Ocean Colour Scene is the eponymous 1992 debut 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 :...

. It was released during the early 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 with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals

Moseley Shoals

Moseley Shoals is a 1996 album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene, that was released during the Britpop era. The album reached #2 in the UK charts, selling over 600,000 copies....

. Ocean Colour Scene themselves largely ignore this album, feeling that the band and label's conflicting musical views led to a 'watered-down' debut which lacked the edge of the band's live popularity. 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.

Track listing

1. "Talk On"
2. "How About You"
3. "Giving it All Away"
4. "Justine"
5. "Do Yourself A Favour"
6. "Third Shade of Green"
7. "Sway"
8. "Penny Pinching Rainy Heaven Days"
9. "One of Those Days"
10. "Is She Coming Home"
11. "Blue Deep Ocean"
12. "Reprise"

External links

• Ocean Colour Scene Album Details