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This Is the Sea

The third album, and the last with Karl Wallinger.
The Waterboys, 1985

Scott began writing in spring 1984, wrote 35 to 40 songs, and nine made the album, which was made at studios including Park Gates in Hastings, Livingston and Townhouse in London, and Amazon in Liverpool. Steve Wickham's recording debut with the band was "The Pan Within" in July 1985. The release date is September 16 on the infobox and October in the body of Wikipedia's article. It reached 37 in the UK, four in the Netherlands and six in New Zealand. Kerrang! gave it five stars, AllMusic 4.5 and Pitchfork 9.3; Rolling Stone's Parke Puterbaugh called Scott more of a poet than a songwriter. A 2004 expanded edition added 14 bonus tracks including "Medicine Jack" and a Van Morrison cover, "Sweet Thing".

Track listing

  1. Don't Bang the Drum6:46
  2. The Whole of the Moon4:58
  3. Spirit1:50
  4. The Pan Within6:13
  5. Medicine Bow2:45
  6. Old England5:32
  7. Be My Enemy4:16
  8. Trumpets3:37
  9. This Is the Sea6:29

More from The Waterboys

The Waterboys (1983), A Pagan Place (1984), The Stars Are Alive (1986), Fisherman's Blues (1988), Room To Roam (1990), Dream Harder (1993), A Rock In The Weary Land (2000), Universal Hall (2003), Karma To Burn (2005), Book Of Lightning (2006), An Appointment With Mr Yeats (2011), In A Special Place (2011), Modern Blues (2015), Out Of All This Blue (2017), Where The Action Is (2019), Good Luck, Seeker (2020), The Magnificent Seven - The Waterboys Fisherman's Blues/Room To Roam Band, 1989-90 (2021), All Souls Hill (2022), 1985 (2024), Life, Death And Dennis Hopper (2025), Rips From The Cutting Room Floor (2025), Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman's Blues Recordings (2026)

Sources

  1. This Is the Sea, Wikipedia
  2. The Waterboys: This Is the Sea, The Waterboys