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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE / ON THE LEYLINE [Audio CD]
1. I Told You So
2. On The Leyline, Waiting
3. For Dancers Only
4. Man In The Middle
5. I Just Got Over You
6. Go To Sea
7. These Days I'm Tired
8. You'll Never Find Me
9. Don't Get Me
10. Loneliest Girl In The Whole Wide World
11. Mr. Brown
12. Two Lovers
13. Daylight
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When I first listened to this, the first track "I Told You So" seemed very simple and almost early Beatles in its sound. However, when I played the next 5 tracks I realised what a class album and a class act OCS are. The songs are so well written, coupled with Fowlers superb lyrics each song takes on its own meaning and intensity, inturn each compliment eachother. Each time I listened another track stood out. "Go To The Sea" has to be the one which stands out just slighty from the others with some great lines a heavy bass and suberb rifts by Cradock. But each time you listen you have a new favourite. "For Dancers only" is a great song and is written by Paul Weller, the band make it their own but you can hear Wellers' influence. After playing the first track a few times it is indeed catchy and you find yourself liking it more every time, complemented by tracks 2-6. It is an album of 2 halves. From 7 to 13 brings you down with more ballad songs and thats where Simon Fowler comes into his own, 9 "Don't Get Me" is fantastic. Each one of these songs has its a different appeal. The Album is overall great but at around 40 mins long is a tad too short. It leaves you wanting more. Ocean Colour have never been ones to conform with the rest and are much more than the britpop label that they got in the 90's. I can't help but think that if Ocean were one of the media "in" bands, then this album would be at the top of the charts for a long time. It is that good anyway, it just might be. Highly Recommend.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a very good album of pop-rock songs. Ocean Colour Scene has grown. Steve Cradock (I insist) is one of the best british guitarists right now. "Go To Sea" is among the highlights of this record and it reminds us all that rock and roll music and guitar playing are one for the other.
The influences and the style are clear. Calling them retro is meaningless at a time when bands like The Kings of Leon, Jet or The Strokes enjoy some success with a sound that's far from being new. The important thing is to deliver good songs, and Ocean Colour Scene knows how to make them. Maybe this is an advantage of being the non-favourites of the critics and count with their own record label, so they have all the freedom to play what they (and us) like.
"You'll Never Find Me" (a song that reminds me of "I'll Follow The Sun" from THE BEATLES FOR SALE) or "Don't Get Me", which features Simon Fowler's harmonica and the sing-along catchy melodie are going to be part of the classics by the band that delivered us "This Day Should Last Forever", "Foxy's Folk Faced" or "The Day We Caught The Train".
"Lonliest Girl In The Whole Wide World" could've been written as a B-Side for the MOSELEY SHOALS singles, just like "Huckleberry Grove" was. Another favourite is "These Days I'm Tired", an acoustic song with touches of the early 70's progressive songs with a melancholic sound.
The bassist Dan Sealey and the other guitarist, Andy Bennett finally receive their opportunity for being part of the recording of this whole new studio album. Sealey also makes his debut as a songwriter with "Man In The Middle" and the result is a good guitar-based song. Maybe the new blood of Ocean Colour Scene will lead the band to a new big time.
So I can say that ON THE LEYLINE surpassed my own expectations. It's a better album than AN HYPERACTIVE WORKOUT... or NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT. It was ten years ago when MARCHIN' ALREADY went on to knock down Oasis from the # 1 in the charts; and this is what I see, a band marchin' already good again!...a quality album, buy it!
The influences and the style are clear. Calling them retro is meaningless at a time when bands like The Kings of Leon, Jet or The Strokes enjoy some success with a sound that's far from being new. The important thing is to deliver good songs, and Ocean Colour Scene knows how to make them. Maybe this is an advantage of being the non-favourites of the critics and count with their own record label, so they have all the freedom to play what they (and us) like.
"You'll Never Find Me" (a song that reminds me of "I'll Follow The Sun" from THE BEATLES FOR SALE) or "Don't Get Me", which features Simon Fowler's harmonica and the sing-along catchy melodie are going to be part of the classics by the band that delivered us "This Day Should Last Forever", "Foxy's Folk Faced" or "The Day We Caught The Train".
"Lonliest Girl In The Whole Wide World" could've been written as a B-Side for the MOSELEY SHOALS singles, just like "Huckleberry Grove" was. Another favourite is "These Days I'm Tired", an acoustic song with touches of the early 70's progressive songs with a melancholic sound.
The bassist Dan Sealey and the other guitarist, Andy Bennett finally receive their opportunity for being part of the recording of this whole new studio album. Sealey also makes his debut as a songwriter with "Man In The Middle" and the result is a good guitar-based song. Maybe the new blood of Ocean Colour Scene will lead the band to a new big time.
So I can say that ON THE LEYLINE surpassed my own expectations. It's a better album than AN HYPERACTIVE WORKOUT... or NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT. It was ten years ago when MARCHIN' ALREADY went on to knock down Oasis from the # 1 in the charts; and this is what I see, a band marchin' already good again!...a quality album, buy it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have been an Ocean colour scene fan since they first started their career, and although an ardent fan, sometimes felt that after Mosely Shoals & One from the Modern albums, a lot of there tracks seemed to be the same. This album is different, in places a bit rocky and reminding me of the early Jam and Mod revival bands of the eighties. And then songs with harmonies like the Beatles and Beach Boys mixed into the more mid tempo tracks. Unlike the other reviews i am not going to give a view of each track, but this album is excellent, For Dancers Only being my favourite track. Nuff Said this is a very good OCS album. If you only like the Riverboat era then you will definately like this.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awesome Again
Never has Ocean Colour Scene sounded more direct, together, and in control of your listening experience. Read more
Published 2 months ago by W. Tombs
Great Band, Great Album
I don't have much to add to the positive reviews here but I did want to register my rating for this album, which is really good. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by Numinous Ugo
OCS - absolutely superb.
This record was put out in April 2007 and for me, has to be their 3rd best album after Moseley Shoals and NAD. Read more
Published on 8 July 2008 by Mark Richardson
Disapointing
While I have tried to like this album, I just cant.
Theres no real substance to the vast majority of this album, and it at times feels like OCS have lost thier way a... Read more
Theres no real substance to the vast majority of this album, and it at times feels like OCS have lost thier way a... Read more
Published on 9 April 2008 by Mr. T. Barrett
In the end, even I am a little tired of OCS
Firstly, I would like to say that I am a huge Ocean Colour Scene fan, and they are one of my all time favourite bands. But I'm afraid here is where I draw the line. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2007 by Robbie Swale
Disappointing.
Ocean Colour Scene got old. All the edge and energy that originally drew me to them in songs like Hundred Mile High City and The Riverboat Song has long since disappeared with... Read more
Published on 26 May 2007 by M. Hardy
Trudge in quality loafers
OCS are not explorers. They tend to go where they've gone before. Those of us who as kids went to the same British seaside town every year for holiday will know that has good and... Read more
Published on 24 May 2007 by Merry Terry
A MUST BUY FOR ALL INDIE/MOD/ROCK FANS !!!
Ocean Colour Scene have been around for over a decade and have now produced 9 studio albums.
Their latest offering is fantasic. Read more
Their latest offering is fantasic. Read more
Published on 2 April 2007 by r0ckland
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