(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Sony - Sony
Oasis
Release date: 1995-10-03
Audio CD
Alternative Pop/Rock, British Trad Rock, Britpop, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Music, Popular Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop, United Kingdom
1. Hello
2. Roll with It
3. Wonderwall
4. Don't Look Back in Anger
5. Hey Now!
6. Some Might Say
7. Cast No Shadow
8. She's Electric
9. Morning Glory
10. Champagne Supernova
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The debut album by Oasis was a worldwide success - 2.1 million in sales in the UK, 6 million in the rest of the world, but only a million or so of that in the US. The follow up was a whole different story altogether - 23+ million worldwide with over 4 million in each of the US and the UK (3rd best selling LP of all time there). For most fans the next five releases haven't come close to reaching the great heights of these first two. Accordingly, I thought that I'd give them each a re-listen in order to see how they've stood up to the passage of a decade and a half.
First off, the obvious, the 23 million who bought this cd weren't wrong - this is a spectacularly good album. One brilliantly infectious song follows another for about forty exciting minutes. Wonderwall, Don't look Back in Anger, Hey Now!, Some Might Say, Morning Glory and Champagne Supernova - each song possesses the kind of quality that by itself would form the cornerstone of any other cd. Indeed, as I listen I have to remind myself that I'm not listening to a greatest hits collection.
In the music biz it is unusual for an artist to begin a career with a really first class record and then surpass that effort with the follow-up. It was fourteen years ago that Oasis hit the ground running with their debut, Definitely Maybe. A year later the band delivered its sophomore effort, (What's the Story) Morning Glory. They are both five star offerings. The relative mediocrity of the other cds in their catalogue should not in any way diminish the greatness of their earlier music. If, like me, you have allowed these cds to sit on the shelf, unplayed, for the last decade, I'd suggest that you clean of the dust and give them a spin. You will be rewarded with some of the best music of the past twenty years.
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Date undefinedIf you're new to Oasis, then there's no better place to start than with(What's the Story) Morning Glory?, one of the best rock albums of the 1990s. Note by note, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is musical perfection. 'Wonderwall' is perhaps the greatest Beatles-inspired ballad ever written, it's name taken from the title of George Harrison's first solo album Wonderwall Music. 'Don't Look Back In Anger' is equally fantastic. Even the lesser known songs are brilliant, 'Cast No Shadow' in particular. Then there's 'Champagne Supernova,' an epic in every sense of the word. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is a rock 'n' roll masterpiece and when the last song has finished it is sure to leave you wanting more.
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Date undefinedNoisy britpop from the 90s, an alternative to US Grunge from the same era, ill-bred children and, of course, a very british Beatlesque touch contribute to build up a good modern rock album supposedly meant to last and remain as one of the classics forever along with releases from Rolling Stones, Beatles or Led Zeppelin. Actually it includes the so-called 'best rock and roll song of all times' (based on a local radio survey), "Wonderwall", which just makes it worth listening.
Trivia: even Coca Cola did not wanted to detach from the album's success by suing the band for plagiarism, claiming that one of the songs was very similar to a famous 80's jingle they had... which was it?
A bit overexposed it still represents the best of Oasis ever, apart from the 'curious' personality of the band members or, better said, their idiocy.
Someone once said this is how beatles would sound in the 90's if they'd continued their career...
Who knows? Who cares?
