A few important things happened in Britain in the summer of 1996. Dolly the Sheep was born, leading to global debate about the ethics of cloning. The Spice Girls released Wannabe, leading to global debate about who wanted to be Baby Spice. England got to the semi-finals of the European Championships, still their best performance in half a century. And a band from the Birmingham suburb of Moseley reached the top 10 with an album that combined cord-clad 60s nostalgia and northern soul influences with robust, melodic Britpop songcraft.

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Damon Minchella". Line6.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008 . Retrieved 22 April 2008.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.

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In 2014 a special edition of Marchin' Already was released on a 2 CD edition and a special deluxe 4 disc box set which included a DVD of their live performance at Stirling Castle in 1998. Early 2015 saw the band celebrate their 25th anniversary with some acoustic concerts around the UK. They released a double CD live album which was recorded at the Manchester concert on the tour. Kessler, Ted (6 April 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". NME. IPC Media. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 . Retrieved 7 June 2017. Krol, Eric (27 September 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021 . Retrieved 14 September 2019. In 1998, Q magazine's readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time. [13] The album was placed at number 42 on Pitchfork's 2017 poll of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums." [14] Moseley Shoals: Deluxe Edition [ edit ] Hundred Mile High City, which is taken from the band's third studio album Marchin' Already also scored a No.4.

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British album certifications – Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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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. The word Moseley is taken from a suburb of the same name in south Birmingham, UK. 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. [ citation needed] 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. Hernandez, Raoul (15 November 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals (MCA)". The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved 27 October 2015.

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Meet the Bands". Langford Live. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011 . Retrieved 24 December 2012. The Day We Caught The Train scored a No.4 on the UK singles chart - their highest chart position to date. 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. Ex-Manchester Utd footballer Dion Dublin launches new musical instrument". NME.com. IPC Media. 28 January 2010 . Retrieved 29 January 2010. Marchin’ Already confirmed their arrival as a major force with more original classics in the shape of “Hundred Mile High City”, “Better Day”, “Traveller’s Tune” and “It’s a Beautiful Thing” – the latter pair featuring P.P. Arnold and exuding a heady whiff of Northern Soul. Again we’d point you to their Deluxe and even Super Deluxe editions where their prolific but high-quality output can be heard spread across 3-CDs/DVD in the latter case, including live sets at Manchester Apollo and Stirling Castle.

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Alison King (13 October 2012). "Forget Madchester, it's all about the B-Town scene". The Independent . Retrieved 4 June 2020. 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. 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] Chart Log UK "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: B – Darren B > David Byrne". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz . Retrieved 5 September 2020. Moseley Shoals reached number two on the UK album chart, which no doubt helped them achieve a success when scoring a No.1 with their 1997 Marchin' Already album.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. 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]