Album
This Is The Sea
1985 · Rock
20 collectors on Gatefold own this
This Is The Sea is a Rock album by The Waterboys, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 110 pressings tracked, owned by 20 collectors.
About
This Is the Sea is the third studio album by the Waterboy, released on 16 September 1985 by Ensign Record. The last of their "Big Music" album, it is considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment", and peaked at number 37 in the UK Albums Chart. Steve Wickham makes his Waterboys recording debut playing violin on 'The Pan Within' and subsequently joined the band, appearing on the video of "The Whole of the Moon". This Is the Sea is the last album with contributions from Karl Wallinger, who left the group to form his own band, World Party. Mike Scott, the album's principal songwriter and leader of the Waterboy, describes This Is the Sea as "the record on which I achieved all my youthful musical ambitions", "the final, fully realised expression of the early Waterboys sound", influenced by The Velvet Underground, Van Morrison's Astral Week, and Steve Reich. Regarding the end of the groups sound being tied to "The Big Music" after completing the album, Scott stated, "I finished with that kind of music to achieve whatever it was I was trying to achieve with that album. That overdubbed big sounding music, I didn't need to do it anymore." .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Don't Bang The Drum6:42
- A2The Whole Of The Moon4:55
- A3Spirit1:44
- A4The Pan Within6:08
Side B
- B1Medicine Bow2:44
- B2Old England5:28
- B3Be My Enemy4:15
- B4Trumpets3:34
- B5This Is The Sea6:26
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- lush
- yearning
- poetic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Anthony ThistlethwaiteSAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE BASS
- Karl WallingerBASS, KEYBOARDS ARRANGED BY, BASS GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER ARRANGED BY, BASS, SYNTHESIZER
- Mike ScottVOCALS , GUITAR, PIANO VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR , TAMBOURINE, BASS , VOICE, LEAD GUITAR , SOUNDS
- Adrian JohnstonPIANO
- Chris WhittenDRUMS DRUMS , CYMBAL
- delahayePERCUSSION
- Kevin WilkinsonBASS BASS, DRUMS DRUMS
- Lu EdmondsBASS BASS GUITAR
- Marek LipskiVIOLIN
- Martin DitchamPERCUSSION PERCUSSION, OTHER
- Martyn SwainBASS
- Matthew SeligmanBASS BASS GUITAR
- Max EdieBACKING VOCALS
- Pete ThomasDRUMS SNARE, DRUM
- Roddy LorimerBACKING VOCALS BRASS PERCUSSION
- Steve WickhamSTROH VIOLIN VIOLIN
- The Golden AgersTAMBOURINE
- The Little Big HornsBRASS
20 collectors on Gatefold own this · 110 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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