Moseley Shoals is a 1996 album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date.-Early days :...

, that was released during the Britpop

Britpop

Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

 era. The album reached #2 in the UK charts, selling over 600,000 copies.

The first single taken from the album was "The Riverboat Song", which was popularised by Chris Evans on TFI Friday

TFI Friday

TFI Friday is an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final series was hosted by a number of Guest Presenters. It was broadcast on...

. "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 1997 release Marchin' Already

Marchin' Already

Marchin' Already is a 1997 album by Ocean Colour Scene.The album was a follow-up to the successful Moseley Shoals, and is in a similar style. The songs were taken from the band's catalogue that they had built up since forming several years earlier....

. By the end of 1996, "Moseley Shoals" had sold 1.3 million copies.

The word Moseley

Moseley

Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants...

 is taken from a suburb of the same name in south Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, UK, where three of the band members were born. The album title as a whole is a punning nod to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of the city to be 12,846. The city is included in The Shoals MSA. It is famous for its contributions to American popular music.-Geography:Muscle Shoals is located...

, home to several famous 60s soul recording studios.

In 1998, Q magazine

Q (magazine)

Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...

 readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time.

The memorial by which the band can be seen standing on the front cover is the Jephson Memorial in The Jephson Gardens

The Jephson Gardens

The Jephson Gardens are formal gardens, together with a grassed park, in the town of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. The gardens, once a place for the wealthy to 'take the air' and 'be seen', are found in the centre of the town with the River Leam flowing to the south of them. One of the town's most...

, Leamington Spa

Leamington Spa

Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington or Leam to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. Formerly known as Leamington Priors, its expansion began following the popularisation of the medicinal qualities of its water by Dr Kerr in 1784, and by Dr Lambe...

, UK.

Track listing

1. "The Riverboat Song
   The Riverboat Song
   "The Riverboat Song" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene.The song is heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin's 'Four Sticks', from which it takes its main riff and a number of lyrics....
   
   " (4:54)
2. "The Day We Caught the Train
   The Day We Caught the Train
   "The Day We Caught the Train" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the third single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song" and "You've Got It...
   
   " (3:06)
3. "The Circle
   The Circle (song)
   "The Circle" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the fourth and final single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song", "You've Got It Bad" and...
   
   " (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 and Pirates" (4:03)
10. "The Downstream" (5:32)
11. "You've Got It Bad
    You've Got It Bad
    "You've Got It Bad" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the second single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song"...
    
    " (4:26)
12. "Get Away" (7:55)

Moseley Shoals: Deluxe Edition (Released 7th March 2011)

Remastered album containing the original tracklist, plus all the b-sides from the four singles released (The Riverboat Song

The Riverboat Song

"The Riverboat Song" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene.The song is heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin's 'Four Sticks', from which it takes its main riff and a number of lyrics....

, The Day We Caught the Train

The Day We Caught the Train

"The Day We Caught the Train" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the third single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song" and "You've Got It...

, The Circle

The Circle (song)

"The Circle" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the fourth and final single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song", "You've Got It Bad" and...

 and You've Got It Bad

You've Got It Bad

"You've Got It Bad" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the second single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song"...

)

1. "The Riverboat Song
   The Riverboat Song
   "The Riverboat Song" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene.The song is heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin's 'Four Sticks', from which it takes its main riff and a number of lyrics....
   
   " (4:54)
2. "The Day We Caught the Train
   The Day We Caught the Train
   "The Day We Caught the Train" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the third single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song" and "You've Got It...
   
   " (3:06)
3. "The Circle
   The Circle (song)
   "The Circle" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the fourth and final single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song", "You've Got It Bad" and...
   
   " (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 and Pirates" (4:03)
10. "The Downstream" (5:32)
11. "You've Got It Bad
    You've Got It Bad
    "You've Got It Bad" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene .The song was released in 1996 and reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1996 album Moseley Shoals and was the second single to be released from this album, following "The Riverboat Song"...
    
    " (4:26)
12. "Get Away" (7:55)
13. "So Sad" (4:22)
14. "Charlie Brown Says" (2:57)
15. "Robin Hood" (3:35)
16. "I Wanna Stay Alive With You" (3:34)
17. "Huckleberry Grove" (3:00)
18. "You've Got It Bad (Demo Version)" (3:56)
19. "Here In My Heart" (3:03)
20. "Men Of Such Opinion" (3:22)
21. "Beautiful Losers" (2:41)
22. "Mona Lisa Eyes" (3:42)
23. "The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago" (3:06)
24. "I Need A Love Song" (2:09)
25. "Chicken Bones And Stones" (3:36)
26. "The Day We Caught The Train (Acoustic Version)" (3:22)
27. "Travellers Tune" (3:45)
28. "Justine" (3:18)
29. "Mrs. Jones" (2:58)
30. "Cool Cool Water" (2:41)
31. "Top Of The World" (3:48)
32. "The Circle (Acoustic Version)" (3:06)
33. "Chelsea Walk" (3:12)
34. "Alibis" (3:04)
35. "Day Tripper (Live)" (4:22)