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Ocean Colour Scene (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe)

Ocean Colour Scene

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A classic case of a band searching for an identity on its debut album, Ocean Colour Scene couldn't decide whether it wanted to be Madchester rave-up, shoegaze drift, or the kind of proto-soul/R&B revivalist outfit that would eventually determine the group's future (and fairly dull) career. In ways, though, the debut could easily be the best overall thing the band recorded, showing more of a sense of genre experimentation than it did in later life, able to cover the bases from the sweet zone-out of the opening "Talk On" to the Stevie Wonder cover "Do Yourself a Favor," given a sturdy if not particularly noteworthy remake. The secret highlight of the album is possibly "Justine," a stripped-down, hushed acoustic guitar/cello ballad; if it's not Nick Drake or John Martyn, say, there's something about the low-key atmosphere, Fowler's calm vocals detailing a strange, domineering figure with her "pretty girls chained inside the dungeon." Other songs like "Third Shade of Green" and the shimmering chime and groove of "Blue Deep Ocean" suggest that if Ocean Colour Scene had aimed at developing more of its brand of psychedelic English soul, the band might have really had something. On much of the album, Fowler's fairly thin semi-whine is his undoing -- if less strident than the years of his Brit-pop dominance, when it's not working it's fairly painful, but that's not a constant situation since he seems to be assaying a varying number of approaches throughout the album. Sometimes he's trying to be the young Joe Cocker or Rod Stewart -- or more appropriately, the new Paul Weller -- a little too hard, raising unenviable comparisons, but the easier delivery on the semi-tropical funk of "Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days" shows that he could relax when needed.

© Ned Raggett /TiVo

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1
Talk On
00:04:05

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

2
How About You
00:03:14

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

3
Giving It All Away
00:04:11

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Hugo Nicolson, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

4
Justine
00:03:32

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Hugo Nicolson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

5
Do Yourself A Favour
00:03:48

Tim Palmer, Producer - Syreeta Wright, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

6
Third Shade Of Green
00:04:39

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

7
Sway (Album Version)
00:03:42

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Hugo Nicolson, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

8
Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days
00:03:13

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Hugo Nicolson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cradock, Composer

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

9
One Of Those Days (Album Version)
00:04:13

Tim Palmer, Producer - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

10
Is She Coming Home
00:06:05

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

11
Blue Deep Ocean
00:04:55

Steve Osborne, Producer - Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Hugo Nicolson, Producer, Additional Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

12
Reprise
00:01:29

Steve Osborne, Producer - Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, Composer - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, Composer - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Hugo Nicolson, Producer, Additional Producer - Steve Cradock, Composer

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

DISC 2

1
One Of Those Days (Unreleased Version)
00:05:00

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2014 Mercury Records Limited

2
Talk On (Single Version)
00:04:32

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

3
Sway (Original Version)
00:03:54

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Pat Collier, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited

4
Lullaby
00:01:49

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Pat Collier, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1990 Mercury Records Limited

5
One Of Those Days
00:05:36

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

6
Yesterday Today
00:03:17

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Dave Anderson, Producer - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Neil Brockbank, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited

7
Another Girl's Name
00:03:23

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Dave Anderson, Producer - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Neil Brockbank, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited

8
Fly Me
00:04:31

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Dave Anderson, Producer - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Neil Brockbank, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited

9
No One Says
00:05:01

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist - Dave Morris, Producer

℗ 1991 Mercury Records Limited

10
My Brother Sarah
00:02:43

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

11
Mona Lisa Eyes
00:03:42

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

12
Bellechoux
00:03:22

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

13
Flowers
00:04:03

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

14
Don't Play
00:04:15

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

15
The Seventh Floor
00:05:05

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

16
Patsy In Green
00:02:23

Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, Producer, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

17
Suspended Motion
00:03:54

Tim Palmer, Producer - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

18
Blue Deep Ocean (Alt. Version/ Out Take)
00:04:39

Steve Osborne, Producer - Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Hugo Nicolson, Producer, Additional Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

19
Is She Coming Home (Alt. Version/ Out Take)
00:06:07

Tim Palmer, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Harrison, ComposerLyricist - Simon Fowler, Composer - Damon Minchella, ComposerLyricist - Ocean Colour Scene, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Steve Cradock, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1992 Mercury Records Limited

Album review

A classic case of a band searching for an identity on its debut album, Ocean Colour Scene couldn't decide whether it wanted to be Madchester rave-up, shoegaze drift, or the kind of proto-soul/R&B revivalist outfit that would eventually determine the group's future (and fairly dull) career. In ways, though, the debut could easily be the best overall thing the band recorded, showing more of a sense of genre experimentation than it did in later life, able to cover the bases from the sweet zone-out of the opening "Talk On" to the Stevie Wonder cover "Do Yourself a Favor," given a sturdy if not particularly noteworthy remake. The secret highlight of the album is possibly "Justine," a stripped-down, hushed acoustic guitar/cello ballad; if it's not Nick Drake or John Martyn, say, there's something about the low-key atmosphere, Fowler's calm vocals detailing a strange, domineering figure with her "pretty girls chained inside the dungeon." Other songs like "Third Shade of Green" and the shimmering chime and groove of "Blue Deep Ocean" suggest that if Ocean Colour Scene had aimed at developing more of its brand of psychedelic English soul, the band might have really had something. On much of the album, Fowler's fairly thin semi-whine is his undoing -- if less strident than the years of his Brit-pop dominance, when it's not working it's fairly painful, but that's not a constant situation since he seems to be assaying a varying number of approaches throughout the album. Sometimes he's trying to be the young Joe Cocker or Rod Stewart -- or more appropriately, the new Paul Weller -- a little too hard, raising unenviable comparisons, but the easier delivery on the semi-tropical funk of "Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days" shows that he could relax when needed.

© Ned Raggett /TiVo

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