The Waterboys - This Is The Sea This Is the Sea is the third and last of The Waterboys' Big Music albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album of. Lyrics to 'This Is The Sea' by Waterboys. These things you keep, you better throw them away / You wanna turn your back on your soulless days / Once you were Wyndham Wallace talks to Mike Scott of The Waterboys about his classic album This Is The Sea, 25 years on from its release… The Waterboys, title track from the album 'This Is The Sea' released in 1985. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for This Is the Sea - The Waterboys on AllMusic - 1985 - Expanding the epic, multi-layered sound of A. After the release of their debut The Waterboys began touring. Their first show was at the Batschkapp Club in Frankfurt in February 1984. The band then consisted of. This Is the Sea, released in September 1985, is the third The Waterboys album, and the last of their Big Music albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album.