Ocean Colour Scene (album)

Ocean Colour Scene
Studio album by
Ocean Colour Scene
Released25 May 1992 [1]
GenreMadchester, R&B, shoegaze, soul[2]
Length47:16
LabelFontana
ProducerBrendan Lynch
Ocean Colour Scene chronology
Ocean Colour Scene
(1992) 		Moseley Shoals
(1996)
Singles from Ocean Colour Scene
  1. "Sway"
    Released: 12 November 1990[3]
  2. "Sway (re-issue)"
    Released: 10 February 1992[4]
  3. "Giving It All Away"
    Released: 23 March 1992[5]
  4. "Do Yourself a Favour"
    Released: 4 May 1992[6]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Ocean Colour Scene is the 1992 debut album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene.[7] It was released during the early Britpop era with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals. Ocean Colour Scene themselves largely ignore this album, feeling that the band's and label's conflicting musical views led to a 'watered-down' debut which lacked the edge of the band's live popularity.[citation needed]

The first single from the album was "Sway" in February 1992, followed by "Giving it All Away" in March and finally "Do Yourself a Favour" in May. A remastered 2CD Deluxe edition of the album was released in February 2014 which included the original album together with A and B sides of early singles and a few outtakes.

  1. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-05-23.pdf (Page12)
  2. ^ a b "Ocean Colour Scene Ocean Colour Scene". AllMusic.
  3. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-11-10.pdf (Page 49)
  4. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-02-08.pdf (Page 26)
  5. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-03-21.pdf (Page 27)
  6. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-05-02.pdf (Page 37)
  7. ^ Brothers, Stud (25 April 1992). "Ocean Colour Scene: From High Seas to Deep Six". Melody Maker. Vol. 68, no. 17. p. 39.