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===Britpop fame (1995β2000)=== The band recorded a [[demo (music)|demo]] that was sent to various industry figures. After hearing this tape, [[Noel Gallagher]] invited the band to play with [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] on their 1995 tour. This support slot brought OCS to the attention of more record labels, and eventually in late 1995, the band signed with [[MCA Records]].<ref name="Ocean Colour Scene Biography"/> With the explosion of the Britpop scene, OCS's music became nationally and internationally known. Their second album ''[[Moseley Shoals]]'' was released to mixed-to-positive reviews, containing four hit singles and reached No. 2 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> They also played at one of the [[concerts at Knebworth House]] supporting Oasis in August 1996. ''[[Marchin' Already]]'', the follow-up to ''Moseley Shoals'', went to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart,<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> displacing Oasis' ''[[Be Here Now (album)|Be Here Now]]'' at the top of the charts in 1997. In 1998 they headlined their own arena tour in support of ''Marchin' Already'' and played three sold out nights at [[Stirling Castle]], Scotland. ''[[One from the Modern]]'' was released in 1999, and peaked in the UK Albums Chart at No. 4. The record spawned three top 40 singles, "[[Profit in Peace]]", "[[So Low (Ocean Colour Scene song)|So Low]]" and "[[July (Ocean Colour Scene song)|July]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> A Greatest Hits album, ''Songs for the Front Row'', was released in 2001.<ref name=chart>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011125005646/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2001/11/2002.cfm "CD REVIEWS: Creed, The Smashing Pumpkins, Robbie Williams and many more"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', 20 November 2001</ref>
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