limited 180g clear lp with silver obi strip 'this is the sea' is the third album by the waterboys, released in september 1985 and including the classic single, 'the whole of the moon', along with other tracks: 'don't bang the drum', 'the pan within' and 'old england'.considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock-orientated sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment" in the bands ongoing career.
