Disco de Ocean Colour Scene: “One From the Modern [Import Version]”

First and foremost, let this be known. I am not a Small Faces fan. Neither do I like The Who. I think Paul Weller is pretty damn dreadful. I AM an Ocean Colour Scene fan. I love them for who they are, not for who other people would have you believe they pretend to be. This album is fantastic. Profit In Peace is good (some lovely ska guitar) but actually one of the 'not so good' song. So Low, although a chart flop is a stunner- great lyrics, harmony, and some great slide guitar. I Am The News is much better live than the Track Three here, but worth listening to. No-one At All, and Step-By-Step saunter by cheerfully enough, while Families, very Sergeant Peppers, is really quite excellent once you've had the album for a while. BUT, for me, this record doesn't even kick off till track seven. July, although MUCH better live, is a masterpiece. Jane She Got Excavated is utterly original. Emily Chambers... what can I say? Better live, but a piano line to die for. Soul Driver- not my favourite, but keeps you waiting for... The Waves- in twenty years time, this will be seen as the greatest Ocean Colour Scene song of them all. The Royal Albert Hall Organ at its most stunning; I've always thought that if Ocean Colour Scene had a truly BEAUTIFUL song, they'd be complete. This is that song. Really, really stunning, with I Won't Get Grazed as its lonely reply. Buy this album. Listen beyond the first track, and you won't regret it.

Like its predecessor, the masterpiece "Marchin' Already," this disc has not been released in the US, and it's a crying shame. OCS channels Traffic, the Beatles, the Stones, Badfinger, and more, without sounding any less contemporary for it. This is simply classic rock at its best.

Don't be scared off by the high import price - it's actually worth it.

This ie Ocean Colur Scenes 4th studio album and i personally think that its their best. The album shows what ocs are really made of. The album contains the hit singles Profit and Peace, So Low and July (theme from lock stock and two smoking barrels)and several other great tracks. Its a shame that this album never had an offical release in America as i feel that they are missing out on so much.(its available on import though)

This album is one of the best CDs I have ever heard. Every track is simply outstanding. They have matured with every effort and this is not retro-rock, but unlike everything else out there. Well that's what I think anyway.