The Sea of Love is the second album by the Irish rock band The Adventures

The Adventures

The Adventures are a Northern Irish Rock group, formed in Belfast in 1984.The band later moved to London where they signed to Chrysalis Records and released their first single in 1984. Following their debut album release a year later the group moved to Elektra Records and scored their biggest hit,...

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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

UK Albums Chart

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 and staying on the chart for 10 weeks. It was certified Silver (for 60,000 copies sold) by the BPI

British Phonographic Industry

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 in May 1989.

The album also reached #144 on the US Billboard 200

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, their only album to chart there.

Track listing

All songs written by Pat Gribben

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"