19-01-2012, 04:50
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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE "moseley shoals" cd,1996.
debut set from these lads from Birmingham,UK.
part of the Brit-Pop explosion and sounding more 'classic rock' than most of their contemporaries and sounding a lot like a cross between Fairport Convention and Paul Weller.
i saw the video for "the day we caught the train" on a late night music show back in the day and fell in love with the sound,thus i got the album...had no idea at the time that Paul Weller played guitar,organ/keyboard on this one and supplied backing vocals on a couple of tracks...but there was obviously something familliar in their sound that pricked up my ears in a decade that sucked for music. plebty of electric guitars, backwards guitars,percussion work...and a solid 1960s UK rock beat!
these guys are still making records but none i have heard come anywhere near this one and UK chart positions obviously concur with my thoughts, nowadays though, their time is split between doing their own material and working as part of Paul Weller's studio/live band...you dont have to like PW to like these guys but there are simillarities between the two!
album reached #2 in the UK, and spawned three top ten hits in tracks 2,3,11, with another track(#1) reaching the top 20...
this album along with early Oasis and Blur were the reasons that my faith in music was restored after several years in the wilderness!
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: get away
best track: one for the road
tracks:
1. the riverboat song ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdnJbN5KEUg audio
2. the day we caught the train ***
Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train - YouTube live
3. the circle **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVQ5zvxYUc audio
4. lining your pockets **
Ocean Colour Scene ft. Paul Weller - Lining Your Pockets - LIVE - YouTube live
5. fleeting mind *
6. 40 past midnight **
Ocean colour scene live on Jools Holland with Paul Weller (part 2) - YouTube live
7. one for the road ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpmAFoSipwE audio
8. its my shadow ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baBwCrzBSb0 audio
9. policemen and pirates ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F-hbbcPX2A audio
10.the downstream *
11.you've got it bad ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4HAhKN8g9A audio
12.get away *
3s=6
2s=3
1s=3
rating: 2.3
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.