{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = Mechanical Wonder | type = Album | artist = Ocean Colour Scene | cover = Mechanical Wonder.jpg | alt = | released = 9 April 2001 | recorded = November 2000 Loco Studios, Moseley Shoals & The Fallout Shelter | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, blues rock | length = 42:51 | label = Island | producer = Martin 'Max' Heyes | prev_title = One from the Modern | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = North Atlantic Drift | next_year = 2003 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r531211|pure_url=yes}} Ocean Colour Scene - Mechanical Wonder] AllMusic</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ocean Colour Scene - Mechanical Wonder|journal=Alternative Press|date=August 2001|page=90}}</ref> | rev3 = entertainment.ie | rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Ocean-Colour-Scene---Mechanical-Wonder/1295.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109234643/http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Ocean-Colour-Scene---Mechanical-Wonder/1295.htm|title=Ocean Colour Scene - Mechanical Wonder|publisher=entertainment.ie|date=23 April 2001|archivedate=9 January 2013}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Herald'' | rev4score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=McGuire|first1=Samuel|title=Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder (island)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19041913.html|newspaper=The Herald|via=HighBeam Research |accessdate=8 June 2017|date=8 April 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120123624/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19041913.html|archivedate=20 November 2018}}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Independent'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Tim |title=Pop: Album Reviews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/720063619/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 December 2021 |newspaper=The Independent |date=7 April 2001}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-4640-337614|title=Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder|magazine=NME|last=Mulvey|first=John|accessdate=7 November 2020}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev7score = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Tangari |first=Joe |title=Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder [Ark 21] |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/o/ocean-colour-scene/mechanical-wonder.shtml |website=Pitchfork |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404102438/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/o/ocean-colour-scene/mechanical-wonder.shtml |accessdate=5 November 2020|archive-date=4 April 2005 }}</ref> | rev8 = ''Q'' | rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder |magazine=Q |date=May 2001 |page=116}}</ref> | rev9 = RTÉ.ie | rev9score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2001/0419/ocs.html|title=Ocean Colour Scene - Mechanical Wonder|publisher=RTÉ.ie|last=Grealis|first=Tom|archivedate=2 March 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302175725/http://www.rte.ie/arts/2001/0419/ocs.html}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Under the Radar'' | rev10score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Redfern |first=Mark |title=Ocean Colour Scene: Mechanical Wonder (Ark 21 Records) |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/Issue%201/Album/oceancolourscene.html |website=Under the Radar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105200516/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/Issue%201/Album/oceancolourscene.html |accessdate=5 November 2020|archive-date=5 January 2009 }}</ref> }} '''''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.
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.
==Track listing== # "Up on the Downside" # "In My Field" # "Sail on My Boat" # "Biggest Thing" # "We Made It More" # "Give Me a Letter" # "Mechanical Wonder" # "You Are Amazing" # "If I Gave You My Heart" # "Can't Get Back to the Baseline" # "Something for Me" (UK bonus track) # "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (Japanese bonus track)
== Additional personnel ==
* Mick Talbot – keyboards (unspecified tracks) * Edgar Summertyme – backing vocals (track 1) * Mark Feltham – harmonica (track 7) * Steve White – timpani (track 7)
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==External links== <!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices --> * [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeY2Vzkb8noHSPAnJenht7iSsYzo9z1D_ ''Mechanical Wonder''] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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