For almost quarter of a century Ocean Colour Scene have been recording and releasing an ever-growing catalogue of instantly recognizable and skillfully crafted songs, all supported by an unrelenting live schedule that would put many a younger band to shame.
Now seems as good a time as any to catch our breath and celebrate a career that has bought us ten studio albums, 33 singles (many with non-album B-Sides and bonus tracks, adding to their prodigious output) plus live releases and compilations.
'It's A Beautiful Thing: The Best Of Ocean Colour Scene' is the latest release by the band working with Demon Music, a partnership that has seen a series of critically acclaimed box sets, with a number of their albums being made available on vinyl for the very first time.
CD ONE
1.One Of These Days
2.Sway
3.Yesterday Today
4.Giving It All Away
5.Do Yourself A Favour
6.Robin Hood
7.Fleeting Mind
8.The Riverboat Song
9.Huckleberry Grove
10.You’ve Got It Bad (Single Edit)
11.The Day We Caught The Train
12.The Circle
13.Day Tripper (Live, Electric Ballroom, 9 May 1996)
14.Hundred Mile City (Single Version)
15.Travellers Tune
16.Debris Road
17.Foxy’s Folk Faced
18.Better Day
19.It’s A Beautiful Thing – with P. P. Arnold (Radio Edit)
20.Profit In Peace (Single Edit)
21.So Low
CD TWO
1.July (New Version)
2.I Am The News (New Version)
3.Up On The Downside (Radio Edit)
4.Mechanical Wonder
5.Crazy Lowdown Ways
6.North Atlantic Drift
7.I Just Need Myself
8.Perfect Stranger
9.Make The Deal (Radio Edit)
10.Golden Gate Bridge
11.Have You Got The Right
12.Free My Name
13.Another Time To Stay
14.Drive Away
15.This Day Should Last Forever
16.I Told You So
17.I Just Got Over You (Radio Edit)
18.Go To Sea (Radio Edit)
19.Magic Carpet Days
20.Saturday (Radio Edit)
21.Painting
22.Doodle Book
23.Standing In The Place That You Used To Do
