Better than Moseley Shoals
Rahmi Eliati | Seattle, WA, USA | 07/31/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was recently happily reunited with both Marchin' Already and Moseley Shoals which I listened to a lot a few years back. I could live without several tracks on Moseley Shoals, but everything here earns its place. Reading the lyrics off the sleeve wasn't the revelation I'd hoped, but hey they still work in an impressionistic sort of way :) Is the style derivative? Well, I guess so, but the tunes are still great, so who cares. If another album this good came along I'd buy it."
A good collection of songs that will make you happy.
Damon Navas-Howard | Santa Rosa, CA USA | 01/09/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
""Marchin' Already" is a very strong singles album, songs like "Hundred Mile High City", "Better Day", and "Travellers Tune" will make a fans out of its listeners on the first listen. The rest of the album can be redundant in certain spots and not as strong as the previous songs. If there is one thing Ocean Colour Scene can do is, they will make you exuberant about life and sing-along to these songs in a drunken haze. My favorite songs are "Better Day" and "Debris Road". "Better Day" starts out with a Let It Be like piano and explodes in an average OCS sing-along chorus while "Debris Road" reminds and makes you want to visit old English country. The first side of "Marchin' Already" makes the album worth getting but unfortunately the album digresses around "Tele He's Not Talking". Whenever I listen to this album, I usually just listen to the first side and rarely listen to the rest. I personally think the songs are so good that it makes it worth it but if you want a purely solid album with every track, you may be disappointed.Overall this album could have been a masterpiece but it still passes the test. "Mosley Shoals" is still their best album."
Some great R+B and pop but maybe a little inconsistent
Paul Donnelly | North West, England | 07/17/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought this CD purely on a whim, and I have to say a year later that it proved to be one of my better buys. Tracks like Hundred mile high city and The Riverboat Song are great up tempo songs that get me moving whilst Debris road and Get Blown Away are slower melodic tunes that really stir me. Yet as good as these and others are I still find it hard to listen through the ENTIRE album without finding some of the tracks a little disjointed and boring. Believe me I have tried many times but its not a "hear-through to the end" album. Good album but not up there with Mosely Shoals"
Track Listings (17) - Disc #1