The Sea of Love

The Sea of Love
Studio album by The Adventures
Released 1988
Recorded 1986-1988
Genre Pop rock, new wave
Label Elektra
Producer Pete Smith, Gary Bell
The Adventures chronology

Theodore and Friends
(1985)
The Sea of Love
(1988)
Trading Secrets with the Moon
(1990)
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The Sea of Love is the second album by the Irish rock band The Adventures.

The album featured the single "Broken Land", their only Top 40 hit in the UK, and also their only chart entry in the United States. The album was their most successful, peaking at #30 on the UK Albums Chart and staying on the chart for 10 weeks. It was certified Silver (for 60,000 copies sold) by the BPI in May 1989.

The album also reached #144 on the US Billboard 200, their only album to chart there.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Pat Gribben[3]

Side one

  1. "Drowning in the Sea of Love"
  2. "Broken Land"
  3. "You Don't Have to Cry Anymore"
  4. "The Trip to Bountiful (When the Rain Comes Down)"

Side two

  1. "Heaven Knows Which Way"
  2. "Hold Me Now"
  3. "The Sound of Summer"
  4. "When Your Heart was Young"
  5. "One Step from Heaven"

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