Track Listing

1. I Told You So
2. On the Leyline, Waiting
3. For Dancers Only
4. Man in the Middle
5. I Just Got Over You
6. Go to Sea
7. These Days I'm Tired
8. You'll Never Find Me
9. Don't Get Me
10. Loneliest Girl in the Whole Wide World
11. Mr. Brown
12. Two Lovers
13. Daylight

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #302065 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
Ocean Colour Scene release their brand new studio album "On The Leyline" Brimming over with needle-sharp rockers (the XTC-esque title track) and joyous Everly Brothers inspired romps ('Two Lovers'), 'On The Leyline' sees OCS breaking free of their comfort zone at every turn. If first single 'I Told You So' is a jangle-pop classic in the spirit of 'You Got It Bad', 'On The Leyline' boasts an experimental side too. The caustic 'Mr Brown' ("You promised us the earth/So you could let us down") set to a jaunty calypso, whilst the sublime 'These Days' sees Steve supply lead vocals on a psychedelic excursion reminiscent of Buffalo Springfirled's 'Everydays'. Wellerologists, meanwhile, will be ecstatic at the inclusion of 'For Dancers Only', a song the Modfather recorded in 2006 and as yet unreleased.

Customer Reviews

3.5 Stars
This is a peculiar recording for OCS. It does not seem to truly kick into gear until the third cut. Prior to that it does not much sound like OCS. The first two tracks seem like an effort at creating a single or two. Unlike prior efforts, they add a second guitarist. It just seems unecessary in a studio context. It seems to cramp the sound, making for a much more dense record than OCS typically puts out. I always enjoyed their sense of space within their sound. Steve Cradock is one of Britain's finest guitarists, other than in a live context, do you really need a second guitarist? Still, it is still a fine recording. One worth obtaining.

In the end, even I am a little tired of OCS
Firstly, I would like to say that I am a huge Ocean Colour Scene fan, and they are one of my all time favourite bands. But I'm afraid here is where I draw the line. This album is uninspired and quite boring. There are no songs on here which would have been a single off any previous OCS album except maybe their self titled debut. The lead single I Told You So is the only one which provides any sort of break to this, but to be honest it is almost as far from The Circle as a Girls Aloud single.

It is still Ocean Colour Scene and so is a relaxing listen, but there is nothing on here to inspire any emotional impact or musical excitement.

If you are interested in Ocean Colour Scene, you may want this to complete a collection, but otherwise look to any of their previous albums and not here.

CD- OCS- On the Leyline
The CD cover was samshed up, but that could have happenend in transit, the cd itseldf sounds great and I would buy from this seller again.