/universal-hall","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}