Moseley Shoals

Moseley Shoals is the second 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.[11]

Moseley Shoals
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
Ocean Colour Scene (1992) Moseley Shoals (1996) Marchin' Already (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Austin Chronicle	[2]
Daily Herald	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Los Angeles Daily News	[6]
NME	5/10[7]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[8]
Record Collector	[9]
The Tampa Tribune	[10]

Album

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]

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.

The album was produced by Brendan Lynch, and was recorded and mixed at the band's studio in Birmingham (Moseley Shoals).

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.

Accolades

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

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.[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ocean Colour Scene[15].

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.[15]

• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996–2000) Peak position Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 64 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 23 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position UK Albums (OCC)[20] 11 Chart (1997) Position UK Albums (OCC)[21] 75

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	3× Platinum	900,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Moseley Shoals – Ocean Colour Scene". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
2. Hernandez, Raoul (15 November 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals (MCA)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
3. Review printed over two pages, first link shows rating. Second link shows prose.
   • Krol, Eric (27 September 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". Daily Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
   • Krol, Eric (27 September 1996). "Albums: Ocean Colour Drowns". Daily Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). "Ocean Colour Scene". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
5. Sullivan, Caroline (12 April 1996). "Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals (MCA)". The Guardian. p. 41.
6. Shuster, Fred (13 September 1996). "Sound Check: Rock". Los Angeles Daily News. MediaNews Group. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Atkins, Jamie (May 2011). "Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals: Deluxe Edition". Record Collector. No. 388. Diamond Publishing. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
10. Ross, Curtis (10 January 1997). "Spin this". The Tampa Tribune.
11. Ocean Colour Scene full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company, retrieved 8 July 2016
12. White, Adam (1 November 1997). "Jorgen Larsen's Universal Music International Emerges as a Global Force". Billboard. Vol. 109 no. 44. p. 99. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
13. "Q Readers All Time Top 100 Albums". Q Magazine. February 1998. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
14. "The 50 Best Britpop Albums". Pitchfork. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
15. Moseley Shoals (CD booklet). New York City: MCA Records. 1996. DOC061.
16. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Ocean Colour Scene". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
17. "Charts.nz – Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
19. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
20. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
21. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
22. "British album certifications – Ocean Colour Scene – Moseley Shoals". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

External links

• Moseley Shoals (deluxe edition) at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
• Moseley Shoals at Discogs (list of releases)
• Moseley Shoals at MusicBrainz