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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Ocean Colour Scene ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 I Just Need Myself 3:24 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Oh Collector 3:53 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Golden Gate Bridge 4:09 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Make The Deal 3:58 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 For Every Corner 3:47 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 On My Way 3:27 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Second Hand Car 2:56 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 She's Been Writing 4:12 ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 11 When Evil Comes 6:23 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Falling between the energetic pop/rock ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ of mod revival and the psychedelic ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ experimentations of Traffic, Ocean Colour ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Scene came to be one of the leading ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ bands of the traditionalist, post-Oasis ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ British rock of the mid-'90s. Although ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ they had formed in the late '80s and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ had several hits during the height of ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Madchester in the early '90s, the band ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ didn't earn a large following until ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ 1996, when their second album, Moseley ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ Shoals, became a multi-platinum success ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ story in the U.K. Their ascent was greatly ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ aided by Paul Weller and Oasis' Noel ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Gallagher, both publicly praised Ocean ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Colour Scene for keeping the flame of ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ real rock & roll burning during the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ '90s. And, according to one specific ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ definition, they were right, since Ocean ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Colour Scene was nothing if not rock & ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ roll traditionalists, drawing heavily ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ from British Invasion pop, psychedelia, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ soul, R&B, and blues-rock to create a ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ reverential homage to classic rock. ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Their devotion to trad rock may have ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ earned them decidedly mixed reviews, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ but that was the very thing that earned ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ them a sizable following. ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Ocean Colour Scene is comprised of Steve ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Cradock (lead guitar, keyboards, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ vocals), Simon Fowler (lead vocals, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ guitar), Damon Minchella (bass), and ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Oscar Harrison (drums). Prior to forming ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ in 1990, the members of the band had ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ played in a variety of other groups. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ During the late '80s, Cradock played ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in a mod revival band called the Boys. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Though they released an independent EP ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ called Happy Days and supported former ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott, the ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ band never gained much of an audience. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ At the same time the Boys were active, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Fowler and Minchella were in a Velvet ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Underground-influenced group called ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Fanatics, who released an EP, Surburban ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Love Songs, on the independent label ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Chapter 22 in the spring of 1989. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Following the release of the single, the ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ group's original drummer, Caroline ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Bullock, was replaced by Harrison, who ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ had previously played with a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ reggae/soul band called Echo Base. ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Shortly after Harrison joined Fanatics, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ the group split up. Several months after ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ their disbandment, Fowler, Minchella, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and Harrison formed Ocean Colour Scene ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ with Cradock, who they met at a Stone ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Roses concert. ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Appropriately, Ocean Colour Scene was ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ initially heavily influenced by the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Stone Roses. After performing a few ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ concerts, the group built a small fan base ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ and signed with a local indie label, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ !Phfft. Shortly after signing with ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ !Phfft, Ocean Colour Scene became ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ hyped as "the next big thing" by the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ British music weekly press, as their ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ live shows and debut single, "Sway," ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ earned extremely positive reviews during ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ the first half of 1990. In the spring ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ of 1991, they headed into the studio to ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ record the debut album with Jimmy Miller, ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ who worked on the Rolling Stones' ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ classic albums of the late '60s and ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ early '70s. Instead of concentrating ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ on work, the band essentially drank ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ away their hours in the studio, ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ resulting in a batch of uneven ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ recordings. Unsatisfied by the tapes, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ the band headed back into the studio ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ with Hugo Nicolson, who had previously ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ worked with Primal Scream. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ By the time they completed the record, ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ !Phfft had been acquired by Fontana ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Records, who bought the indie with the ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ intent of owning the rights to Ocean ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Colour Scene. Despite their enthusiasm ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ for the band, the label's head of A&R, ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Dave Bates, rejected the group's first ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ attempt at the album and asked them to ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ re-enter the studio to re-record most of ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ the album with another producer, Tim ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Palmer, who had previously worked with ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Tin Machine. Palmer also remixed the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ remaining cuts, resulting in a slick, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ over-produced debut album that was ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ delivered belatedly in the spring of ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 1992. By that time, the music press had ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ abandoned the Madchester scene that the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Stone Roses spawned and, in turn, they ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ rejected the return of Ocean Colour Scene. ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ The public also refused to buy the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ record and it sank upon its release. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ The band made some headway on an ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ American tour, but tensions with ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Fontana continued to increase throughout ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ the year. ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Ocean Colour Scene returned to England ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ halfway through the year, planning to ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ record a new album quickly, but Bates ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ rejected their new material. Soon, the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ band sued to get out of its Fontana ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ contract. By the time it was settled ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ in early 1993, the group owed hundreds ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ of thousands of pounds to the label and ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ they were back on the dole. Ocean Colour ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Scene continued to rehearse, often ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ supported by their manager (and Steve's ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ father) Chris Cradock, who put the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ family house up for mortgage. The band ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ converted their rehearsal space into a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ recording studio and began recording ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ constantly, but their break didn't ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ arrive until they played a gig ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ supporting Paul Weller's new band in ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ early 1993. Weller was impressed with ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ Steve Cradock's playing, and asked him ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Wood. However, the guitarist didn't ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ abandon Ocean Colour Scene all the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ money he was making was funneled back ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ into the band, and he landed Fowler a ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the end of the 1993, Cradock, Fowler, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ and Minchella were all playing in ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ arrived in late summer of 1994, when ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Noel Gallagher, the leader of Oasis, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ heard the band's tape in the offices of ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ his record label. Gallagher offered OCS ▀█████████
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▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ fall 1994 tour, which provided the group ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ was subject to a bidding war among ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▐█████ ▐█▓ Eventually, the band signed with MCA in ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ the summer of 1995; they were one of ▐███ ▐█████
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ During early 1996, the hype machine ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ began to go into overdrive for Ocean ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Colour Scene, as Gallagher proclaimed ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ them the best band in Britain in several ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ interviews and Chris Evans, a DJ on ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ BBC's Radio 1, constantly played OCS's ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ comeback single "The Riverboat Song," ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ essentially using it as his theme song. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ "The Riverboat Song" entered the charts ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ at number 15 early in 1996. Moseley ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
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▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ released in April of 1996, unexpectedly ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ entering the charts at number two. The ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ album was a fixture in the British Top Ten ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ throughout 1996, spending six months ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ total in the upper regions of the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ charts. Two subsequent singles from ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ the record, "You've Got it Bad" and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ "The Day We Caught the Train," reached ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the Top Ten and the album continued to ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ sell strongly throughout 1996, going ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Scene also became a popular live ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▀▀██▄ As the band was working on their third ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ album, Ocean Colour Scene released the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ & Freerides in March 1997. By the late ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ summer they had completed the album and ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ had released "Hundred Mile City" as a ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ single; it debuted at number two on the ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ U.K. charts. Marchin' Already, OCS's ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ third album, was released in September ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 1997 and it debuted at number one in the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ the top slot. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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