Moseley Shoals

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Larkin, Colin (2007). "Ocean Colour Scene". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5thed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.

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Hundred Mile High City, which is taken from the band's third studio album Marchin' Already also scored a No.4. History has been unkind to the "second wave" of Britpop- that group of young bands who rode the coattails of Oasis and Blur to the top of the British charts in 1996-97. Many second wave headliners are now routinely dismissed as imitators (Cast, Bluetones, Marion), whereas others remain well-regarded but disappeared after only a handful of albums (Longpigs, Mansun). Among that entire cohort of artists, Ocean Colour Scene is arguably the longest-lasting group whose material has aged fairly well. Moseley Shoals is the record that made Ocean Colour Scene famous, and it's the first of three LPs that rank amongst the better Britpop releases of the late-90's. Nothing here will convince you that Ocean Colour Scene deserves to be added to Britpop's "Big Four" (Oasis, Blur, Suede, and Pulp), but it should prove enjoyable to any serious Britpop fan.

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One For The Road collates various live performances from 2004 with two new songs and a loving interpretation of the Small Faces “Wham Bam Thank You Mam”. Ocean Colour Scene were formed after two other bands called The Boys and Fanatics disbanded. Fanatics released an EP titled Suburban Love Songs. [4] OCS signed to Phfftt Records in 1990. [5]

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The first single taken from the album was " The Riverboat Song", which was popularised by Chris Evans on TFI Friday. " The Day We Caught the Train" reached number four in the charts, with "You've Got It Bad" and "The Circle" also reaching the top 10. "One for the Road" was also due to be released, but the band decided to concentrate on the 1997 album release Marchin' Already. By November 1997, Moseley Shoals had sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide. [12] Krol, Eric (27 September 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021 . Retrieved 14 September 2019. Finally, we have The Collection (2007) a canny mixture of old and new, live and studio with a highlight being their live take on “Day Tripper” from the Electric Ballroom.Sullivan, Caroline (12 April 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals (MCA)". The Guardian. p.41. On the quirkily titled A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad OCS were forced to replace Minchella and the other three came up with the goods, aside from covering George Harrison’s “Wah Wah”(from his All Things Must Pass masterpiece) and Keith Anderson’s “My Time”. Another strong disc, this contains “Free My Name”, which restored them to the charts while the production skills of Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, Kylie Minogue) kept them honest and fresh. The following year, in 2016, the band announced several special concerts around the UK to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1996 hit album Moseley Shoals. They also played several dates in Australia for the first time in their career. A few months later I am in town to spend a bit of birthday money, and there at the front of Virgin MegaStore was Moseley Shoals, despite the fact that it had been out for nearly six months by that point. Yeah, they were another Britpop band, but these guys were getting a big promo-push through festival season. After splitting with bassist Damon Minchella, the band continued to record and perform. Releases in 2001 ( Mechanical Wonder), 2003 ( North Atlantic Drift), 2005 ( A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad) and 2007 ( On the Leyline) continued the trend of releasing new material every two years.

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DeLuca, Dan (4 August 1996). "A guide to the explosion in pop music that's got the British all excited". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p.161.In April, 2016, the album was re-released as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, on limited edition red vinyl, charting at No.5 on the vinyl album chart. It might be the band's most famous album, but it was actually their second studio release and the follow-up to their eponymous 1992 debut.