Album: Songs for the Front Row: The Best of Ocean Colour Scene by Ocean Colour Scene (2001)
Genre: alternative rock
Record Label: Universal Island Records
Format: CD

Artist Background: Artist from GB, known for britpop, indie rock, mod revival, neo-psychedelia, pop rock

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: alternative rock, 2000s, CD, Universal Island Records


Album: Live Acoustic At The Jam House by Ocean Colour Scene (2006)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Live

Description: Live Acoustic at the Jam House is a live acoustic performance by British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was recorded while they played a one-off performance at Birmingham's Jam House, and it is their first album to be released on their own label Moseley Shoals Records after they were released from Sanctuary Records. The album concentrates more on album tracks and b-sides, rather than more well known singles and also previews four new tracks.
The album reached number one in the HMV pre-order chart - but failed to reach the same success in the Official UK Charts due to only having limited copies made.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Live


Live Acoustic at the Jam House is a live acoustic performance by British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was recorded while they played a one-off performance at Birmingham's Jam House, and it is their first album to be released on their own label Moseley Shoals Records after they were released from Sanctuary Records. The album concentrates more on album tracks and b-sides, rather than more well known singles and also previews four new tracks.
The album reached number one in the HMV pre-order chart - but failed to reach the same success in the Official UK Charts due to only having limited copies made.

Album: Ocean Colour Scene by Ocean Colour Scene (1992)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Ocean Colour Scene is the eponymous 1992 début album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was released during the early Britpop era with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals. Ocean Colour Scene themselves largely ignore this album, feeling that the band and label's conflicting musical views led to a 'watered-down' début which lacked the edge of the band's live popularity. The first single from the album was "Sway" in February 1992, followed by "Giving it All Away" in March and finally "Do Yourself a Favour" in May.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

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Ocean Colour Scene is the eponymous 1992 début album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. It was released during the early Britpop era with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals. Ocean Colour Scene themselves largely ignore this album, feeling that the band and label's conflicting musical views led to a 'watered-down' début which lacked the edge of the band's live popularity. The first single from the album was "Sway" in February 1992, followed by "Giving it All Away" in March and finally "Do Yourself a Favour" in May.

Album: Live: One for the Road by Ocean Colour Scene (2004)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Live

Description: One For The Road is a collection of live tracks taken from various summer festival appearances throughout 2004, by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. The album takes the best performances from T in the Park (Scotland), Oxegen (Ireland), Guilfest (England) and Keighley Leisure Center (England). The album features two previously unheard tracks "This Day Should Last Forever" and "I Love You" as well as a cover of "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" by The Small Faces.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Live


One For The Road is a collection of live tracks taken from various summer festival appearances throughout 2004, by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. The album takes the best performances from T in the Park (Scotland), Oxegen (Ireland), Guilfest (England) and Keighley Leisure Center (England). The album features two previously unheard tracks "This Day Should Last Forever" and "I Love You" as well as a cover of "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" by The Small Faces.

Album: Live From The Glasgow Hydro 2016 by Ocean Colour Scene (2017)
Genre: Rock | Style: Indie Rock
Record Label: ABSOLUTE
Format: Vinyl

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Rock, Indie Rock, 2010s, Vinyl, ABSOLUTE

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Album: Saturday by Ocean Colour Scene (2010)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Saturday is the ninth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene and first album by the band to be released on the Cooking Vinyl independent record label. The album was produced by Gavin Monaghan, who is also known for his work with Editors, Scott Matthews, Nizlopi and The Twang and engineered by Gazz Rogers. Saturday previously had the working title of 'Blue Sky Drinking' which was changed to 'Rockfield' and again shortly before its release to its eventual name of 'Saturday'. The first single to be released from the album was 'Magic Carpet Days' as a digital download only single, the single failed to chart. Upon its release Saturday débuted and peaked at #35 in the Official UK Album Chart.
The song Harry Kidnap was written in tribute to John Weller, the deceased father of Paul Weller and Steve Cradock contributes lead vocals to his own song composition 'Postal'.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2010s, Album


Saturday is the ninth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene and first album by the band to be released on the Cooking Vinyl independent record label. The album was produced by Gavin Monaghan, who is also known for his work with Editors, Scott Matthews, Nizlopi and The Twang and engineered by Gazz Rogers. Saturday previously had the working title of 'Blue Sky Drinking' which was changed to 'Rockfield' and again shortly before its release to its eventual name of 'Saturday'. The first single to be released from the album was 'Magic Carpet Days' as a digital download only single, the single failed to chart. Upon its release Saturday débuted and peaked at #35 in the Official UK Album Chart.
The song Harry Kidnap was written in tribute to John Weller, the deceased father of Paul Weller and Steve Cradock contributes lead vocals to his own song composition 'Postal'.

Album: On the Leyline by Ocean Colour Scene (2007)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: On the Leyline is the eighth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene. It was released on 30 April 2007 and entered the UK album charts on 6 May 2007, lasting only a single week in the top 75

The album contains a Paul Weller song entitled "For Dancers Only" (later released by Weller and Graham Coxon under the name "This Old Town"). The fourth track ("Man in the Middle"), was written by the band's bass guitarist, Dan Sealey. The first single, "I Told You So", was released two weeks before the album release on 16 April and reached number 34 in the UK singles charts. The second single released from the album was "I Just Got Over You" which entered and peaked at number 112 following little attention from the music press. The album's third single, "Go to Sea (Radio Edit)", was released on 12 November 2007 as a free download via the band's official website. This was to promote their then-forthcoming Christmas tour. The single became the first Ocean Colour Scene single to fail to chart since 1992.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Album


On the Leyline is the eighth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene. It was released on 30 April 2007 and entered the UK album charts on 6 May 2007, lasting only a single week in the top 75

The album contains a Paul Weller song entitled "For Dancers Only" (later released by Weller and Graham Coxon under the name "This Old Town"). The fourth track ("Man in the Middle"), was written by the band's bass guitarist, Dan Sealey. The first single, "I Told You So", was released two weeks before the album release on 16 April and reached number 34 in the UK singles charts. The second single released from the album was "I Just Got Over You" which entered and peaked at number 112 following little attention from the music press. The album's third single, "Go to Sea (Radio Edit)", was released on 12 November 2007 as a free download via the band's official website. This was to promote their then-forthcoming Christmas tour. The single became the first Ocean Colour Scene single to fail to chart since 1992.

Album: Songs for the Front Row by Ocean Colour Scene (2001)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Compilation

Description: Songs for the Front Row is the 2001 "Best of" album by British rock group Ocean Colour Scene.
Tracks 1-5 are from Moseley Shoals, tracks 6-10 are from Marchin' Already, tracks 11-13 are from One from the Modern, and tracks 14-15 are from Mechanical Wonder.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Compilation


Songs for the Front Row is the 2001 "Best of" album by British rock group Ocean Colour Scene.
Tracks 1-5 are from Moseley Shoals, tracks 6-10 are from Marchin' Already, tracks 11-13 are from One from the Modern, and tracks 14-15 are from Mechanical Wonder.

Album: B-Sides - Seasides & Freerides by Ocean Colour Scene (1997)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Compilation

Description: B-sides, Seasides and Freerides is a 1996 B-side compilation album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Most of the songs come from the Moseley Shoals B-sides, and are generally mellow acoustic songs.
Highlights include an acoustic version of the hits The Day We Caught the Train and The Circle and the song Robin Hood which Fowler often plays. The live cover of The Beatles' Day Tripper features Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Compilation


B-sides, Seasides and Freerides is a 1996 B-side compilation album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Most of the songs come from the Moseley Shoals B-sides, and are generally mellow acoustic songs.
Highlights include an acoustic version of the hits The Day We Caught the Train and The Circle and the song Robin Hood which Fowler often plays. The live cover of The Beatles' Day Tripper features Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis.

Album: Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene (1997)
Genre: britpop
Record Label: MCA Records
Format: CD

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: britpop, 1990s, CD, MCA Records


Album: North Atlantic Drift by Ocean Colour Scene (2003)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: North Atlantic Drift is the sixth album by Ocean Colour Scene.
The title track is political commentary on American cultural imperialism and its support by the UK government, particularly the then impending US-led invasion of Iraq, which was opposed by the majority of the British public. (OCS had shown their anti-war tendencies with the previous protest song Profit in Peace and associated with Paul Weller). "Meanwhile Rome burns" appears to be a reference to the September 11 Attacks, analogy with the Sacking of Rome, "Between the Euphrates and the other river now the home of the Devil and the liar" is a reference to Iraq and US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, respectively.
The first track, I Just Need Myself was played by Virgin Radio and reached #13 in the charts, though the other two singles did less well but still charted inside the top 40. The folky Second Hand Car was released as a single in Germany and Holland. She's Been Writing is dedicated to Sandy Denny, one of Fowler's favourite bands being Fairport Convention
The U.S. version was released on August 19, 2003, and contained four bonus tracks, all of which were b-sides to the U.K. single releases of "I Just Need Myself."
The album was released to a largely mixed-to-negative reception. It was the last album released with the original line up after Damon Minchella left the band in late 2003.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Album


North Atlantic Drift is the sixth album by Ocean Colour Scene.
The title track is political commentary on American cultural imperialism and its support by the UK government, particularly the then impending US-led invasion of Iraq, which was opposed by the majority of the British public. (OCS had shown their anti-war tendencies with the previous protest song Profit in Peace and associated with Paul Weller). "Meanwhile Rome burns" appears to be a reference to the September 11 Attacks, analogy with the Sacking of Rome, "Between the Euphrates and the other river now the home of the Devil and the liar" is a reference to Iraq and US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, respectively.
The first track, I Just Need Myself was played by Virgin Radio and reached #13 in the charts, though the other two singles did less well but still charted inside the top 40. The folky Second Hand Car was released as a single in Germany and Holland. She's Been Writing is dedicated to Sandy Denny, one of Fowler's favourite bands being Fairport Convention
The U.S. version was released on August 19, 2003, and contained four bonus tracks, all of which were b-sides to the U.K. single releases of "I Just Need Myself."
The album was released to a largely mixed-to-negative reception. It was the last album released with the original line up after Damon Minchella left the band in late 2003.

Album: A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad by Ocean Colour Scene (2005)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad is the seventh album by Ocean Colour Scene (OCS); Hyperactive Workout was originally due to be released in September 2004 but Sanctuary Records requested the band record a live album instead and pushed the release back to 'early 2005' (the album finally arrived on 21 March). The album was produced by Dave Eringa who has previously worked with Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild and Massive Attack amongst others. The album was recorded at a hunting lodge near Kirriemuir, Scotland. The album's unusual title was a phrase the band heard on BBC Radio 4 and decided they liked. Critical reception to the album generally agreed that the album would please OCS fans, although the album charted lower than previous albums at number 30 in the UK album chart compared to number 14 for the previous album North Atlantic Drift. A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad was also the first studio album not to feature the band's original bass player, Damon Minchella, who left the band in 2003.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Rating score: 7. Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad is the seventh album by Ocean Colour Scene (OCS); Hyperactive Workout was originally due to be released in September 2004 but Sanctuary Records requested the band record a live album instead and pushed the release back to 'early 2005' (the album finally arrived on 21 March). The album was produced by Dave Eringa who has previously worked with Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild and Massive Attack amongst others. The album was recorded at a hunting lodge near Kirriemuir, Scotland. The album's unusual title was a phrase the band heard on BBC Radio 4 and decided they liked. Critical reception to the album generally agreed that the album would please OCS fans, although the album charted lower than previous albums at number 30 in the UK album chart compared to number 14 for the previous album North Atlantic Drift. A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad was also the first studio album not to feature the band's original bass player, Damon Minchella, who left the band in 2003.

Album: Painting by Ocean Colour Scene (2013)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Painting is the tenth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene, released on 11 February 2013. The album charted at #49 in its first week of release. This was the band's worst charting album since their début over twenty years ago.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2010s, Album


Painting is the tenth studio album by Ocean Colour Scene, released on 11 February 2013. The album charted at #49 in its first week of release. This was the band's worst charting album since their début over twenty years ago.

Album: Mechanical Wonder by Ocean Colour Scene (2001)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Mechanical Wonder is the fifth album by Ocean Colour Scene. It peaked on the UK album chart at #7 and lasted four weeks in the top 75. To date, it is the last Ocean Colour Scene release to enter the top 10.
The title is believed to be anti-dance music, as are the lyrics; "the Mechanical Wonder is... ...just a noise in my room."[citation needed] However, the band deny this. Simon Fowler wrote in the liner notes of the band's greatest hits album "Songs for the Front Row" that the title referred to cars on the motorway. Live however, Simon Fowler often sings "and the radio plays only fucking Radio 1", a possible reference to the lack of airplay the band get. The other single from the album was "Up on the Downside", which fared better in the charts. The album was not a success, marking the end of the Britpop success of the band. After the failure of the album, the band decided to release themselves from their contract with their record label.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2000s, Album

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Mechanical Wonder is the fifth album by Ocean Colour Scene. It peaked on the UK album chart at #7 and lasted four weeks in the top 75. To date, it is the last Ocean Colour Scene release to enter the top 10.
The title is believed to be anti-dance music, as are the lyrics; "the Mechanical Wonder is... ...just a noise in my room."[citation needed] However, the band deny this. Simon Fowler wrote in the liner notes of the band's greatest hits album "Songs for the Front Row" that the title referred to cars on the motorway. Live however, Simon Fowler often sings "and the radio plays only fucking Radio 1", a possible reference to the lack of airplay the band get. The other single from the album was "Up on the Downside", which fared better in the charts. The album was not a success, marking the end of the Britpop success of the band. After the failure of the album, the band decided to release themselves from their contract with their record label.

Album: Marchin' Already by Ocean Colour Scene (1997)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Marchin' Already is the third album by Ocean Colour Scene.

The album was a follow-up to the successful Moseley Shoals, and is in a similar style. The songs were taken from the band's catalogue that they had built up since forming several years earlier.

The single "Hundred Mile High City" was used in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Nodding a reference to northern soul, P.P. Arnold appears on "Traveller's Tune" and "It's a Beautiful Thing". A more subdued version of "Traveller's Tune" originally appeared as a B-side to "The Day We Caught the Train".

The album knocked Oasis' Be Here Now off the top spot in the UK Albums Chart - Noel Gallagher sent Ocean Colour Scene his congratulations through a plaque on which he had inscribed, "To The Second Best Band In Britain". Steve Cradock, famously said "it's an honour to be described as Britain's second best band, ahead of Oasis but behind the Beatles".[citation needed]

In 2007 the song "Get Blown Away" was covered by British indie band The Enemy as a b-side to their single It's Not OK, albeit just a piano and vocal version.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album


Marchin' Already is the third album by Ocean Colour Scene.

The album was a follow-up to the successful Moseley Shoals, and is in a similar style. The songs were taken from the band's catalogue that they had built up since forming several years earlier.

The single "Hundred Mile High City" was used in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Nodding a reference to northern soul, P.P. Arnold appears on "Traveller's Tune" and "It's a Beautiful Thing". A more subdued version of "Traveller's Tune" originally appeared as a B-side to "The Day We Caught the Train".

The album knocked Oasis' Be Here Now off the top spot in the UK Albums Chart - Noel Gallagher sent Ocean Colour Scene his congratulations through a plaque on which he had inscribed, "To The Second Best Band In Britain". Steve Cradock, famously said "it's an honour to be described as Britain's second best band, ahead of Oasis but behind the Beatles".[citation needed]

In 2007 the song "Get Blown Away" was covered by British indie band The Enemy as a b-side to their single It's Not OK, albeit just a piano and vocal version.

Album: Moseley Shoals by Ocean Colour Scene (1996)
Genre: alternative rock
Record Label: MCA Records
Format: CD

Description: UK release

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: alternative rock, 1990s, CD, MCA Records


Album: Moseley Shoals by Ocean Colour Scene (1996)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: Moseley Shoals is a 1996 album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene which was released during the Britpop era. The album reached #2 in the UK charts, selling over 600,000 copies.

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 the end of 1996, "Moseley Shoals" had sold 1.3 million copies.

The word Moseley is taken from a suburb of the same name in south Birmingham, UK, where three of the band members were born. The album title as a whole is a punning nod to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the location of several famous 1960s soul recording studios.

In 1998, Q magazine's readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time.

The memorial by which the band can be seen standing on the front cover is the Jephson Memorial in The Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, UK.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Based on 1 votes


Moseley Shoals is a 1996 album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene which was released during the Britpop era. The album reached #2 in the UK charts, selling over 600,000 copies.

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 the end of 1996, "Moseley Shoals" had sold 1.3 million copies.

The word Moseley is taken from a suburb of the same name in south Birmingham, UK, where three of the band members were born. The album title as a whole is a punning nod to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the location of several famous 1960s soul recording studios.

In 1998, Q magazine's readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time.

The memorial by which the band can be seen standing on the front cover is the Jephson Memorial in The Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, UK.

Album: One From the Modern by Ocean Colour Scene (1999)
Genre: alternative rock
Record Label: Island
Format: CD

Artist Background: Artist from GB, known for britpop, indie rock, mod revival, neo-psychedelia, pop rock

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: alternative rock, 1990s, CD, Island


Album: One From the Modern by Ocean Colour Scene (1999)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Album

Description: One from the Modern is the fourth album by Ocean Colour Scene.
The album made a departure from the two previous albums Moseley Shoals and Marchin' Already, and is slower and sadder. It was panned by critics who accused it of being too commercial and labelled it "dad rock." The album was dismissed by David Belcher of The Herald who commented on its "strangled vocals" and  "cringe-worthy lyrics." Nicholas Barber writing for The Independent concurred saying: "Much of the blame must rest on Simon Fowler. His mangled vocals and nonsense lyrics suggest that he doesn't know what it is he wants to communicate."
The protest song "Profit in Peace" was the first single, with "So Low" and then a double release of "I Am the News"/"July". The song "Soul Driver" is dedicated to Paul Weller, who mentored the band.
The album's cover photograph was taken in the Yew Garden at Packwood House near Solihull, England, a National Trust Property.

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 1990s, Album

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One from the Modern is the fourth album by Ocean Colour Scene.
The album made a departure from the two previous albums Moseley Shoals and Marchin' Already, and is slower and sadder. It was panned by critics who accused it of being too commercial and labelled it "dad rock." The album was dismissed by David Belcher of The Herald who commented on its "strangled vocals" and  "cringe-worthy lyrics." Nicholas Barber writing for The Independent concurred saying: "Much of the blame must rest on Simon Fowler. His mangled vocals and nonsense lyrics suggest that he doesn't know what it is he wants to communicate."
The protest song "Profit in Peace" was the first single, with "So Low" and then a double release of "I Am the News"/"July". The song "Soul Driver" is dedicated to Paul Weller, who mentored the band.
The album's cover photograph was taken in the Yew Garden at Packwood House near Solihull, England, a National Trust Property.

Album: 21 by Ocean Colour Scene (2010)
Genre: Alternative Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Gritty
Format: Compilation

Description: The Ocean Colour Scene story should already be the stuff of legend; a rip-roaring rock'n'folk odyssey set to a backdrop of 21 years of U.K pop culture at its very best.
In this 21 year existence Ocean Colour Scene have notched up nine albums, three of which went Top 5 - 1996's Moseley Shoals, 1997's Marchin' Already and 1999's One From The Modern - and a run of nine successive Top 20 hit singles commencing with 1996's The Riverboat Song. They supported Oasis at their massive Knebworth shows that same year, and two years later helmed the biggest arena tour of any UK band to date. Today they headline venues as prestigious as London's Royal Albert Hall (see current tour dates below). Their achievements have truly been phenomenal.
From their days as Breton-shirt wearing disciples of The Stone Roses (debut single 'Sway') to million selling Britpop superstars ('Marchin' Already' bumped Oasis' 'What the Story' from the top spot in 1997) to long-term touring allies with Paul Weller, their story is inseparable from the greats of modern British rock.
To mark this 21 year anniversary Universal Records release "21" a beautifully packaged boxed set of 4 CDs featuring previously unreleased tracks and a brand new song entitled "21". The box set will be released on 11th October. There will also be a 1CD cut down of the box set which will be a new 'Best Of'.
With the release of their ninth and most recent album Saturday in February 2010 and with a new release in the offing next year, this four CD box set isn't a full stop but a celebration of their career up to this point. Spanning alternate takes on early singles to present day album cuts taking in live tracks, sessions and rarities plus a new song 21, the collection is a great way to raise a glass to the Birmingham boys' coming of age.	

Artist Background: Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date. Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Related Artists: Cast, Shed Seven, Dodgy, The Bluetones

Music Scene: Part of the Birmingham, England, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Alternative Rock movement. Known for Britpop style.

Tags: Alternative Rock, Rock/Pop, Gritty, 2010s, Compilation


The Ocean Colour Scene story should already be the stuff of legend; a rip-roaring rock'n'folk odyssey set to a backdrop of 21 years of U.K pop culture at its very best.
In this 21 year existence Ocean Colour Scene have notched up nine albums, three of which went Top 5 - 1996's Moseley Shoals, 1997's Marchin' Already and 1999's One From The Modern - and a run of nine successive Top 20 hit singles commencing with 1996's The Riverboat Song. They supported Oasis at their massive Knebworth shows that same year, and two years later helmed the biggest arena tour of any UK band to date. Today they headline venues as prestigious as London's Royal Albert Hall (see current tour dates below). Their achievements have truly been phenomenal.
From their days as Breton-shirt wearing disciples of The Stone Roses (debut single 'Sway') to million selling Britpop superstars ('Marchin' Already' bumped Oasis' 'What the Story' from the top spot in 1997) to long-term touring allies with Paul Weller, their story is inseparable from the greats of modern British rock.
To mark this 21 year anniversary Universal Records release "21" a beautifully packaged boxed set of 4 CDs featuring previously unreleased tracks and a brand new song entitled "21". The box set will be released on 11th October. There will also be a 1CD cut down of the box set which will be a new 'Best Of'.
With the release of their ninth and most recent album Saturday in February 2010 and with a new release in the offing next year, this four CD box set isn't a full stop but a celebration of their career up to this point. Spanning alternate takes on early singles to present day album cuts taking in live tracks, sessions and rarities plus a new song 21, the collection is a great way to raise a glass to the Birmingham boys' coming of age.	

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