Moseley Shoals
by Ocean Colour Scene
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Moseley Shoals is ranked as the best album by Ocean Colour Scene.
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Moseley Shoals track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Moseley Shoals rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 97 Music Albums of 1996 | 97/97 | 0 |
| 2026 | pjpaul | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 36/50 | 28 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 69/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 20 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/20 | 5 |
| 2026 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1996 | 4/15 | 4 | |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1990s | 41/79 | 10 |
| 2026 | bryatk | Top 67 Greatest Music Albums | 21/67 | 70 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1996 by Radio X | 4/25 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Albums 101-200 | 55/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 152 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 747 | |||
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Moseley Shoals ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 17:51 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 20:28 | RemainInLight | 3,793 | 36/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 01:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,693 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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For me the soundtrack to the summer of 96, great times! Just puts me in a good mood when I listen to it.
"Saturday Afternoon, the Sunshine pours like wine through my window" - The Circle. Awesome lyrics!
Can't say this was really on my playlist at the time though other than the singles. It's actually a pretty decent album of the times but it probably lacks the personality of the bigger acts of the scene even though the songs are mostly good. The production is a bit nondescript. Better than a hell of a lot of Britpop types but probably sit about right as their reputation suggests in the pantheon as second tier.
Great pop/rock record, no bad tracks, nothing challenging.
I never get tired of listening to this. What an absolute classic.
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