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This Is the Sea, released in September 1985, is the third The Waterboys album, and the last of their Big Music albums. Expanding the epic, multi-layered sound of A Pagan Place, This is the Sea is a more ambitious yet more successful record, since it finds Mike Scott at his melodic peak. The Whole Of The Moon is a song which swells with power and feeling until, as it sweeps to a climax, you believe it might literally burst. Spirit, This Is The Sea, Don't Bang The Drum and The Pan Within are guaranteed to shiver the spine and raise the goosebumps. Old England is a morality tale of epic proportions.

2CD - Bonus Disc of Extra Material Chosen by Mike Scott from his Own Archives. Including Seven Previously Unreleased Tracks, One B-side Never Before Available on CD and Scott's Ansaphone Message from 1985.

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The Waterboys

This is the Sea

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Released23/02/2024Catalogue NumberENCLX5Learn more
180 Gram Vinyl.
Released13/05/2015Catalogue NumberENCL5Learn more

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