- folk rock, rock, pop rock
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- Ensign
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, described as "epic" and "a defining moment".
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Grave, earnest, character-led and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Don’t Bang the Drum6:46
- 2The Whole of the Moon4:59
- 3Spirit1:50
- 4The Pan Within6:14
- 5Medicine Bow2:45
- 6Old England5:32
- 7Be My Enemy4:17
- 8Trumpets3:37
- 9This Is the Sea6:29
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Waterboys
- Label
- Ensign
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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