Moseley Shoals

The first single taken from the album was "The Riverboat Song", which was popularised by Chris Evans on TFI Friday. "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 the 1997 album release Marchin' Already. By November 1997, Moseley Shoals had sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide.{{cite magazine |last=White |first=Adam |title=Jorgen Larsen's Universal Music International Emerges as a Global Force |magazine=Billboard |date=1 November 1997 |volume=109 |issue=44 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA99 |accessdate=17 October 2020}}

The word Moseley is taken from a suburb of the same name in south Birmingham, UK. The album title as a whole is a punning nod to the city of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the location of several famous 1960s soul recording studios including FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in nearby Sheffield, Alabama.

The album was produced by Brendan Lynch, and was recorded and mixed at the band's studio in Birmingham (Moseley Shoals).{{Clarify|reason= is this saying that the band's studio is also called Moseley shoals?|date=June 2025}}

In April, 2016, the album was re-released as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, on limited edition red vinyl, charting at No.5 on the vinyl album chart.

The memorial by which the band can be seen standing on the front cover is the Jephson Memorial in The Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, UK.

In 1998, Q magazine's readers voted Moseley Shoals the 33rd greatest album of all time.{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20060115062759/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=15 January 2006 | title=Q Readers All Time Top 100 Albums | date=February 1998 | work=Q Magazine | accessdate=12 September 2018 }} The album was placed at number 42 on Pitchfork's 2017 poll of "The 50 Best Britpop Albums."{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=1|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=4 April 2018|date=29 March 2017}}

Released on 7 March 2011, the remastered album contained the original track list, plus all the B-sides from the four singles released ("The Riverboat Song", "The Day We Caught the Train", "The Circle" and "You've Got It Bad"). Most of these (all except "You've Got It Bad (demo)", "Men of Such Opinion", "I Need a Love Song" and "Justine") appeared on the B-side compilation album B-sides, Seasides and Freerides.

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Ocean Colour Scene{{cite AV media notes |title=Moseley Shoals |year=1996 |type=CD booklet |publisher=MCA Records |location=New York City |id=DOC061}}

| title1 = The Riverboat Song

| length1 = 4:54

| title2 = The Day We Caught the Train

| length2 = 3:06

| title3 = The Circle

| length3 = 3:43

| title4 = Lining Your Pockets

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Fleeting Mind

| length5 = 5:09

| title6 = 40 Past Midnight

| length6 = 4:01

| title7 = One for the Road

| length7 = 3:43

| title8 = It's My Shadow

| length8 = 4:23

| title9 = Policemen & Pirates

| length9 = 4:03

| title10 = The Downstream

| length10 = 5:32

| title11 = You've Got It Bad

| length11 = 4:26

| title12 = Get Away

| length12 = 7:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2011 Deluxe edition bonus disc

| title1 = So Sad

| length1 = 4:22

| title2 = Charlie Brown Says

| length2 = 2:57

| title3 = Robin Hood

| length3 = 3:35

| title4 = I Wanna Stay Alive with You

| length4 = 3:34

| title5 = Huckleberry Grove

| length5 = 3:00

| title6 = You've Got It Bad (demo)

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Here in My Heart

| length7 = 3:03

| title8 = Men of Such Opinion

| length8 = 3:22

| title9 = Beautiful Losers

| length9 = 2:41

| title10 = Mona Lisa Eyes

| length10 = 3:42

| title11 = The Clock Struck 15 Hours Ago

| length11 = 3:06

| title12 = I Need a Love Song

| length12 = 2:09

| title13 = Chicken Bones and Stones

| length13 = 3:36

| title14 = The Day We Caught the Train (acoustic)

| length14 = 3:22

| title15 = Travellers Tune

| length15 = 3:45

| title16 = Justine

| length16 = 3:18

| title17 = Mrs Jones

| length17 = 2:58

| title18 = Cool Cool Water

| length18 = 2:41

| title19 = Top of the World

| length19 = 3:48

| title20 = The Circle (acoustic)

| length20 = 3:06

| title21 = Chelsea Walk

| length21 = 3:12

| title22 = Alibis

| length22 = 3:04

| title23 = Day Tripper (live)

| length23 = 4:22

}}

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

;Ocean Colour Scene

• Simon Fowler – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Steve Cradock – guitars, piano, vocals
• Damon Minchella – bass
• Oscar Harrison – drums, piano, vocals

;Additional personnel

• Paul Weller – organ (track 1), guitar (track 3), piano (track 7), backing vocals (track 7)
• Brendan Lynch – production
• Martyn Heyes – engineering
• Tony Keach – engineering assistance
• Tim Young – mastering
• Gerard Saint – sleeve design
• Lord Antony Mark Briggs – photography

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