Mechanical Wonder

Mechanical Wonder is the fifth album by Ocean Colour Scene. It peaked on the UK album chart at #7 and lasted four weeks in the top 75. To date, it is the last Ocean Colour Scene release to enter the top 10.

Released9 April 2001

RecordedNovember 2000 Loco Studios, Moseley Shoals & The Fallout Shelter

GenreAlternative rock, blues rock

Length42:51

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Mechanical Wonder
Studio album by Ocean Colour Scene
Released	9 April 2001
Recorded	November 2000 Loco Studios, Moseley Shoals & The Fallout Shelter
Genre	Alternative rock, blues rock
Length	42:51
Label	Island
Producer	Martin 'Max' Heyes
Ocean Colour Scene chronology
One from the Modern (1999) Mechanical Wonder (2001) North Atlantic Drift (2003)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	[2]
entertainment.ie	[3]
The Herald	[4]
The Independent	[5]
NME	[6]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[7]
Q	[8]
RTÉ.ie	[9]
Under the Radar	5/10[10]

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Simon Fowler wrote in the liner notes of the band's greatest hits album "Songs for the Front Row" that the title referred to cars on the motorway. Live however, Simon Fowler often sings "and the radio plays only fucking Radio 1", a possible reference to the lack of airplay the band get. The other single from the album was "Up on the Downside", which fared better in the charts. The album was not a success, marking the end of the Britpop success of the band. After the failure of the album, the band decided to release themselves from their contract with their record label.