Michael Scott is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, Bring 'Em All In and Still Burning. Scott is a vocalist, guitarist and pianist, and has played a large range of other instruments, including the bouzouki, drums, and Hammond organ on his albums. Scott is also a published writer, having released his autobiography, Adventures of a Waterboy, in 2012.
Mike Scott reads aloud at a concert in Antwerp in 2004.
Scott performing with The Waterboys in 2017
Mike Scott performs as the lead singer of The Waterboys at a concert in Antwerp 2003.
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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". It 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. This Is the Sea is the last Waterboys album with contributions from Karl Wallinger, who left the group to form his own band, World Party.
Cover art by Lynn Goldsmith
Cover of the award-winning single for "The Whole of the Moon".
Peace, an 1896 etching by William Strutt, based upon Isaiah 11:6–7, was part of the album art for This Is the Sea.