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This Is the Sea is the third studio album by the Waterboys, released on 16 September 1985 by Ensign Records.The last of their "Big Music" albums, it is considered by critics to be the finest album of the Waterboys' early rock-oriented sound, [2] described as "epic" and "a defining moment". [3]
Owing to the large number of tracks that were recorded in the three years between This Is the Sea and Fisherman's Blues, the Waterboys released a second album of songs from this period in 2001, titled Too Close to Heaven (or Fisherman's Blues, Part 2 in North America), and more material was released as bonus tracks for the 2006 reissue of the ...
"Don't Bang the Drum" is a song by British band the Waterboys, released as the opening track on their third studio album, This Is the Sea. It was written by Mike Scott and Karl Wallinger, and produced by Scott. The song was released as a single in Germany and was also issued as a 12" promotional vinyl in the United States.
The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea: Released: 28 April 2011; Label: Chrysalis (#5099909841024) ... The Best of the Waterboys 81—90 "Fisherman's Blues" ...
The Best of The Waterboys 81–90 (1991) The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys (1998) This Is the Sea - special remastered 2CD edition (2004) Karma to Burn (live) (2005) "The Whole of the Moon" remains one of the Waterboys' most famous and most financially successful songs. [3]
In a Special Place – The Piano Demos for This Is the Sea is a compilation album by Scottish-Irish folk rock band The Waterboys. It was released in 2011 by Chrysalis (UK and Europe) and Capitol (US). The album reached No. 196 in the UK Top 200 Albums Chart. [1] In a Special Place is a selection of thirteen demos recorded by Scott in the spring ...
He is a classically trained pianist and flautist, and plays keyboards for the Waterboys. Ian McNabb described him as Scott's "find of the century" [39] and reviewers have described him as "phenomenally talented". [40] Naiff officially left the Waterboys in February 2009 to spend more time with his family. [41]
Wickham joined the group officially in 1985 after This Is the Sea had been released. Mike Scott, the Waterboys' leader, spent time in Dublin with Wickham, and moved to Ireland in 1986. That year, the Waterboys performed "Fisherman's Blues" on The Tube, which was the first time the new musical direction the band was taking was demonstrated.