- Audio CD (25 Nov 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Mca
- ASIN: B00000701M
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,178,122 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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From the ominous opening powerchords of "Hundred Mile High City" to the mournful, exhausted conclusion of "It's A Beautiful Thing", OCS's third album is not so much an album but a journey, complete with its share of emotional peaks and troughs. Frontman Simon Fowler's elliptical style means that you don't always know exactly what's going on, but tracks like "Debris Road" and "Get Blown Away" resonate on a deeper level, deploying evocative nostalgic imagery to marvellous effect. Musically, Marchin' Already shows OCS drawing on much wider influences they're usually given credit for: the band's mod influences are well-documented, but "Foxy's Folk-Faced" and "Half A Dream Away" respectively repay some dept to Fairport Convention and The Specials (whose trombonist Rico plays on the latter). That it never manages to sound purely like a rehash of pop's past glories must, in part, go to some truly imaginative work by producer Brendan Lynch, who remains the only man in Britain capable of making a guitar sounding like an aeroplane taking off. As Fowler would say, it's a beautiful thing. --Peter Paphides
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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE Marchin Already (Rare 1997 Japanese 17-track CD album including 4 bonus tracks - Hello Monday Falling To The Floor Top Of The World and Daytripper [Live - featuring Noel & Liam Gallagher!] picture sleeve Japanese lyric booklet + obi-strip MVCE-24040)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is probably the best OCS album along with Mosely Shoals. The singles "Traveller's Tune" and "Hundred Mile High City" are probably the best example of OCS. I would recomend this album to be the first to get. I listen to it in the car, at home, on the bus, I play along to it on my guitar, and now my mum is listening to it! If that don't persuade ya then I give up. 10 out of 10!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not even Ocean Colour Scene, who peaked with this late 90's britpop classic. The moment Steve Cradock starts with the opening to Hundred Mile High City, to the crescendo finish of It's A Beautiful Thing, the music is ebgulfing. Not since the the late 70's era of Queen and the Sex Pistls could a frontman be so charismatic. Not since Clapton or Hendrix could guitar sound so emotive. Not since ever was a bassist so cool. Not since Keith Moon a drummer/percusionnist with as much raw talent. And it shows. 13 tunes, a range of styles; from the roar of hundred mile high city to the pure emotion of better day to the folky besides yourself on to the crashing all up. Ocean Colour Scene excelled in writing music for the time. Although Moseley Shoals may have fared better, Marchin' Already is more complete. It is, however, not above criticism. Owing much to Weller, The Jam, Queen and 60's Britpop, this was not new cutting edge material. What it is, is a britpop album filled with tunes, crowd pullers, songs you remember entire summers by. A soundtrack for those who were there. Even if you weren't, listening to Marchin' Already, you feel as though you are there. Not the greatest album of all time, but buy probably in the top 10 from the 90's. No egos, no extras, just pure brilliant music
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Get Blown Away' is my favourite song of all time. Just listen to those lyrics and you'll be blown away right enough.
But this album is full of classics!
From the riff of 'Hundred Mile High', the bass on 'All Up' and Simon's vocals on 'Foxy's Folk Faced', the word perfection springs to mind. The strength of tune from track to track, this really puts all those pretentious one-hit wonders to shame.
So under-rated were the OCS during the Brit Pop era, but looking back it's obvious that they on music terms were by far the best.
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Best album of a genre
I had this album when I was 17 and loved it for the day I caught the train and riverboat song. Listened to it again recently and cant believe I didn't appreciate the other tracks -... Read more
Published 8 months ago by d
Good follow up .
After listiening to their Molsey Shoals album and seeing the band live at recent gig in Cardiff, hearing a few songs off this album live I just felt I had to buy this one with no... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2010 by Ross1927
Inconsistent - Buy a Best Of instead
In my video vault, I have a fantastic clip of Ocean Colour Scene playing Hundred Mile High City live on Top Of The Pops with guitarist Steve Craddock superbly playing several... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by Greg Farefield-Rose
Marchin indeed
Apart from other great tunes, this album is worth buying just for traveller's tune. An immense song. Great video to the song, too!
Published on 29 Sep 2008 by ModdyBoy67
The one after Mosely Shoals
This is the follow up to 1996's Mosely Shoals. It had a lot to live up to and I think it holds it's own. When released it knocked Oasis off the top of the album charts. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by David Bowers
Pat Arnold pops up and Brendan's at the desk....
As a follow up to 1996's leaner "Mosely Shoals", this feels like a sprawling album with a folky feel in places. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by Merry Terry
GREAT... but not quite the best.
Well this album is from the OCS peak era (having said that flying squad is fantastic)and i reckon is probably there second best album after Moseley Shoals. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2005 by LedZeppo
Great stuff
Proberbly the most spectacular and underrated rock album of the past few years. Their is no definable weakness on this 13 song journey through this Jam, Queen and not to mention... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2002 by les_davis@btinternet.com
a defining album of the decade
since the moment i put marchin' already into my cd player, and Hundred Mile High City started to play i have been a fan of ocs. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2001 by Mr. T. O. Brand
Is there better? I think not...
From Hundred Mile High to It's A Beautiful Thing, every single track on this phoenominal album keeps you singing all day long. Well done OCS on the best album i have ever heard!
Published on 31 Jan 2001
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