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• This Is the Sea, released in September 1985, represents a high point of The Waterboys so-called Big Music phase. Anchored by Mike Scotts sweeping vision, the album expands on the atmospheric and orchestral tendencies hinted at in earlier work, layering 12-string guitars, saxophones, piano, and brass into broad, emotive canvases. With contributions from Karl Wallinger, Anthony Thistlethwaite, and the newly integral presence of violinist Steve Wickham, the group built a richer sonic architecture. Songs like Dont Bang the Drum, The Whole of the Moon, and Old England fuse romantic idealism, spiritual longing, and social consciousness within a rock framework. Over time it has come to be regarded as a defining moment in the bands transformation from post-punk roots to expansive rock ambition.

  The albums centerpiece, The Whole of