Moseley Shoals

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Moseley Shoals
Moseley Shoals cover
Studio album by Ocean Colour Scene
Released April 8, 1996
Recorded  ?
Genre Britpop/Alternative Rock
Length 54:27
Label Island Records
Producer(s) Brendan Lynch
Professional reviews
Ocean Colour Scene chronology
Ocean Colour Scene
(1992)
Moseley Shoals
(1996)
B-sides, Seasides and Freerides
(1997)


Moseley Shoals is a 1996 album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene, that was released during the Britpop era.

The first single taken from the album was "The Riverboat Song", which was popularised by Chris Evans on TFI Friday. Perhaps their best remembered song "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" (with its tune inspired by The Eagles and lyrics referencing Leah Betts), was also due to be released, but the band decided to concentrate on 1997 release Marchin' Already.

  • The album reached #2 in the UK charts, selling over 600,000 copies.
  • In 1998, Q magazine 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.
  • The word Moseley is almost certainly 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, home to several famous 60s soul recording studios.[citation needed]

  1. "The Riverboat Song"
  2. "The Day We Caught the Train"
  3. "The Circle"
  4. "Lining Your Pockets"
  5. "Fleeting Mind"
  6. "40 Past Midnight"
  7. "One for the Road"
  8. "It's My Shadow"
  9. "Policemen and Pirates"
  10. "The Downstream"
  11. "You've Got It Bad"
  12. "Get Away"

Ocean Colour Scene

Band Members: Steve CradockSimon FowlerOscar HarrisonDan SealeyAndy Bennett

Former members: Damon Minchella
Discography
Studio albums: Ocean Colour Scene (1992) • Moseley Shoals (1996) • Marchin' Already (1997) • One From The Modern (1999) • Mechanical Wonder (2001) • North Atlantic Drift (2003) • A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad (2005) • On the Leyline (2007)
Live albums: Live on the Riverboat (2003) • One for the Road (2006) • Live at the Jam House (2006) • Live at Birmingham Academy (2006) • BBC Sessions (2007)
Compilations: B-sides, Seasides and Freerides (1997) • Songs for the Front Row (2001) • Anthology (2003)
DVDs: Filmed From the Front Row (2003)
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