Moseley Shoals
| Moseley Shoals | ||||
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| Studio album by Ocean Colour Scene | ||||
| Released | 8 April 1996 | |||
| Recorded | at Moseley Shoals Studio, Birmingham | |||
| Genre | Britpop, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 54:27 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Brendan Lynch | |||
| Ocean Colour Scene chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| Daily Herald | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Los Angeles Daily News | [5] |
| NME | 5/10[6] |
| Record Collector | [7] |
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, and amassed 92 weeks on chart, making it the band's most successful album in terms of weeks on chart, despite a later album reaching #1.[8]
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 million copies.[9]
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.
The album was produced by Brendan Lynch, and was recorded and mixed at the band's studio in Birmingham (Moseley Shoals).
In 1998, Q magazine's readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time.[10]
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.
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.
Moseley Shoals: Deluxe Edition
Released on 7 March 2011, the remastered album contained the original track list, plus all the B-sides from the four singles released ("The Riverboat Song", "The Day We Caught the Train", "The Circle" and "You've Got It Bad"). Most of these (all except "You've Got It Bad (demo)", "Men of Such Opinion", "I Need a Love Song" and "Justine") appeared on the B-side compilation album B-sides, Seasides and Freerides.[11]
Track listing
All tracks written by Ocean Colour Scene[12].
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Riverboat Song" | 4:54 |
| 2. | "The Day We Caught the Train" | 3:06 |
| 3. | "The Circle" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Lining Your Pockets" | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Fleeting Mind" | 5:09 |
| 6. | "40 Past Midnight" | 4:01 |
| 7. | "One for the Road" | 3:43 |
| 8. | "It's My Shadow" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Policemen & Pirates" | 4:03 |
| 10. | "The Downstream" | 5:32 |
| 11. | "You've Got It Bad" | 4:26 |
| 12. | "Get Away" | 7:55 |
| 2011 Deluxe edition bonus disc | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "So Sad" | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Charlie Brown Says" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Robin Hood" | 3:35 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Stay Alive with You" | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Huckleberry Grove" | 3:00 |
| 6. | "You've Got It Bad (demo)" | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Here in My Heart" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Men of Such Opinion" | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Beautiful Losers" | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Mona Lisa Eyes" | 3:42 |
| 11. | "The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago" | 3:06 |
| 12. | "I Need a Love Song" | 2:09 |
| 13. | "Chicken Bones and Stones" | 3:36 |
| 14. | "The Day We Caught the Train (acoustic)" | 3:22 |
| 15. | "Travellers Tune" | 3:45 |
| 16. | "Justine" | 3:18 |
| 17. | "Mrs Jones" | 2:58 |
| 18. | "Cool Cool Water" | 2:41 |
| 19. | "Top of the World" | 3:48 |
| 20. | "The Circle (acoustic)" | 3:06 |
| 21. | "Chelsea Walk" | 3:12 |
| 22. | "Alibis" | 3:04 |
| 23. | "Day Tripper (live)" | 4:22 |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]
- Simon Fowler – Vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
- Damon Minchella – Bass
- Oscar Harrison – Drums, piano, vocals
- Steve Cradock – Guitar, piano, vocals
- Paul Weller – Organ, guitar, piano, vocals
- Brendan Lynch – Production
- Martyn Heyes – Engineering
- Tony Keach – Engineering assistance
- Tim Young – Mastering
- Gerard Saint – Sleeve design
- Lord Antony Mark Briggs – Photography
References
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Moseley Shoals – Ocean Colour Scene". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Hernandez, Raoul (15 November 1996). "Record Reviews – Music – The Austin Chronicle". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Turner Fulfills Her 'Wildest Dreams' to the Max". Daily Herald. 27 September 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via Highbeam. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
- ↑ Shuster, Fred (13 September 1996). "SOUND CHECK : ROCK". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via Highbeam. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Kessler, Ted. "Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ Atkins, Jamie. "A mod-ern classic?". Record Collector. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ↑ Ocean Colour Scene full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company, retrieved 08 July 2016
- ↑ "UK Brits Around the World" (PDF). Billboard. 22 February 1997. p. 50. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ , Q Readers All Time Top 100 Albums, retrieved 24 April 2017
- ↑ Atkins, Jamie. "Moseley Shoals: Deluxe Edition". Record Collector. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- 1 2 Moseley Shoals (CD booklet). New York City: MCA Records. 1996. DOC061.
External links
- Moseley Shoals (deluxe edition) at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
- Moseley Shoals at Discogs (list of releases)
- Moseley Shoals at MusicBrainz