Sense of Occasion

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sense of Occasion

| type = studio

| artist = Fairport Convention

| cover = Senseofoccassion.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 February 2007

| recorded = November 2006

| venue =

| studio = Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire

| genre = British folk rock

| length = 1:07:39

| label = Matty Grooves

| producer = Mark Tucker with Fairport Convention

| prev_title = Over the Next Hill

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Festival Bell

| next_year = 2011

}}

Sense of Occasion is a 2007 album by British folk rock veterans Fairport Convention, recorded in November 2006 in the band's own Woodworm studio in Oxfordshire, and released in February on the band's own Matty Grooves Records label. The band have released over 30 albums since their debut, Fairport Convention, in 1968.

The year 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the band, although only one member, Simon Nicol, remains from the original line-up.

==Reception==

In a review on AllMusic, Chris Nickson felt that despite personnel changes, the band continue to produce fine folk rock, as they have done for the past 40 years; though they lack development and edge, and the music sounds too comfortable.{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-of-occasion-mw0001488304|author=Chris Nickson|work=AllMusic|title=Sense of Occasion Review by Chris Nickson}}