# The Cruel Sea | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-20 16:48 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Cruel Sea
- Visible lyric pages: 53

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-cruel-sea`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-20 16:48 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-9f3a5d862f967247
- Visible lyric pages: 53
- Pages with stored lyric text: 53
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 47208
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 69
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 14
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Better Than Love, Cry For Me, Anybody But You, Baby Baby, Cocaine, How Low, I Don't Worry Anymore, and I Feel
- Current-month titles with activity: Unending End, Baby Baby, Better Than Love, Cry For Me, Daylight, Don't Sell It, Down On Me, and I Don't Know Why
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

The Cruel Sea formed in Sydney in 1985 with Tex Perkins on vocals and harmonica, James Cruickshank on guitar, Nick Reykdal on bass, and Peter Blakeley on drums. Their debut album 'Down Below' came out in 1989 and included the single 'Too Fast For Me,' which got regular play on Australian radio. Blakeley left the band in 1991 and was replaced by drummer Jim Manzie. They kept recording through the...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Better Than Love — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/better-than-love
2. Cry For Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/cry-for-me
3. Anybody But You — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/anybody-but-you
4. Baby Baby — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/baby-baby
5. Cocaine — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/cocaine
6. How Low — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/how-low
7. I Don't Worry Anymore — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/i-don-t-worry-anymore
8. I Feel — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/i-feel
9. Just A Man — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/just-a-man
10. No Choice — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/no-choice
11. Running — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/running
12. Slow Down — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/slow-down
13. Sure'nuff — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/sure-nuff
14. This Time Of Year — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/this-time-of-year
15. Unending End — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/unending-end
16. Zip It Up — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/zip-it-up
17. Better Get A Lawyer — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/better-get-a-lawyer
18. Brain Wash — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/brain-wash
19. Coming For You — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/coming-for-you
20. Cool It Down — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/cool-it-down
21. Daylight — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/daylight
22. Deadwood — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/deadwood
23. Don't Sell It — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/don-t-sell-it
24. Down On Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/down-on-me
25. Gimme Back My Thing — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/gimme-back-my-thing
26. Hard Times — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/hard-times
27. I Don't Know Why — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/i-don-t-know-why
28. It Won't Last — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/it-won-t-last
29. It's All Right — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/it-s-all-right
30. Let's Lay Down Here & Make Love — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/let-s-lay-down-here-amp-make-love
31. Margarita — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/margarita
32. Million Ho — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/million-ho
33. Naked Flame — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/naked-flame
34. Only Falling Water — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/only-falling-water
35. Seaman's Lament — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/seaman-s-lament
36. Teach Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/teach-me
37. The Honey Moon Is Over — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/the-honey-moon-is-over
38. The Lot — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/the-lot
39. This Is Not The Way Home — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/this-is-not-the-way-home
40. Too Fast For Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-cruel-sea/too-fast-for-me