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Marchin' Already
''Marchin' Already'' is the third 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. The single "Hundred Mile High City" was used in the film ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. P.P. Arnold appears on "Traveller's Tune" and "It's a Beautiful Thing". A more subdued version of "Traveller's Tune" originally appeared as a B-side to "The Day We Caught the Train". The album knocked Oasis' '' Be Here Now'' off the top spot in the UK Albums Chart—Noel Gallagher sent Ocean Colour Scene his congratulations through a plaque on which he had inscribed, "To The Second Best Band In Britain". Steve Cradock famously retorted "it's an honour to be described as Britain's second best band, ahead of Oasis but behind the Beatles". In 2007 the song "Get Blown Away" was covered by British indie band The Enemy as a B-sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Colour Scene
Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Solihull in 1989. They have had five top 10 albums including a number one in 1997. They have also achieved seventeen top 40 singles and six top 10 singles to date. History Early days (1990–1995) Ocean Colour Scene were formed after two other bands called The Boys and Fanatics disbanded. Fanatics released an Extended play, EP titled ''Suburban Love Songs''. OCS signed to Phfftt Records in 1990. Their first single, "Sway", was released in September 1990 during the indie (music), indie era. When their record label was swallowed up by larger company Phonogram Records, Phonogram their eponymous début album was remixed, against the band's wishes, to fit in with the Baggy/indie-dance musical trend of the time. The album was largely deemed a failure. Being in dispute with their label, the band were forced back onto unemployment benefits, with no real direction and being only able to write n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be Here Now (album)
''Be Here Now'' is the third studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 21 August 1997 by Creation Records. The album was recorded at multiple recording studios in London, including Abbey Road Studios, as well as Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey. Although most tracks retain the anthemic quality of previous releases, the songs on ''Be Here Now'' are longer and contain many guitar overdubs. Noel Gallagher said this was done to make the album sound as "colossal" as possible. The album cover features a shot of the band members at Stocks House in Hertfordshire. It is the last Oasis studio album to feature founding members guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan as the two left in 1999. Following the worldwide success of their first two albums, ''Definitely Maybe'' (1994) and ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' (1995), the album was highly anticipated. Oasis' management company, Ignition, were aware of the dangers of overexposure, and before release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Albums
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YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Beautiful Thing (Ocean Colour Scene Song)
"It's a Beautiful Thing" is a rock song by Ocean Colour Scene with P. P. Arnold. The song was released in 1998 and reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart. It is taken from their 1997 chart-topping album ''Marchin' Already'' and was the fourth and final single to be released from the album, following "Hundred Mile High City", " Travellers Tune" and " Better Day". By not reaching the Top 10, the song broke the chain formed by the previous six singles which had all reached the Top 10. The band have never reached the Top 10 since. The lyrics are understood to be about Simon Fowler's (aka Sonny's) personal difficulties in coming out as gay. The title is a reference to the 1993 play and 1996 film '' Beautiful Thing''. Love is the "beautiful thing", but Fowler also laments that it can be a "terrible thing". P. P. Arnold Patricia Ann Cole (born October 3, 1946), known professionally as P. P. Arnold, is an American soul singer. Arnold began her career as an Ikette with the Ike & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travellers Tune
"Travellers Tune" is a song by English rock band Ocean Colour Scene. American soul singer P. P. Arnold provides additional vocals on the track. The song was released on 25 August 1997 as the second single from the band's third studio album, ''Marchin' Already'' (1997), and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. Track listings UK CD single # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" # "On the Way Home" # "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes" UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" Japanese mini-album # "Travellers Tune" # "Song for the Front Row" # "On the Way Home" # "All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes" # "The Faces Smiles Back Easily" # "Chicken Bones and Stones" Personnel Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the ''Marchin' Already'' album booklet. * Ocean Colour Scene – writing, production, recording, mixing, engineering ** Simon Fowler – vocals, guitar ** Steve Cradock – guitar, piano ** Damon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Day (song)
"Better Day" is a song by English rock band Ocean Colour Scene. The song was released as the third single from their third studio album, '' Marchin' Already'', on 10 November 1997 and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart. Track listings UK CD single # "Better Day" # "The Best Bet on Chinaski" # "On and On" UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Better Day" # "The Best Bet on Chinaski" Japanese CD single # "Better Day" # "The Best Bet on Chinaski" # "On and On" # "The Day We Caught the Train" (acoustic) Personnel Personnel are taken from the '' Marchin' Already'' album booklet. * Ocean Colour Scene – writing, production, recording, mixing ** Simon Fowler – vocals, guitar ** Steve Cradock – guitar, piano ** Damon Minchella – bass guitar ** Oscar Harrison Oscar Lloyd Harrison (born 18 April 1965 in Birmingham) is a British musician who currently plays drums with Birmingham-based Ocean Colour Scene and the British ska band The Beat. He also plays piano and bass guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Mile High City
"Hundred Mile High City" is a song by British rock band Ocean Colour Scene, taken as the first single from their third studio album, '' Marchin' Already'' (1997). The song was released in 1997 and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's joint most-successful single on the UK Singles Chart and their second-most successful in terms of number of weeks spent in the top 75, staying in for seven weeks. It was also their first single to chart in Ireland and the Netherlands, peaking at numbers 15 and 98, respectively. In 1998, "Hundred Mile High City" appeared on the soundtrack to the black comedy crime film ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. After the film premiered in the United States the following year, the song was added to several US alternative radio stations in mid-March 1999. Track listings UK CD single # "Hundred Mile High City" # "The Face Smiles Back Easily" # "Falling to the Floor" # "Hello Monday" UK 7-inch and cassette single :A. "Hundred M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy (UK Rock Band)
The Enemy (known as The Enemy UK in the United States) are an English indie rock band formed in Coventry in 2006. The band's debut album '' We'll Live and Die in These Towns'' (2007) went straight to Number 1 in the UK Albums Chart on release. Their second album '' Music for the People'' (2008) went to Number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. ''Streets in the Sky'', their third studio album, was released on 21 May 2012 and was also their third UK top 10 album. Their fourth studio album, ''It's Automatic'', was released on 9 October 2015. After disbanding in 2016, the band reunited in 2022 for two reunion shows in their hometown of Coventry and a UK tour. History Formation and early recordings (2006–07) Bass player Andy Hopkins and drummer Liam Watts originate from Coventry, while frontman and multi-instrumentalist Tom Clarke is originally from Birmingham, later moving to Coventry. Clarke attended Finham Park Secondary School in the city during his teenage years, with Hopkins atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Cradock
Stephen "Steve" Cradock (born 22 August 1969 in Solihull) is an English guitarist, most notable for playing in the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. Cradock also plays the guitar in Paul Weller's band, having appeared on all of Weller's solo records following his self-titled debut solo album. Cradock began playing lead guitar for British Ska band The Specials in 2014. He is a distinctive guitarist, who has a retro, 1960s sound. Cradock's influences include The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Cradock, also known as Fanny, also plays keyboards, bass guitar and drums. Life and career Early years Cradock was born in Solihull, Warwickshire; his father Chris Cradock, a police officer, would later become his son's manager. He was educated at Lode Heath School in Solihull. Cradock formed his first band called The Boys in 1988, with schoolfriends from Solihull. The band played at various Mod events around the Midlands with a set consisting mainly of cover songs – including The Clash' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born 29 May 1967) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis until their split in 2009. After leaving Oasis, he formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. He is one of the most successful songwriters in British music history, as the writer of eight UK number-one singles, and co-writer of a further number one; and the sole or primary writer of ten UK number-one studio albums. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential songwriters in the history of British rock music, cited by numerous major subsequent artists as an influence. Gallagher began playing the guitar at age twelve, and became a roadie and technician for Inspiral Carpets at age 21. He learnt that his younger brother Liam had joined a band called The Rain, which eventually became Oasis, and Liam invited him to join the group as their lead guitarist. He agreed on condition that he wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and found on the OCC website as a Top 100 or on UKChartsPlus as a Top 200, with positions continuing until all sales have been tracked in data only available to industry insiders. However, even though number 100 was classed as a hit album (as in the case of The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums) in the 1980s until January 1989, since the compilations were removed this definition was changed to Top 75 with follow-up books such as The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums book only including this data. As of 2021, the OCC still only tracks how many UK Top 75s album hits and how many weeks in Top 75 albums chart each artist has achieved. To qualify for the Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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