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THE quintessential Britpop album, and Oasis’ masterwork. Big singalong hooks, 60s-inflected guitars, and a smooth flow from one song to the next.
Jako najs.
Classic, probably listened like 15 times by now lol
Been listening to this album since it released almost 30 years ago. A true classic in Brit pop and the pinnacle of what a functional Oasis could achieve. Although Wonderwall is now certainly played out and has become a meme in its own right, it still holds up as a classic of its time. The entire album is a masterclass in writing catching hook-driven music that leaves you tapping your toes and singing along. Standout tracks: Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger Some Might Say, She's Electric, Champagne Supernova (Really though, the whole thing is worth a listen or several.)
It’s funny I quote the album title a lot but never listened to that title track. It’s good. Headshrinker has good distorted guitars.
I don't even need to listen to this one again. I would give it five stars The reason that I'm not giving it five stars is, one time when I was in high school there was a talent show. The only thing that I had a reasonable grasp of on the guitar was Wonderwall. Of course, I decided to play Wonderwall. It was the most appalling shit I have ever had to be a part of. Why I decided to even enter is a mystery. Fuck you Noel Gallagher. It's your fault I got bullied.
Literally had to stop this after the first song.
Wonderwall!
Discazo de principio a fin, sin mucho que criticar. Un disco que empieza con una canción tan entretenida como Hello y cierra con Champagne Supernova y que en el medio tiene Wonderwall y Don't Look Back in Anger, no tiene mucho que decir. Probablemente el punto más alto del Britpop/rock y de la escena de Manchester. Lo único que se puede criticar es que la batería a veces puede pecar de repetitiva, pero funciona con lo que necesita las canciones. Hitazo: Wonderwall Canción favorita: Champagne Supernova
Wonderwall
I’m not sure how Oasis went from the derpy shite of their first album to the Britpop Beatles capturing lightning in a bottle. I’m convinced they met the devil at the crossroads for a one album deal.
3.5
What an album. A classic. The problem with listening to albums like this is you listen as your 20 year old self. Memories of spending time with your girlfriend listening to Oasis the first time round. So easy to listen and letting the memories cloud your review and judgement almost 30 years later. However.... None of that applies. This album is as fresh and amazing today as it was when listening in the girlfriends bedroom as a young lad with a different outlook on life. The album brings together so many influences yet is so unique in its sound. T-Rex, The Sex Pistols, Slade and of course the Beatles bubble under every song but above this is the Oasis sound. Great proper rock with Liams voice growling alongside (for the majority). Pure bliss. It would be so easy to pick the obvious 'Wonderwall' as the standout track but for me the highlights are 'Some Might Say' and 'Champagne Supanova'
But seriously, fuck the gallagher brothers
Classic, heard it a bunch in my youth.
A bunch of really solid stuff. I've heard it before but found some new songs I liked on it.
Pretty good! Catchy, totally a listen-thru album
Nooit van gehoord, verrassend! Die wonderwall lijkt me wel leuk om op gitaar te leren!
I always avoided listening to Oasis because they were so much overplayed everywhere in the 90's that I was sick of them before even hearing one of their albums. But now's the time and I must say that I'm pleasantly surprised! The songs are simple and catchy, but the band's ambition covers that simplicity by adding arrangements and an energy that can only come from a young band on the verge of conquering the world.
yOu'Re My WoNdErWaAaAaAaLL
A strong classic from the britpop era. If the band would have been able to do a complete album in the vibe of Don't Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova, Morning Glory and Roll With It or even Wonderwall, which is a powerful hit that we just can't hear anymore... this album would have been a 5 stars.
Whiny and loud, often kind of cacophonous and definitely overstimulating. Most of them blend together for me, though I recognize Wonderwall, of course. It's really obvious listening to them all in one go how incredibly nasal-y the lead singer's voice is, which is putting me off. However, I didn't hate She's Electric or Some Might Say!
The 90s in one record. Bloody love it.
This was a pretty great album that’s been a little marred by how overplayed songs like wonderwall have become. Loved the last track
The best Oasis album
- Heard this many times before - It's basically like a greatest hits record, some of the best Britpop songs back to back on this - I think I still prefer Definitely Maybe, but after listening to this again it's a lot closer than I thought - Didn't think I'd be going 5* before listening today, but I can't give it anything less - Fav songs: Don't Look Back in Anger, Some Might Say, She's Electric
Oasis lose a lot of their shine when you remember that the Gallaghers are two of the most insufferable dickheads ever. Favorite track: Champagne Supernova
Very good album, the songs are too long though. A few gems.
better than I remembered, solid effort overall and has aged well
A few decent ones, just made me want foo fighters instead
The magpie is a resourceful bird. Yes, it might have a moral issue around theft but it’s a survivor and adaptable to carve out the existence it wants. Morning Glory isn’t as exciting musically as the debut Definitely Maybe. It also hasn’t the raw hooliganism. But it’s got two major enhancements over the forerunner. Firstly, Noel Gallagher has developed his magpie-like songwriting (aka plagiarism) and it’s got hits. Fucking loads of them. It’s a cheeky start with a blatant theft from The Glitter Band before the sub par Roll With It (which deservedly came 2nd to Blur’s Country House in the UK’s frankly stupid media circus of Britpop.) But then we go up a gear. “Overplayed” can often simply mean brilliant. Which is the case with Wonderwall. Then the raucous “Don’t Look Back in Anger.” Anthem Iv doesn’t do this one/two justice. Interestingly, during this period the Oasis b-sides were probably better than some of the tracks on side 2. Though the record does return to form with Cast No Shadow, the title track and Chempagne Supanova. This album nearly broke Oasis in America. The music was good enough but the working class thuggery - several steps up from the Beatles and the Stones - didn’t translate and global domination was elusive. Still, an important record and still hugely enjoyable.
I'll be honest that during the Britpop wars of the mid 90's I was cheering for the other team. But if there was a prize for who's music stood the test of time, it's definitely Oasis. Never was much of an Oasis fan, but separate the music of Oasis from the drama of Oasis and this makes this album a good listen. They are not The Beatles, but each song is a banger, and easily their best album.
Que a gusto. Esta muy bien hecho, lleva una línea muy cómoda para escucharlo comleto de principio a fin. Una voz muy peculiar, como no, inconfundible; pero, además, un estilo también muy particular. Arreglos muy coquetos de guitarra y progresiones agradables. Top: Don't Look Back In Anger.
I liked this more than I thought I would. Super nicely produced, incredibly listenable. Would definitely pick it up again!
Today is gonna be the day that I stop listening to this album 3 songs in
Pretty solid album. I enjoy Brit Pop. If you trimmed three songs off this album it would be better for me. As is it's still worthy of the praise it gets.
Already familiar with this album. Every song is great.
Highly energetic and fun, but one too many "wooohs"
The summer after this cave I was 14 or so and I was cutting a lot of grass. The next year I found out about metal. But this summer Oasis was king. I hadn't yet gotten high. But I assumed it sounded like this record.
Familar and comfortable, the vocals get a bit annoying and there is a twang to the music that brings me out of my slightly distracted trip down memory lane, but for all that. it's a nice piece of music that I would listen to in a car at 8pm at night or expect to hear getting into a restaurant that is getting into its groove. Its also good around the garden. I enjoyed weeding to this. So, I think 4 stars.
Classic
Oh christ its gonna be a whiny album isnt it?
Do you remember when this group was hailed as the next Beatles?! Listening to it now I have to ask why people thought that. Other than the radio tracks it's just OK. I swear I liked this more...maybe older ears just don't like whiny British rock anymore. Anyway...it's OK.
I um... hum. I feel like the music warrants maybe a three—its not bad, and I've always enjoyed some of their top hits from this record like Wonderwall, Roll With It, and Champagne Superno(r)va. However, the execution—that is the mixing, the vocals in particular, and the relentless, consistent “blah” in the sound throughout the whole album, is all ear-achingly screechy and downright exhausting. Maybe it was the remastered version that I listened to, but my car stereo volume goes from 1-50, and I had to listen to this album at no more than 8—with road noise—without blasting out my eardrums. At this whisper of a volume, I could still hear the vocals with crystalline clarity, but if I dared “crank” the volume up to 10 or 11—you know, to even attempt to hear the instruments—I risked suffering hearing loss and/or a mental break down from the wall of treble they compiled. For context, most music or audiobooks on this stereo I listen to between 20-40, so clearly this mix VASTLY prioritized the vocal tracks above all else. Also a mistake, this version of the album is three times as long as the original, and I started to listen to all of it. 40 minutes in to the extra two hours of tracks and I couldn't take it any longer, and I threw in the towel. tldr; I'm fine with hearing ONE of their songs at a time mixed in with other top hits of the era, but to paraphrase the prophetic words of one Taylor Swift, I am never, ever, ever, listening to this album again. Like EVER.
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. I was a conscious human being in the 90's so I've heard the singles a million times, but I've also had this album and \"Be Here Now\" in my music collection for 20+ years so I've heard the whole album before. Gotta say I didn't love the vocals on most songs, with Champagne Supernova being a notable exception (although I forgot how damn long that one is). Anyway, I thought this album would be buoyed by nostalgia, but it ends up in the \"good not great\" pile for me.
I enjoyed this very much. This just feels like quintessential 90s alternative rock, some of the best of it anyway. I know the main hits were so overdone, but unlike a lot of hits that get overplayed I still like them.
While I will not argue the power of WONDERWALL, and CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA listening to the full album for the first time in a long while felt like a chore. I never expected to feel that way about this record, but it was releases while I was in high school, so I viewed it through the formative years glasses.
Wonderwall bruh
Great album!
Hitazo tras hitazo
Never listened to this album back in the day. Surprised how good it was
Very good album - lots of recognizable hits, but the whole album is solid. Good dynamic between heavier and softer songs, good songwritting, and just well done overall. Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
Is it Oasis' fault that wonderwall is overplayed? 🤔
This one wasn't really for me. I see the broad appeal; upbeat, catchy choruses, big guitar riffs, but it felt dated to me.
Good album. I liked it.
Gud shit
😍
Essential for guitarists
Didn't expect to like this. I always felt Oasis was being shoved down our throats in the 90s (kinda like Beyonce in the 00s). I will definitely listen to this one again. Favorite: title track.
Hello - 8/10 Roll With It - 8.5/10 Wonderwall - 10/10 Don’t Look Back in Anger - 9/10 Hey Now - 8.5/10 Swamp Song (version 1) - 7/10 Some Might Say - 8/10 Cast No Shadow - 8.5/10 She’s Electric - 8/10 Morning Glory - 9/10 Swamp Song(version 2) - 7.5/10 Champagne Supernova - 10/10 TOTAL - 102/120
Great background music!
oasis sucks, it's noise, not music
Pretty good
This one is a bit divisive. Even though songs like Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova are absolute classics, I did not find myself enjoying much besides those. Part of it has to do with the mixing/production on this album. I found the sound to be a bit harsh and too loud especially on sections with heavy electric guitar usage. The guitar in this album honestly annoyed me and I don't think Oasis does the instrument well at all. The best moments of the album are during the slower calmer songs like the ones mentioned above and the track "Don't Look Back in Anger." I remember how popular this one was and the songs get plenty of time on radio even nowadays so that might have fatigued me. Even though I've never listened to this whole album the sound is familiar to me. Honestly have to say that this album was irritating to listen too and is honestly overrated. I'm glad I listened to it as it is an important album from what I've heard and read but I didn't really enjoy it. But a few songs did enter my playlist so I'll give it a 3/5.
I love rock/metal/punk. But Hello, so far, just sounds like noise. Not for me so far. Wonderwall - I know this song. Don't look Back in Anger - meh He has a nice voice, but this just doesn't seem to be meshing with me.
Not bad, some familiar songs.
Classic 90s album. All the hits
Musically good, but hard to separate from who's playing it.
This is a favourite from my teen years. I never did choose if I was team Oasis or team Blur. I was happy to enjoy both.
Masterpiece
Pure nostalgia rating. But nothing gives me more satisfaction than singing screaming Don't look back in anger
Still a very good album! Some solid hits.
I have to admit that when this album came out in 1995, I didn't like it much. The hits Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger were relentlessly played on alternative music radio, to the point that I was sick of them pretty quick. Brit pop in general, and Oasis specifically sounded whiny and irritating, like a younger sibling causing a fuss in a store. This was the band that the cool kids just wanted to get away from. Time, however, has been kind to (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. It stands up well as examples of great songwriting. Craftsmanship even. Without the constant deluge of the hit songs, the album's production shines, and it is easier to see it as a whole. It is a fine album, full of great pop hooks and singalong songs. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is also iconically "90s".
pretty good
Oh this album is such a LOL it brings up so many memories and although many of these tracks have become songs for shit open mics and self-obsessed men with guitars around campfires. I guess it's become a bit of a joke a lot of these songs. So many people in my generation just know all of the words to these songs and it's such a weird feeling for these songs to now feel very old. Although I have never got into this album I've heard the songs so much. 90s is so trendy right now but it feels like the 90s are being cherry-picked by younger people and if they want the flares and grungy look, they also need the very thin over-plucked eyebrows and the oasis obsession. You've got to take the rough with the smooth! The main memory coming up for me is actually at a "brunch" in Dubai after just meeting Joe Wicks, at the end of the all-you-can-eat-and-drink buffet, everyone was off their trolleys wasted and my friends started singing oasis songs and literally hundreds of people at their tables around the room joined in and all sang Wonderwall. The security team were trying to stop us and get us out but everyone kept belting out "Cause mayyybeee" etc. That was hilarious and feels like a fever dream... Also I bet that wasn't what Oasis had in mind for that song... Iconic.
It was nice, some nostalgic classics in there. Not obsessed with Oasis but they're alright and I do find myself really feeling some of the songs sometimes.
It can be hard to separate all the jokes, celebrity-ness and general impression of Oasis from their music I feel. I'm thinking about the likes of Wonderwall now getting a bad rap because nob heads on guitars played it too much. But listening back to this MAN I loved it. Its just really really good song after song. They were bloody hits for a reason werent' they. Really enjoyed listening to the album in isolation.
Well it's a banger that's for sure. It does sound weirdly old and a lot of tracks have been so overplayed in life that it's hard to enjoy them. But putting that aside as much as possible, listening to this the first time not knowing the songs as all, it will have been amazing.
My mum had this album on cassette and it was in the car for nearly a year. 1 year of driving around listening to this.
Pretty chill, but at this point maybe a little basic. I blame it on the overly popular "Wonderwall". I could listen to this at a cafe, but probably wouldn't play it at my house.
Classic.
It’s IGHT. Overplayed. Some classics.
didn't appreciate how good this album was in the nineties. All the thrash metal I listened to blunted the impact.
loved it when it came out, loved hearing it less and less as the years pass by.
It seems like I should dig Oasis, I just don't. Never did. IDK, maybe The Bends, I Should Coco and the debut of Foo Fighters set an impossibly high bar for rock and roll in 95.
I really don’t like Oasis
It was good, I had no idea where wonder-wall came from. A little to pop rocky for my liking.
Favorite song: Don’t Look Back in Anger Worst song: Champagne Supernova One word: McCartney-esque
Heard before, but I liked it a lot more than I remember. (Think I'm preferring Blur so far, but keeping an open mind).
The guitars are obnoxiously loud, obnoxiously treble-y, and distorted to death for no evident reason. The lyrics are often faux-deep drivel. Liam Gallagher’s snide sneer of a singing voice is easy to get sick of. A lot of the songs are same-y. All this is true, and this album still kicks an insane amount of ass. Best song: Champagne Supernova
Great album, one or two songs are skips for me. But a lot of classics and a few songs I'll be listening to again later
Have already heard a few of the tracks on this album. Liking it the more I listen. Overall solid album.
Great album but I still don't understand how anyone thinks they were (or are) better than Blur
Already familiar, very enjoyable. Multiple hits and non-hits are also good.
I have also hear this bunch of mid other than don't look back
Heavier than expected
Bangerz
Dont Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova are some of the best rock anthems of all time. Its funny to me that Wonderwall gets so much press from this album. I can't think of any song I don't listen to on this album, although Cast No Shadow is weak. Oasis were just fantastic, chord driven song writers. Great melodies that you can sing all day. This is one of my more five star albums of all time.
Enjoying the mix of instruments and vocals.
I've always felt Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova were just fine, so never paid much attention to Oasis. first time giving one of their albums a full listen, not bad
Tons of bangers. Easy listen to over and over
Against my better judgment, I’ve complied. Listening to Oasis. Hello is actually a fun track I would’ve eaten up at 16. Roll with it… meh, emo, pop punky, off-brand Beatles. Whiny!!! (Wonderwall). He thinks he’s John Lennon… (Don’t Look Back in Anger). But undeniably catchy chorus! Credit where credit is due. It’s basically Ricardo Arjona in English. Negativo el procedimiento. (Like I said, some promising hooks, like in She’s Electric, but it’s all so framed in this whiny boring package, I’m not interested). 2 stars to reflect the occasional good songwriting.
Album that made the genre of Britpop great. Has some of oasis' best (and most popular) Songs. Noel Gallagher is an amazing song writer.
Man asmeniškai prastestis albumas nei Definetely Maybe, bet iš čia dauguma jų klasikų, o ir keleta ne tiek girdėtų dainų paliko įspūdį. 4/5
Nonsense lyrics
Enjoyed this a bit more than Definitely, Maybe overall. Some great songs on here, Wonderwall not being one of them. Fav track: Don't Look Back in Anger Worst track: Wonderwall
pretty good in mi opinion
Tweenage me had this CD but also had posters of Damon Albarn on the wall, so you can guess which side of the Blur/Oasis thing I was on. I was pretty sure it would be a 4*, but ended up listening to it three times in one day... so fine, have your five stars, Noel. What struck me most was I didn't know the Beatles that well back in the 90s, so didn't really understand when people were accusing Oasis of being derivative. Now I do get it; nevertheless this still sounds pretty fresh for a nearly 30 year old record. Shame it all went downhill quickly after this album.
Oldie but goldie!
It is as good as it was made out to be. I know we've heard the songs too many times but that doesn't mean they're not good. Peaked too early maybe?
know it so well...
Solid mid-90s British alternative rock. Wonderwall, Some Might Say, Don’t Look Back in Anger, She’s Electric, Champagne Supernova all good to great
Yeah, good album - remember it well from the 90’s!
Loved it.
One of my all-time favorites.
All the best songs are the ones that weren't played on the radio. Great sound and produced very well. Almost to the point where it feels a little more overproduced.
La nostalgie m'empêche de mettre autre chose que 5. Je ne sais pas ce que ça vaut pour quelqu'un qui découvrirait ça aujourd'hui, mais ça reste un bel enchaînement de tubes
"What's the Story Morning Glory?" captures the essence of '90s British culture. Its influence and enduring popularity cement it as a seminal album in the annals of rock history. Whether you're an Oasis fan or not, this album is one demands a place in your music collection. It remains a quintessential record of the Britpop movement. From the iconic opening chords of "Hello" to "Champagne Supernova," this album is a journey. Standout tracks like "Wonderwall," "Don't Look Back in Anger," and "Some Might Say" have become classics, but even songs like "She's Electric" and "Cast No Shadow" deserve more credit than they are given. This album is a perfect balance of sincerity and bombast.
You ever listen to an album and it's like: Banger! Banger! Banger! Banger! Banger!
Apparently I'm an Oasis fan. Who knew.
Love this album. Listened to it a lot when I was in college.
One of my favorite memories in the city of Baltimore, was hanging out at Max's doing karaoke. A guy, drunk beyond words, got up to do "Wonderwall" and... managed to be a full measure off. The song would play: "I said maybeeee" and by "may" he was coming in, full force, full throat, from the beginning of the line. It was fun, singing to the song in time, only to be interrupted by this drunk guy howling out the lyrics. So cheers to that guy and Baltimore. Hope the hangover wasn't bad. Favorite tracks: "Wonderwall", "Champagne Supernova", "She's Electric"
Overhyped lager rock. Never a fan. Swagger does not equal greatness. There are a couple of good tunes but a I don't get the shtick and it ain't a masterpiece.
Didn’t pay much attention to the 90s British Invasion, but of course I knew a bunch of these songs. Some solid 90s rock with a bit of Beatles gravy.
Another Beatles album?
Bit slow for my taste
Album #14 As a young teenager who liked to dislike popular things, Oasis was not my jam. I liked Champagne Supernova, but that was it. Wonderwall? No thank you - especially when I got to college and every dude with a cheap acoustic guitar would try impress girls with the song. I finally gave this album (and Definitely Maybe) a chance in my early 20s and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. But I still largely ignored the band afterwards. 3 weeks ago, I asked an older friend what they thought of Oasis and they said that they bet they would like them if they gave them a chance. I'd been on a several month journey to listen to more music and I wrote down Oasis as a band to check out. Then I began this project, and two weeks later I got this album. It was simply very enjoyable pop-rock from start to finish. A solid outing, and while it didn't blow me away, I was surprised at how quickly the 50 minutes went by. Solid 4*
Honestly, I've never been a fan or follower of Oasis, always thought they were overrated and over-hyped. That being said, the music speaks for itself and this might be as good as it gets, as far as Brit-Pop in the 90's. It's hard to deny it's influence and impact on pop-rock and the hits definitely lifted the band to the mass mainstream. You can love or hate the band, but at least on (What's The Story) Morning Glory, the music is pretty darn listenable.
One or two good not great songs. The rest didn't thrill me.
Round up from 4.5 stars to 5. (An album with a song with over 2 billion streams almost has to be at least 4 stars, even if the rest of the album was mediocre.)
What can I say? A fantastic album. A blast from the past. Before relistening, I was expecting to give it 4 stars, but now I’m convinced.
I'm tempted to rate this one without even listening. I have listened to it hundreds of times as a teenager. That being said, I'm giving it another go right now. It's bringing serious waves of nostalgia and is every bit as good as I remember.
The second instalment of the Oasis story and the one that entered them onto the global stage. Lacks the exciting rawness of Definitely Maybe but maybe a few more ‘original’ tunes. Arguably the trio of songs at the back end are their strongest. 7/10
I haven’t listened to this album since hearing it in my dads car in the 90s. It used to remind me of long journeys and feeling sick. I rejected oasis completely as a teenager as it just wasn’t fashionable to listen to them. Coming back to it now I have to accept it is a great album. They do wear their influences on their sleeve, and the lyrics are complete nonsense, but there is a certain magic about the album, and the choruses are huge.
So hard to put this album down to a numerical rating. It's very good, but it's oasis. Negatives... Roll With It and Hey Now aren't as strong as the rest of the album. Wonderwall is kind of an issue, it's clearly a good song to some extent, but it's so overplayed that hearing it today was a bit like nails on a chalkboard. Don't Look Back in Anger doesn't have the same issue, it sounds as good as it ever did. The positives are clear, any song on this album could be a single. Cast No Shadow and Champaign Supernova are the standouts on the album. I'm gonna go 4, but it's a high 4
one of my most favorite albums of all time.
Best leuk maar klinkt allemaal een beetje hetzelfde
Not an Oasis person. Disappointing first generator
Wonderall is an amazing song and very much an album maker. The album also has a few other goodies like Champagne Supernova. They are (were?) very overplayed but I can't hold this against them. This is prob the best album to come out of Britpop.
“Wonderwall” is a generational anthem. Anyone who has lived through the nineties wouldn’t have been able to escape it and it’s not surprising that this is one of the bestselling albums off all time. The rest of the album is fairly decent, but some of the songs sound like they could have been demos for Wonderwall and borrow the same phrasing. “Morning Glory” breaks that mold, its guitar feedback giving it more edge and energy.
After 954 albums I’ve learned that I really dislike Brit-pop, and then this comes up today. This is noisy but the most annoying thing for me is the grating vocals. This album only redeemed by Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova which are decent pop songs. Hopefully this is the last of the Brit-pop
Amazon my album beginning to end
Genres: Rock, Britpop Formed: Manchester, England in 1991 Run time: 12 songs, 50 min, 10 sec The second studio album by the English rock band. Spotify: Least popular song: >8.7M Most popular song: >1.7B plays Most artists don’t achieve the listening figures of the least played song on this album. To say Oasis is popular would be a gross understatement. “Wonderwall” has billions of plays on Spotify. I’m not into Britpop, but there’s no denying this is a fantastic album. More than half the tracks are known to me and I’m not an Oasis fan. Listen Again?: No My Rating: ****
I'm not entirely sure what it is, or I guess isn't?, with these guys but they just don't make any impression on me whatsoever. It's like somebody gave me drugs and told me I was going to go on a wonderful trip, and then they told me there was a 50% chance I was in the placebo group, and then I didn't feel anything and never found out which group I was in. After listening to this, I want a new drug.
Ignoring how overplayed, no doubting its a great album
To be honest, I dig this quite a lot. Must be reason I was a top listener of Oasis in 2020 (According to Spotify so does it really count?!)
Had some good songs and was solid start to finish. Not a favorite or in any rush to listen to it again so a solid 3.
Connu parce que wonderwalls
In 2023 a 2 star but in 1996 it'd break Meltzers scale
I started the nineties aged 20 and the next decade was madness. American rock, grunge dominated the airwaves in the early part of the decade. Around 1992 a new scene started to emerge, guitar music with swagger and a very distinctive British feel. Oasis dropped their stunning debut in 94, and a year later they followed with this. WTSMG wasn't as strong as DM, but the mood of the nation was whipped into a frenzy by now. There was so much good music coming out of the UK at the time, we were on the crest of a generational wave and having the times of our lives. Nearly thirty years later and its possible to be more objective. If I had a scale out of 10 I'd give DM 10/10. WTSMG for me is a little off the pace, but I can't mark it down from 5 stars, but its a 9/10 for me.
only got through, like, 3 songs (busy at work) - kinda Beatles-y
Famous tracks, dreary album.
Really nostalgic, I heard some of these songs nonstop when I was younger. The ones I hadn't heard before didn't amaze me, though.
Let's ignore the Swamp Songs. Of the other 10, they were so close to perfection but not quite there. Roll with it and Don't look back in anger are the biggest disappointments to me, what sound like on first to be class tracks quickly fall away on subsequent listens. Almost like Noel was trying too hard to write a catchy Oasis song. She's electric, much like Digsys Dinner before it, tried to provide a comic relief that was neither wanted or needed. The rest are all pretty stellar, finishing off with possibly one of their greatest songs. Solid 4-4.5* album. Have no regrets rinsing it to pieces in the mid-90s such that I can barely listen to it anymore. What an album it was at the time.
‘Wonderwall’ is objectively an excellent song and worth the price of admission alone, and the rest of the hits/singles that came off this: ‘Morning Glory’, ‘Roll With It’, ‘Champagne Supernova’ etc, are just as great. The rest of the album isn’t quite as memorable though.
# 42 : Something different from the list. There are some nice hits on here making it at least 3 star, but generally not that refined. They seem to start a song well, then after 1 verse and a chorus, run out of ideas so say sod it, lets just repeat the last bit we sang over and over! Champagne Supernova was my pick
Legendary
Pasó el Gonza de 19 años y le quiso poner 6 estrellas.
Hello: 6.5/10 kind of bland but good tune Roll with it: 5.5/10 fun and good instrumentals still quite bland Wonderwall: 8/10 classic good listen Don't look back in anger 8.5/10 another classic a lot more character than the others so far, propper banger. Hey now: 7/10 tears for fears vibes. The swamp song: 6.5/10 catchy Some might say: 6.5/10 overall quite mid some good parts though. Cast no shadow: 8/10 melody is great and lyrics are great overall pretty good song. She's electric 9/10 banger mad catchy Morning glory:6/10 instrumentals bang kind of mid Swamp song version 2: 3/10 shit as song great setup for the goat. Champagne supernova: 9.5/10 7/10 album some good listens.
I'm just straight-up having a good time 😁
Iconic songs all around. A light 4 I think.
should be a 3.5 it is a good album but not really my music and i think oasis is overrated to me
Oasis was never my thing, and I never really got the arguments between its leaders, but: This album hasn't dated too badly, and Wonderwall is still a song that grips me throughout. Most of the other songs are good, too!
WONDERWALL BANGER YEAH BABY
Shitebags
English being a second langauge to me, some of its subtleties may go over my head once in a while, or get me confused. A very good example of this is the title of the Oasis *magnum opus*: *(What's The Story) Morning Glory?*, whose exact meaning has eluded me for decades now... Does that title refer to... a morning erection? I know the Gallagher brothers are boneheads about certain things in life. But does that mean they should talk about their boners? As you can probably understand by now, I have absolutely zero interesting take to add about this LP. It's a milestone for Britpop, and so for British rock in general. And this, in spite of a bunch of fillers and questionable production values in the record. The rest of what's good is too damn iconic to be forgotten anyway. If really you insisted and asked me to say a few more words about this album, I could just talk about my 17-year-old stepson. He's into all sorts of music for people his age, but somehow, I don't know why, he fell in love with those songs, among other Oasis "classics". And it was not because of me. I have the CD at home, but it's not as if I played it that much. No, it was through Spotify, and this stepson of mine would never forgive me if I excluded Oasis from a list like this one. If only because of "Wonderwall". Even though, as it's the case for the title of this LP, no one's sure what a "wonderwall" really is all these years after. If we ever *did* know. at some point... Number of albums left to review: 476 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 249 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 118 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 155
What can I say about this album? I was never really 'into' them and to be honest I don't like the brothers as people. Having said that this album has some massive massive songs and despite being played to death Wonderwall is a real anthem. This is an iconic album from the cover inward despite everything else that has happened since. You shouldn't deny greatness, whatever the form.
insufferable
Derivative and basic. A genuine low point in music. I really didn't see the point, and still don't.
I mean seriously - do we have to listen to this again? I didn't. I'd rather look towards the future. The four stars are for what the album meant to me almost 30 years ago, and not how I view it in 2023. I don't feel the need to play this ever again.
Holds up. Hopefully I can still say that in another 30 years.
Good thing I didn’t miss this! Never listened to the whole album. Starts off not great but after wonderwall obviously gets way better
If you allow me to be indulgent as always… I was always Team Blur during the great Britpop wars but have grown to enjoy Oasis now the dust has settled, similar to the Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels debate of the sane era, being Team Bret it took to the 2000s for me to appreciate Michaels… …and similar to Michaels, Oasis are oft imitated and probably much more influential but Oasis still seem completely unique. This was a great album, I can see why it got so much hype at the time and can see too why it became such a weight round their necks thst they could never surpass.
One of my first CD's. Nostalgia through the roof so finding it hard to really be objective. Some of the more straightforward rock and roll tracks are maybe a bit bland but the more unusual sounding tracks were my highlights listening to it today. Pity they never really moved on from this sound and pushed themselves any more because they had all the raw ingredients to have a long and interesting career. This is probably harsh as they were obviously still incredibly successful but it's hard not to think of what could have been.
Big hits from 1995: Wonderwall Don't Look Back in Anger Morning Glory Champagne Supernova
Oh, hello 15 year old me. Loses a star for the sheer unstoppable nonsense of the Gallagher brothers (so tedious), and, being brutally honest, there's some filler here, but what a ridiculously fine album this is.
This is a band I somehow missed completely in the 90s. It wasn't until more recently when people started doing parodies of Wonderwall that I remember even hearing their name. This is my first listen to any of their music. Doesn't do much for me. I really can't know if it's from hearing too many parodies, or too many similar-sounding bands, but it's just how I responded to it.
I did not expect to like this album as much as I did. There are so many hits. I love Champagne Supernova and Don't Look Back in Anger. Yeah Wonderwall is overplayed but this album is great.
Reminds me of my younger years. Really enjoyed. 4/5
Classic init
Plays like a greatest hits album. Docked a star for including tracks like Hey Now and the random Swamp Song excerpts over Acquiesce, The Masterplan, Rockin' Chair, etc.
Love it
A forgotten gem, underrated in our time
Wonderewall
Ett, två, tre, fyra, fem och hade jag fått räkna vidare hade jag nog kanske gjort det. Solklart mästerverk i mina ögon och öron! Oasis är i mångt och mycket deras två första album för mig (och många andra om jag får gissa). Bröderna gick redan från början runt och hävdade att dom var störst och bäst på planeten och efter bara Definitely Maybe var det en stretch. Men när även nästa album hade sådan här kvalitet vill jag slå ett slag för att dom hade rätt, 1995 och 1996 var dom fan bäst i världen. Att gå in och flänga kommentarer låt för låt tänker jag inte göra, det känns onödigt och tar för mycket plats. Utan jag tänker bara sitta här och njuta av ett album som för alltid kommer finnas kvar i musikhistorien och som folk för all framtid kommer kunna njuta av. Tack Liam din tok för din röst som jag aldrig någonsin kommer bli less på. Tack Noel din briljanta jävel för den otroliga kapacitet att skapa bangers som aldrig går ur tiden. Bäst: Allt kanske? Kan inte välja.
2/5 Best: Champagne Supernova Worst: The Swamp Song
I prefer definitely maybe, but this one probably had a bigger mainstream impact, the songs are now ingrained in U.K. culture. Huge album for the 90’s needs to be 5 stars.
I was more blur than oasis. With benefit of time, not sure why
it was nice
An absolute classic. First listened to it over a decade ago when I was a teenager, and it gives a lot of nostalgia. Some absolute bangers on here, like Roll With It, Some Might Say, Don't Look Back in Anger, and obviously Wonderwall. Holds up a lot better than expected
Catchy riffs copied from other tunes, and awful lyrics. Dense and arrogant lead singer and a songwriter that must thank his lucky stars that he was born with a gift for re-imagining other artists superior tunes.
Really strong album from start to finish with a bunch of hits, most notably in "Wonderwall". Really liked it, shame these brothers couldn't stick together because great music could've been made beyond this. 9/10.
Although I can't stand Oasis as a band, especially the Gallagher brothers, there's no denying that their music is brilliant.
……so anyways here’s [several red laser dots appear on my chest] was more into this sonically than the other two records we’ve done so far
It's very difficult to be objective about this album when you are my age, because it was the soundtrack of my youth. It's evocative of the nineties, of teenage years, school, underage drinking, TV.... It's all the songs that men sing in pubs. It's an album of 20th century folk songs. People will still be singing Wonderwall in fifty years' time. It still sounds great now and it will still sounds great in the future. A well deserved place on this list. Five stars.
Big ups to Guitar Hero World Tour for introducing me to the Gallaghers' best album by a mile, where raw instrumentals meeting (mostly) inspired wordplay create what is perhaps the only good Brit rock/Britpop album in existence. While the LP definitely suffers from some guilty indulgences in smarmy ballads on the back end, most everything else is perfection. Liam's defiant whine over pounding, overdriven guitars is an unexpectedly powerful combination, and one that pushes several tracks into transcendency ('Some Might Say' is one of my fave tracks of all time for how unbound and free it feels). 'Wonderwall' may get all the credit, but this album is stacked with tracks that (again, mostly) defy the trends of the time to create something perfectly nostalgic but ageless at the same time.
a ovo je perfektno. taman sam jutros razmišljao da ih pustim za šetnju do posla...i eto vraga vidiš.
Koheesio albumilla maailmanluokkaa.. heh ehkä mahdollisuuksia menestyä albumilla... tittelit ja tunnustukset heh.. Lyrics saa selvää.. siinä oppia indie henkilöille..
Ah, one of the albums I was dreading... I probably expressed this before in my other Oasis album review, which maybe should have given a 1, but I'm not crazy about Oasis being constantly compared to the Beatles. I feel like Oasis tries way too hard to sound like and reference The Beatles, which makes the comparison feel very manufactured, and despite this, I still don't care about their music. There are countless artists inspired by the Beatles that made better music. If you like this, good for you. It should be said that I really just don't like Britpop that much, so even one of the biggest Britpop albums isn't going to do much for me. I think that this is a tad bit better that Definitely Maybe, but still not great. There are little parts here and there that are enjoyable, but there's not enough of them. If they have a good part, they ignore it for something boring. These songs are also a bit too long. I don't know, man. I really don't understand what made Oasis such hot shit at the time. It probably sounds like I hate this album, but I just see nothing special in it. My favourite song was the second Untitled track.
First half good second so so
5-stars because I don't want Liam to beat me up if he finds out I gave a lower rating. Also - great songs, real guitar, real drums, real rock star attitude.
The perfect amount of British. People can say they are just cut and pasting pastiches from the Beatles…but why aren’t more bands doing the same? Out of the three mega-classics on this, Wonderwall is by far the weakest. Don’t Look Back and Champagne Supernova are pop perfection, and I’m surprised I didn’t know Some Might Say before this. Loved it.
4.25
Oasis are one of the most overrated bands in history in my opinion. I find their music uninspiring and bland. The vocals are especially grating to listen to and the lyrics are complete nonsense without any charm. Musically, it’s run-of-the-mill, tacky and pointless. The Melodies, harmonies, rhythms etc are straightforward and do nothing to interest or excite the listener. On top of all this, they are just smug.
This might be one of the ‘90s best albums. Strong from top to bottom. Its britpops arguably finest hour. I didn’t for one moment consider skipping a single track on this absolutely excellent sophomore effort.
At one point in my life this was my favorite album. I never listen to it anymore. I don't need to -- I've heard it so many times before, and I've moved on, music has moved on. Still, I enjoyed listening to it again. Forget "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova"; as I've commented about other cultural phenomenon songs, they are omnipresent and impossible to have any perspective on. "Hello," "Roll With It," "She's Electric," "Some Might Say," and "Cast No Shadow" are all really good songs. The whole album is incredibly well-produced.
Pretty standard catchy pop-rock album with a few really solid tunes. Never been much of a fan of their music, but this is pretty good. But as a "1001 Album" you must hear before you die, it doesn't feel that important. I've always felt their hype was better than their music. Again, good, but not great or legendary by any means.
Very nostalgic, Ive only known the singles but it was really cool to listen to it front to back
Legendary sound, and the nasty side effects of the loudness wars have been ameliorated by later remasters. But lightning doesn’t always strike twice, and you can hear the wheels start to fall off here with songs that outstay their welcome, or are outright boring next to overlooked b-sides like Acquiesce. But hey, two classic albums are more than most bands could ever hope for.
hate to say it as a blur girly but this album slaps. but for what a hypocrite for saying "dont look back in anger" when all he did was... anger. but no this is one of the best british albums since the beatles, I said what I said.
The second best Oasis album, dodgy Gary Glitter references aside..
Britpop! Uit de tijd dat het nog cool was om uit Engeland te komen, yeah baby! De versterker op standje overdrive, lijzige stemmen en, in het geval van Oasis, veel tamboerijn en lekkere catchy oorwurmen die je de hele dag niet meer je kop uit krijgt. Dit album is een persoonlijke favoriet. De hit Wonderwall is bij lange na niet het interessantste nummer van de plaat. Er zijn ook nog She's electric, Champagne supernova en vooral Don't look back in anger, ook nog gebruikt in de eindscène van de iconische tv-serie Our friends in the north (kijktip). Sindsdien zie ik bij dit nummer altijd die brug in Newcastle voor me. Een klassiek album kortom.
Typisch Britse stemmen zijn niet om aan te horen. Maar het voordeel is dat het wel natuurlijk overkomt. En als het dan wat minder gepolijst is, zorgt het ervoor dat iedereen zonder gêne durft mee te blèren. Of dat een voor- of nadeel is, laat ik even in het midden. Met de juiste muzikale begeleiding kan je van zo'n stem best iets maken. Dat is goed te horen op dit album. Soms is de stem echt te dominant. Ik heb dit album tweemaal uitgezet omdat het me teveel werd. Soms past het verassend goed. Fijn dat het beste van dit album aan het eind staat. Mocht ik het nog eens voor mijn plaat krijgen, heb ik iets om naar uit te kijken. Morning Glory is mijn favoriet, ondanks (Of is het zelfs: dankzij?) de herhaling.
In de 60s was het Beatles vs Stones, in de 90s Blur vs Oasis. Ik zat en zit overduidelijk in team Oasis. Deze plaat helemaal grijsgedraaid. Een album waarop feitelijk alle nummers goed zijn, zelfs de tussenstukjes. Neil Gallagher is het absolute meesterbrein. Makkelijke 5 sterren
I said maaaaayyybaaaayyyyy i just love liams voice. nasally in the bestest british-ishy way. foking biblical m8. unibrows baby. also there's a few songs on this record I have very strong personal connections to. around when I was first falling in love with my boyfriend I heard him cover she's electric and I would listen to that song on repeat🥺 I lost a friendship to hard drug use and I would always listen to champagne supernova CRYING and wonder where he was. just come smoke weed with us Blondie 😭 faaave songzz - SHES. MOTHER. FUCKING. ELECTRIC., wonderwall lol so classic, hey now, champagne supernova least favez - swamp Songz, cast no shadow will I listen again :o eh fokon yarrr m8
moins pire que je pensais. still très soft rock. 4.5/10
Never an oasis fan but this is surprisingly good throughout with a few stand out tracks. Shame sibling rivalry caused it to end as the sum of the parts is definitely (maybe) greater than the individual components.
A bit too poppy for me but the album itself is very good
Anthemic bar songs. Great for what it is.
A good album. I only know the hits.
Timely, this one. I just did a podcast on the rise and fall of Britpop, and of course Blur has a new album coming, as does Noel Gallagher himself. It may be unfashionable to say this, but this is an amazing album. Strip away the ego and hype and bullshit and you have a collection of truly beautiful songs. Noel never wrote better, Liam (and Noel on one) never sang better. Just love this.
AJ: one of my favorite albums ever. 6th or 7th grade AJ wore this fucker out. Really no weak tracks. Just pure Brit pop rock goodness. Wish they weren’t such assholes to each other.
Har aldrig fattat deras storhet. Inte nu heller. Inte dåligt, men trist.
I told my girlfriend that I had to listen to Wonderwall today, and she laughed at me.
Like, it's fine. I'm not sure if 50% of the songs here I've heard a million times in my life and never want to hear again makes the album as a whole feel more classic or more annoying, but overall it's just. A fine pop rock record. Morning Glory goes hard.
I was never an Oasis fan, so I was surprised by how much I liked this album. I liked the less popular tracks more than the popular ones (probably because as with many of the 90s rock albums on this list, the hits on this album were horribly overplayed on the radio in the nineties). I can now hear these guys as the cool Brit pop/rock influence that they were. Still not my favorite, but a legitimately enjoyable and cohesive album. 4/5 for pleasantly surprising me.
awesome
i mean... it's a 90s classic, i can't not love it
Some awesome songs, but a whiney singer
Already know and love this album. A true classic of modern rock.
Dit is een heel bekend album! Goed te luisteren met bekende nummers. ***
Wonderwall overrated. Pulp is the better britpop band
A few great songs, then some absolute dog shit. At the end of album, you are stupider.
Can’t say I’m the worlds biggest Oasis fan. This album is a good line drive, but in the heated debate of the better Brit rock revival band, Blur wins every time for me. There are some fun hooks here, and my daughter danced to a few tracks. Anyway… … …here's wonderwall
Immortal Britpop glory for the morning, noon, and night.
Good
Classic English sound Standouts: Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova
The album Oasis’s popularity crested, and critics went “ooo, cocaine” before concluding “too much cocaine” on the next album. I quite like seven songs on this, which is a decent haul, but bloat is real.
I've always thought this was a bit shit, having endured the Champagne Supernonsense herein since its pre-release tape. Asinine pub rock lad anthems with leaden production, the template for the rest of their sorry existence. So many stolen riffs and melodies make this a veritable Paul's Boutique of dad rock. 3* grudgingly awarded due to the presence of their last great tune Some Might Say, which is the only track on here to feature the original drummer. Perhaps he was the one with the talent all along?
I can see why this album was so popular in the mid-1990s when it was released, it was the perfect sound of the mood and the atmosphere of the time and it spoke to a generation of young people. Though some songs are a bit too samey to me it is overall a very good record with many great hits on it (the biggest one, obviously, Wonderwall). Champagne Supernova is a great closing track.
I enjoyed the swagger of their debut on relisten but this is too lumpen and coked out.
Actually pretty good
why no one likes my reviews
Liked a lot
Fantastic, probably oasis’ best
Such a great album, just a shame they haven't spoken to each other in over 15 years
This album slaps. Yes I am incredibly white.
Put UK rock back on the map. Great album
Glorious album with several bangers. It grabs you from Hello to Champagne Supernova. This one, plus Definitely Maybe, show the finest of British rock from the 90s.
This one is a bit tricky to be honest. It has very high highs, but it also has some fairly low lows. Still, it basically contains all of the Oasis bangers on one CD, which is very impressive and can probably only be said about very few other albums. I've definitely grown tired of hearing the top hits of Oasis after having heard them what feels like a million times, but giving this anything other than a 5 would be unfair.
Another 90s britpop album. Wasn't looking forward in particular to listening to it but i found myself quickly enjoying it. Besides all the hits, "Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Champagne Supernova" the rest of the songs were good too. With the hits on one album i think this one has to be a 5. I only miss songbird.
5/5 I’ve listened to this a lot lately due to the Ryan Adams take on the album. I’d forgotten how great it was.
I liked most of it. hello, wonderwall, don't look back in anger, champagne supernova
Lots of good stuff besides just wonder wall
Not in my rotation, not my choice of group, but I always listen to an Oasis song to the end if it pops up on the radio. this is the first time I listened to this album all the way through and see why they were so popular. Several good, to really good songs & the hits, deserved to be so
The best. Such a perfect album.
Ah, I miss the days when bands made albums like this. This is pretty perfect. Big, anthemic sound with elegant melodies, muscular guitars, and some of the catchiest, most engaging pop hooks ever put to record. There's also a lot of variety from track to track, which I really enjoy. This is an album that begs for repeated listenings and delivers every single time. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Don't Look Back in Anger, Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall, Some Might Say, Cast No Shadow, She's Electric, Hello, Hey Now!, Roll with It, Morning Glory, Untitled (Swamp Song 2), Untitled (Swamp Song 1)
Mest megnið af þessari plötu var orðið mjög þreytt fyrir löngu síðan. Það er þó eitt lag þarna sem mér þykir enn mjög vænt um (Champagne Supernova)
Just had a good oasis album now I get the best oasis album. Morning Glory is one of the best 90s albums. Almost every song is well made and fun to listen to. It’s impossible not to at least nod along to wonderwall. It’s a bit poppy but it’s so well written. This album has my favorite oasis song, don’t look back in anger. There is a lot going right on this album. 8.8/10
Yes
A good album with a lot of Oasis best songs, if you like Oasis
Some absolutely huge choruses. Impressive how the final track, Champagne Supernova manages to be 7 minutes long and still a classic and have you singing along throughout.
19.04.23. Великолепнейшая переработка британского поп-рока 60-х и многих других "устаревших" стилей. Этот альбом куда ближе моей душе, нежели релизы некоторых вдохновителей Oasis. Местами даже создаётся впечатление, что слушаешь сборник хитов, а не обычную музыкальную пластинку. Абсолютная классика.
Арабская ноооооочь
Rock masterpiece of the 90s.
Some radio hits, but heard them enough
Such a seminal Brit-Rock Album. (What's The Story) Morning Glory has so many great hits on this and likely in the top 10 albums of the 90s. With their six released singles from the album, it's hard to deny they are all now classics with deep nostalgia attached to them... anyway, here's Wonderwall ... Best: Wonderwall Worst: The Swamp Song - Version 1 & 2
Do I hate this because it's bad or because of how I feel about the Gallagher bros. We'll never know.
Never been a huge fan but I do appreciate these songs more as I listen to them again and again through the years. Liam's voice in itself is a magnificent instrument. I bought this album in high school and was disappointed with it, and I'm not fully into this as a whole album, but I do find some tracks really amazing on their own - in particular "Wonderwall" (even despite having heard it hundreds of times), and "Champagne Supernova."
Totally Average Britpop.
Important album of the 90s... but personally Oasis always felt so vapid and it sounds that way too. Gallagher brothers (especially Liam) are psychopaths; they are not good people. Noel literally saw the band and thought "maybe I can use them for my creative outlet" and then sought to create a "commercial sound". To me, if that's your goal then you aren't offering much to the space. Liam also said that members of Blur should "catch AIDS and die", what a piece of shit. Blur are so much better by the way. I know this is tangential to the actual music but I really dislike everything about those two. Musically, it's fine, safe Britpop. Definitely a contrast to grunge of the time, but today almost relegated to joke. I'd love to meet a die-hard fan of Oasis that can convince me of why they love them, because to me they are the wonderbread of brit rock.
aw so much feeling, such an unpretentious attack at life. rejecting all self pity our little guffy manc protagonist noel realises we have one life, and for council listens to the only real source of truth available, the heart - and it says to him: lets be fucking aving ya x from sibelius to chuck berry music is fundamentally no more than the relationship between different chords. the effect they have on us is inexplicable and seemingly arbitrary. i do not know what well noel was drawing from when he wrote dont look back in anger, but i do not think it is a coincidence that it speaks to the heart in the way in which it was conceived, which is living by pure feeling and damning the rest. when i listen to roll with it for me in that moment it is the greatest thing ever cut on record. songs like 'hey jude' have a quality that makes whole stadiums sing - and that quality pervades about 70% of this record. it has been vindicated from critical snobbery by public opinion and will continue to do so for decades. when will we ever see a rock n roll group so indisputably great again? when will the mainstream press again acknowledge such a phenomena as knebworth 96? i do not know (for records i really quite like i am introducing a new system - i decree this record worthy of a badger emoji) 🦡
Idk I was having a bit of a mental breakdown when I was listening to this so I don't really know what my thoughts are
Better than i remembered. Last four tracks bang. Delightfully youthful. Still a lot of tracks that i don't enjoy, probably due to bejng overplayed rather than any deep fault of the music:just tunes that dont lend themselves to massive relistening imo.
Well anyways heres wonderwall.
This one is a hard one to figure out how much I appreciate. Is there any song that exemplifies cliche better than wonderwall? The songs themselves are good, but its hard to not feel like a bit of a tool blasting the hit singles off the record through speakers in 2023 - it just naturally invites judgement. I think whats tough is that for people my age, these songs were already overplayed by the time we learned to read. I didn't have a chance to be wowed by their impact. To me the legacy of the album has fully overshadowed the record itself on its own merit, which is a shame!
It’s impossible to separate this from the cultural baggage of wonderwall but I tried. This isn’t bad at all but feels a little self important to me somehow. A little long.
This could be Oasis' best. They were on a roll when their second disc was released. The highs here are tremendous - Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova are classics. The rest of the tracks are nearly as good. OK, some of the riffs pay homage to such an extent that numerous bands called their lawyers, but it doesn't lessen the impact of the songs.
This is an absolutely great album. I wish that they could have gotten along. Oasis, heavily influenced by the Beatles, made outstanding music and could have gotten even better if they stuck around longer.
Simply excellent. Almost every song on here is a classic in its own right and while the Beatles influence is clear, the sound is Oasis’ own. One of the best albums made by brothers ever.
Anyway, heres Wonderwall. 3/5
This has so many great singles and the non- singles are great too. Too bad they through away a promising career through being a bunch of wankers and making a train wreck of a follow up album (Don't Go Away was pretty good though)
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by English rock band Oasis. The musical structure was grander, signifying a change from the group's debut album. This change paid off as this album propelled Oasis to become a worldwide rock phenomenon instead of a British indie act. The singles - especially Wonderwall - topped charts in most countries and helped the album sell. This best-selling album has been certified 16x platinum in the UK and 4x platinum in the US. This important Britpop album was not well received by critics at first, but the mainstream populations around the world had critics changing their tune. I enjoyed this Oasis album very much for its blend of indie rock with Britpop swagger. I'm surprised that I only knew the song Wonderwall, when a lot of the other tracks were pretty good too. Great album from the mid-90's that is a nostalgic soundtrack from that time period.
Not the best Britpop band by a long shot (both Blur and Pulp blow them out of the water), but this is a great album full of enjoyable songs. ‘Wonderwall’ is the worst song on the album, though.
still a really good album start to finish
This album is like 10 years older than I thought it was! 16-year-old me is vibing, brings back memories of a high school crush playing Wonderwall for the school talent show 😳😍😘 3 stars for nostalgia and fond memories
I loved this album as a high schooler. I realize it’s pretty cringy and overplayed at this point, but it still gets some nostalgia points from me.
I'm just going to Rollllll with it and Takkeeee my timmeeeee with this review. Wonder wall, don't look back in anger, cast no shadow, champagne supernova, she's electric etc etc. Wow so many bangers, basically perfect from the Manc lads 👌
One of the best of all time. Classic album
Some fantastic songs mixed with songs decent songs. A enjoyed it more than their first album. 3.75/5
Vroeger vond ik Oasis altijd maar vervelend en ik moet zeggen dat ik nog steeds geen fan ben van Liams stemgeluid (hoe whiny wil je het hebben?), maar verder moet je gewoon bekennen dat dit kneitergoede, ijzersterke muziek is. Op dit album staan zeker vier nummers die op zichzelf grote hits waren/zijn, en de rest is ook gewoon echt goed. Dus laten we voor dit keer maar even door het enige negatieve puntje heenkijken en gewoon 5 sterren geven. En hoe vaker ik Don't Look Back In Anger hoor, hoe beter ik dat nummer vind. Nu weet ik dus dat dat komt doordat Noel die zingt, niet Liam.
Seminal album by Oasis. Wonderwall. Champagne Supernova.
MOR pop brit style
I really disliked Oasis back at their height - they just exuded arrogance and aggressive behaviour that jarred with me. Now - nearly 30 years after this album released and the hype has passed, I can say that this is an exceptional album of British rock music.
listen to it later
I never understood the allure of this band. Their shit really feels paint by the numbers. There were so many better bands in that era but somehow they rose to the top. That's not to say they're bad. Just kind of meh...
Didn’t love it, everything sounded like wonderwall. But not unpleasant either
I don't consider myself a huge Oasis fan, but I do love this album. A few tracks on here start to feel corny, but they're saved by a twist on an expected chorus or layers of instrumentation and harmonies. It bounces around between tracks like that, which were maybe attempts at radio hits, and tracks like Champagne and Don't Look Back that seem to come from a more real place. Around the time this album came out, I took a school trip to Austria and the flight back had a BBC radio loop as one of the maybe five channels you could listen to through the player in the armrest. Don't Look Back In Anger was on that playlist, and I believe it hadn't been released as a single in the US yet, and I didn't own the album so I'd never heard it. But I was obsessed with it.
I already knew the album, it s a favorite of my girlfriend. Good album, but i didnt relisten now.
Jesus christ this was dull. Lyrically sounds like he found most of them in fortune cookies. Every song drones on the same way, and it sounds like he has a cold