Reviews (page 8 of 16)
Brit pop is arguably my favorite single genre of music. My favorite band of all time is The Verve and many of my favorite songs and albums are from this sub genre. I have felt this way about this album and Oasis in general since 1996... Oasis is the single most overrated, uninspiring, mid Brit Rock band to emerge from the genre and this album is a sad commodification of it's stylings.
The Good: A glorious morning! The Bad: Ruined by a bunch of screamin’ The Ugly: The fight that ensued when the singer was asked to STFU… Damn… Fucking Oasis… and their catchy tunes… Based on the comments I’ve been reading, most people on this journey were in their teenage years during the ‘90s, and they all agree that this album is nostalgic for them. Well, I was not in my teenage years during the ‘90s, but I too find this album dripping with nostalgia, and making me wish I could relive those lovely carefree days of enjoying a 4-day weekend every week—it’s good to be a college student back then—buying cheap ass beer, hitting on anything that was willing to give you a smile, and not looking back in anger… damnit, there I went and did what I wasn’t going to do. What I did not know, until reading the wiki page, is that the original drummer of the band was fired at the start of recording this album… and here I was, all the time thinking, the drumming is annoying with those fucking fills all the time… Guess I am more of a Ringo kinda chap, as was the original drummer. Anyway, I was not an Oasis fan in the ‘90s, but obviously there were tunes one could not escape from back then, and several of them are found on this here album, meriting the 4* I am going to shell out. Also, FYI, I went and listened to their debut album after listening to this one twice, and I gave Definitely Maybe 4* as well… If they wouldn’t be so arrogant, I might even shell out a 5*...
Osmosis at their peak
They really have so many great songs wow!! I wish I had listened to this album earlier, but worth the wait.
Alright, so Oasis's (What's The Story) Morning Glory... Man, what was I thinking when this stuff first hit? I know, I somehow jumped on the country bandwagon for a good ten years – a decade I'll never get back, let me tell you. But revisiting this album now? Brilliant. I just said it, didn't I? I couldn't fully appreciate it back then, but now I can hear it. It's loud, it's anthemic, and it's got those tunes that just stick. I'm definitely going back for more listens. This one's a solid hit that I missed the first time around.
album opens with a wonderwall jumpscare which is pretty crazy. really liked Hello & Roll With It. i have heard Wonderwall way too much to really enjoy it but i get why its popular. i have to wonder if they knew it would be that popular as it opens the album without even being the opener of the album.
I think this album is VERY close to the line between good (even great) albums I really enjoyed, and albums people need to listen to before they die. I listened to this album a lot back in the day (especially my 4 months in Washington) but never really understood the fascination with these guys. So it presents a rating dilemma - I would probably give this album a 4/5 if I were just rating how much I liked it. But it doesn't seem like I should give an album a 4 in this thing if I don't consider it an album people need to listen to before they die. So I'll probably give it a 3 and that's the reason. That, and these guys being unsufferable douches.
Standouts Hello Wonderwall Don't Look Back in Anger Champagne Supernova
Straight banger of album. Masterpiece start to finish And Champagne Supernova to finish it off, chefs kiss.
it's the album come on
It's like a greatest hits album. Along with Definitely Maybe it's their peak.
Cheesy lyrics, but gosh the hooks are effective. Won't pull this out usually if I want to listen to music, but a karaoke night? Heck yes
This opens strong. Damn I think it’s a 5? Swamp song is a throw away. The rest hits. Beatles nostalgia sounds very quaint in 2025.
Oasis really put all of their best songs on one album… maybe it’s boring to give this a 5/5 but honestly I had a lot of fun listening to this in the car. And I do believe that “Don’t Look Back in Anger” is one of the best songs ever :D
Ok but I'd never listen on purpose. Best track - Champagne Supernova
Sensitive Britpop with big catchy hooks. Straightforward, accessible, and easy to digest through decent, well-arranged songs that dont reinvent the wheel. Some are able to dig up emotionality with Both a bit of sadness and hope to it. It also sounds a bit timeless - of course I know it’s 90s Britpop, but it could have fit in with other times and scenes or calls back to them enough. But overall, it’s whatever and I just don’t find it highly interesting…all together it’s just a fine album. The strongest points are the edgier or slightly more psych-influenced tracks, but there’s not much of it. Overall, There’s little enough variation to prevent me coming back. An album where the lyrics hit you, and if they don’t there’s not much left to pull you in. I guess you had to be there.
You won't find me saying a bad word about this album, it's too iconic.
Cool college radio girl vibes! Needs an iced tea! Love all tracks!
Phenomenal album
Meh
When I say that I remain skeptical of Brit-pop, albums like this are why. (What's The Story) Morning Glory is one of the most acclaimed albums in the Brit-Pop space, one of the best selling as well, and it's an absolute hit parade too. However, I just don't really like this album. Oasis' game here seems to be simple, elegant pop song writing, with a massive chorus on every song. For me, the problem here is that by swinging for the fences every time, Oasis often misses. A lot of these songs seem engineered to be the most effective arena rock songs possible, but it feels like Oasis doesn't earn a lot of these choruses. On the other couple of Britpop albums I've heard through this project, there were always some surprising little detours to expand their sound, but there really isn't much that surprised me here at all. I'd like to note that this approach to songwriting isn't intrinsically bad for me, but there really isn't anything about Oasis that sells me on it here. There isn't anything exceptional to me about the singing here, or the playing for that matter. There isn't much of an exciting rock edge here, but Oasis also doesn't sell me on the melodicism here. There weren't really any lyrics that stand out to me, and I don't really find the Gallaghers to be compelling figures either. There just isn't anything I find really interesting about Oasis' sound to sell these huge songs. I will say, there are a couple of songs that help out quite a bit here, but first I would like to briefly acknowledge Wonderwall. Wonderwall is kind of a fine song at the end of the day, but it may be in the running for the most played out singular song on the entire list. If not for this list, I could have probably gone the rest of my life without intentionally listening to this song. With that out of the way, let's discuss some positives. Hello and Morning Glory are both songs with some fun, driving energy and end up pretty decent and help give the project some momentum. Don't Look Back In Anger is one of the only choruses here that I really buy into, it kinda hits. Also, Champagne Supernova highlights one of the merits to this songwriting style. Despite being 7 minutes long, it feels as brisk as anything else here as it builds from chorus to chorus, it helps that this song has some of the best melodies here. However these songs can only help so much, and I still feel that a 2 is appropriate here.
Oh Wonderwall the song of choice for tools that had a guitar in the 90's. Seriously I was at a house party and some dude had a guitar and I swear he only knew Wonderwall and one other song. If you've ever seen Animal House you know what we were all thinking... So the album isn't bad overall. There are some songs that are pretty good even if they have some lyrics that are weak. One of the songs started off really rocking....then went to incessant whining. I was really hoping to be surprised and they just go full on rockstar, sadly that didn't happen. The only song I really enjoyed was Don't Look Back in Anger. It's a great song even if he sounds kinda whiny while doing it. Overall I do not understand the love they get, kinda mid to me, although at one point one of the brothers announced they were bigger than the Beatles and it pissed off so many people. Seriously it was hilarious, they get an extra star for that.
Peak Oasis. The sound of my teens, the best Beatles cover band of all time?
It was fine. Not a standout, but enjoyable
The album is a high quality cheeseburger. It may not be intellectually stimulating or high class but I'm not going to pretend I didn't enjoy it all the same
maybeeeeeeeeeee you're gonna be the one that saves meeeeeeeeeee and after aaaaaaaallllll you're my wonderwallllllllllll... now that i got your attention, we've got some sleazy british rock pop that definitely feels like the next successor when it comes to classic british rock bands. besides the smash hit "wonderwall", the entire soundtrack is just full of juicy and british swagger. overplayed songs be damned, this record is fantastic. these guys pour their hearts out with their music and i think many indie rock musicians could learn a thing or two from these guys.
Better than Coldplay
this album is really good. I never liked oasis (I guess I didn’t care about them) when they were new. It’s so Brit pop. “Don’t look back in anger” is the best oasis song.
Wonderwall Dont look back in anger Overall good, and much closer to my tastes than yesterday's album but most of the tracks felt forgettable to me.
A classic of classic rock revival. Hasn’t aged super well as my taste has broadened, but some of the tracks are undeniable.
It was... Hm, better and worse than expected, but at the end of the day I REALLY enjoyed it so hey, why not give another 4, who cares.
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing.
Definitely the most famous Britpop album, and maybe the best. I've rated every other Britpop album pretty highly, and well, this is no exception. "Wonderwall" is the most famous song from the album, but it's easily one of the worst on it despite being a great song. "She's Electric" is a great rocker along with "Don't Look Back in Anger." "Champagne Supernova" is the best song, and is easily a top tier Britpop song, only behind the likes of The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" and Pulp's "Common People. This is a must listen, and is up there with the best of Britain with OK Computer, Abbey Road, Dark Side of The Moon, and Led Zeppelin 4.
Second best album Oasis ever released
As living my teenage years in the 90's, many of these songs were really everywhere and maybe because of that overfeed I got really bored of the hit singles. Listening now again after a few decades I must admit that many of the songs are really great. Nothing to get suprised about and Oasis isn't the most innovative band in the world, but they really can make great songs. Of course Wonderwall and other hit singles are great, but I have forgotten other songs such as Cast no shadows and She's electric which are great too. It might even be that some of these songs will go to some of my playlists.
Oasis is generally overrated, but my god this album is a masterpiece. Top to bottom one of the best albums I've ever listened to. I remember really liking it when it first came out, but really listening to this as an adult, it blew my mind. This is the kind of music the Beatles would have made in the 90s. The record is stacked and groundbreaking. Not one weak track, and each track builds on the next for a satisfying listening experience. And ending with "Champagne Supernova," which is a modern day "A Day In The Life," is the cherry on top of a practically perfect album. This album is freaking brilliant and deserves to be considered one of the best all time. The Gallagher brothers are annoying, but my god they made magic together on this album. This is now a contender for one of my favorite albums of all time.
Obviously a super classic love champagne supernova
I was in the fence about 3 vs 4, but why not give the benefit of doubt? Brit pop is not my jam, but I was surprised by several tracks on this album and it certainly was influential.
This album came out when I was about 13 years old and coincided with the Beatles anthology documentary on TV and their three anthology compilation albums. You can definitely hear the heavy Beatles influence here, which as a kid I absolutely loved. I felt like I had some kind of insider info because I recognized Imagine in Don’t Look Back In Anger 😂 Back then there wasn’t an unlimited supply of music to listen to. You either listened to the radio or whatever CDs you were able to buy or borrow. There were CDs I knew inside and out and this was one of them, along with The Cranberries, Green Day, and Enya 😂 Music was more of a commodity then. CDs were special and for kids hard to come by. All that being said, I definitely loved What’s The Story Morning Glory. It held a special place in the heart of the impressionable teen that I was and it is certainly nice to revisit every now and then. I wish I could listen to it again as a kid, because it doesn’t feel as special now. I guess nothing does. Anyway, four stars, mostly for nostalgia’s sake.
Very catchy, singable songs. Hard for me to take “Wonderwall” seriously, but that’s not really the fault of the song itself.
Don't look back in anger
Skapligt, men det är de man hört innan som är bäst
One of their best.
pretty goood. i liked it better than the previous oasis album. downloaded 3,4,6,8,9,10 and 12. champagne supernova is my favourite off of the album.
Back in the ’90s, when I was a teenager, I casually bought into the whole Blur vs. Oasis rivalry and firmly planted myself in the Blur camp. That said, I still have vivid memories of listening to Don't Look Back in Anger during a Year 6 residential trip to the Isle of Wight - it’s a song that’s steeped in nostalgia for me even now. Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate Oasis much more, and this record is a perfect example of why. It captures a band at the peak of their powers - brimming with creativity, stepping into the studio with clear intent, and pouring everything they had into it. The result is a collection of unforgettable tracks, elevated by outstanding production. It absolutely delivers. Favourite tracks: there's not a duff track on here, but Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger and Some Might Say stand out the most for me.
Perfect Album from start to finish, not a second of wasted space.
Soundtrack of my college years together with other albums like OK computer. A truly immersive album from a band that is great despite being a bit arrogant.
Honestly the most overrated album on this list. Garbage.
pa nije ovo loše. bilo bi bolje bez vandervola
Loved this album. Catchy hooks, a little repetitive in sound from song to song but still enjoyable.
Banger irgendwie
Teetering between a 4 and a 3 and I went down because I don't want to like this. Gallagher's are cunts, their fans are cunts, but this is pretty much the only Oasis record that actually backs up the hype - there's a lot of bangers here. I particularly love the title track and Cast No Shadow. *Amended this post Definitely Maybe because that is a 3 and this is better.
After three Blur albums, it was about time to have to listen to this one
realmente tiene temazos
Biblical!
Sadly I am an Oasis apologist, Liam Gallagher they could never make me hate you
honestly, i have never liked this band. they come across as annoying, pretentious twats. the singing is whiny and nasally. having said that, i found the songs that i wasn’t previously familiar with (the deep cuts, if you will) were better than the singles.
Never liked Champagne Supernova or Wonderwall back when this came out and I didn’t know about anything else they did so I wrote them off. A few years later I listened to this album and was pretty much blown away. Still listen to it and it still blows me away.
It's well-reported Oasis have a love affair with the Beatles, but I could never hear it. Over their brief life, the Beatles reinvented themselves constantly, and pushed boundaries where they could...and could get away with it. To that end, I always thought Blur were more Beatles than this Burnage lot. That said, this came out during a troublesome time of my life, and 30 years later it's still hard for me to listen to this album. You want the best Oasis album? The closest is The Masterplan, with all the b-sides on it...usually much better listening than their a-sides.
Great album, don't think I listened to this at all when it first came out. Really enjoyed it though.
Excellent album. So many good songs. I remember when the album first came, out my cousin bought it and then I stole it from him and it didn't leave my discman for months. He ended up having to buy another copy because he thought he'd lost it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Don’t Look Back in Anger is 10/10. Rest of the album is not very memorable, Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova notwithstanding.
They're certainly an enjoyable band, but I've never really gotten the level of praise they seem to get. I certainly was not going feral for the reunion tour. 7.5/10 Favorite song: Champagne Supernova
not my dad's britpop band of choice but it's honestly fine
It's Morning Glory, what else is left to say? It would basically be an incredibly strong greatest hits compilation for most other bands, plus two interludes.
Basically a greatest hits record. Beyond insane that this is Oasis’ second album. I don’t think I will ever grow tired of listening to this. I might just put in on again right now in fact.
This was fun to listen to again. It’s another album that I played a bunch when it came out, but haven’t listened to in a long time. Don’t Look Back In Anger was my favorite song back then, and still is. I’d give it 4 1/2 stars, but I’ll do four as i think there are some filler songs.
Better than the first one, slightly nostalgic for the Oregon trail generation, but ultimately a lot of meh.
First time listen and it was okay. I was expecting more, but must have been overhyped. Still a pretty solid album.
it’s good-ish. some songs on here are much better than others but some are just kinda forgettable. it’s not good enough for me to give it a 4, but not meh enough for me to give it a 3 (this website rlly should add half star options huh), but since i think it’s more good than meh, it’s getting a 4
First CD I ever bought (used for $10 from a kid on the bus on a field trip). Don't Look Back in Anger probably the song I've listened to the most in my life and I've barely listened to it in 25 years. The singles are great but the deep cuts are great too. There's not a skippable song here for me.
Easy listening, but nothing groundbreaking here. Some good poppy riffs but a pretty generic sound overall. I think this gets reviewed highly due to the nostalgia it provides people who grew up with it.
Great!
++: She's Electric, Morning Glory +: Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, Hey Now!, Some Might Say, The Swamp Song – Excerpt 2 +-: Hello, Roll with It, The Swamp Song – Excerpt 1, Cast No Shadow, Champagne Supernova 4,2/10
SAVE ME
The El Classico, before they got too big for their boots 💪👌
Find myself liking the things I hadn’t heard before over the overplayed classics. But still, an album full of hits. FS: Hello
From the kid shouting "don't look back at Angus" from the back of the car on family holidays, to the teenage boy with a guitar taking it upon himself to treat everyone to unsolicited Wonderwall at a party, to the britpop dad spending £200 on a ticket for the mythical reunion no one believed would come 30 years later... this album exists everywhere you turn. A staple to every brit and an all time classic of course.
Got a Gallagher-shaped soft spot
Wonderwall first thing on a Monday morning. Thanks.
Ein paar Kracher, ein Haufen mittelmäßiger Songs. 3-4
Sheeeeeyiiiiinnneeee
Great album with some classics
Even if I prefer Blur, this is a damn good album!
pior que eu gosto mais desse do que o def maybe só musicão pprt
aprecio bastante!! prefiro o Definitely Maybe? sim. mas é impossível dizer que esse aqui não é bem melhor e recheado de hits né dito isso, eles sabem como abrir um album né, eh impressionante. hello eh boa DEMAIS vsf
To start, I was never an Oasis fan, but this album makes a great singalong with catchy hooks. But Everytime a song starts it sounds like it could be almost any other song on the album. While I knew 90% of the album already, I found that the (new to me) “Hello” and “Hey now” had me putting on my best nasal singing voice more than the rest.
Objectively it is a good album. Subjectively it is a great album
Great album. Has all the hits as well
I actually really liked this when it came out and now it is fairly good, although the non-hits have lost a tiny bit of luster. Nevertheless, it is and was a really great album and I know that the lead singer was kind of a controversial character and it created issues with them moving forward. That is too bad but at least they put out this solid entry.
Like kje Oasis :(
the hits are good, but the rest is meh
Probably one of the most overrated bands around. Boring
Before I head into this album I must profess that while I try to keep my listens and reviews as fair and unbiased as possible I have my limits. I dislike Oasis immensely. The Ghallagers are generationally unlikable, and their many public feuds remain an embarrassment to popular music. Add their pending completely transparent cashgrab of a reunion tour and you have one of the most annoying bands to ever exist, and that's before we even get to their music. Musically, well as far as I'm concerned they're nothing special, just loud and annoying. After getting that out of the way it's time for the actual listen. Gonna try to be fair. My expectations for this listen are low. At least I know there's one song on here that's sort of listenable. Hello I hate this production style. Everything just meshes into a compressed, lifeless blob. Horribly whiny delivery. There are some catchy melodies in there. I kinda like the idea behind the subtle vocal echo. Horribly screechy guitar. Dislike. 2/5 Roll With It Lifeless. The chorus is kinda catchy I suppose, though it hardly comes through when delivered so off-puttingly. The production still stinks. Peters out into an unfocused, uninteresting mess. Strongly Dislike. 1.5/5 Wonderwall Plague upon society. It's at least memorable I guess. Holy hell it's obnoxious though. Gave us some great youtube edits however, and that's gotta count for something. The whinyness isn't THAT bad on this track. The lyrics are a bit sweet, though quite nonesensical too. Every part of this song is iconic in some way. I get some ironic enjoyment out of it at least, so I cannot say it's terrible. Fine I guess. 3/5 Don't Look Back In Anger Really like the melody of the verse. Has some fun lyrical imagery. Great structure to start. Fantastic buildup to an absolute belter of a chorus. Decent delivery as well. Love the background guitar. However as repetitive as it is, they know what a great chorus they have so of course they're gonna milk it to it's fullest. Fun solo. Still quite annoying, and the production remains obnoxious as hell. Decent. 3.5/5 Hey Now! Forgettable. Has every issue previously discussed from this album, but also manages to achieve being boring as hell. Phoned in guitar solo. Headache inducing. Never ends. A bad day to have ears. 1/5 The Swamp Song - Version 1 Half a bonus point for having no Gallagher belting over it. Another half a bonus point for being less than a minute long. Average. 2.5/5 Some Might Say Grating on the ears. Ok vocal melody on the verse. Alright chorus. Terrible lyrics, cringeworthy. Repetitive, annoying, overstays its welcome. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 Cast No Shadow I kinda appreciate the added instrumental elements, it's a nice break from the monotony. The slow tempo doesn't do it that many favours. Does not have the storytelling qualities or the vocal performance to keep it interesting. Repetitive, though not unpleasant. Just a bit boring. Strongly dislike the backing vocals. Average. 2.5/5 She's Electric Fun instrumental. The lyrics are strange, but kinda charming I guess. Weak chorus. The vocals are especially grating towards the end. Average. 2.5/5 Morning Glory Horrible guitar intro. Is it supposed to sound like air raid sirens? Decent bassline. Has all the great qualities a great alarm tune, even screams "wake up" if you're confused about what you're supposed to be doing. I'd definitely wake up from it. Unpleasant in every concievable way. Torturous. 1/5 The Swamp Song - Version 2 Half a bonus point for having no Gallagher belting over it. Another half a bonus point for being less than a minute long. Average. 2.5/5 Champagne Supernova Plague upon society. Nonesensical lyrics. Annoying song structure. Endlessly repetitive. Draining. The worst offender when it comes to this particular style of production. Just sounds so homogenous and overbearing. Never fucking ends does it? Shitshow. 1/5 Yeah that was pretty miserable not gonna lie. It's not the worst thing ever recorded, but it did leave me with a headache. I've been banging on about everything I don't like for so long that repeating it would be redundant. So here's a few things I did enjoy: - The choruses are mostly fine, even catchy at times. Their anthemic energy works well within the loudness of the mix. - While I don't like their voice I do like the snarky attitude they bring to many of the songs. - There's usually a tonne of energy present, wether it's in the drums, the guitars and even at times the bass they truly give their all. - No song seems to be there on accident. The tracklist is consistent, and the individuals songs fit where they've been put allowing for some decent pacing. Despite these points it's clear that this band is not for me and won't ever be a favourite. I'm tempted to give it one star, but that's just my personal biases speaking. Realistically it isn't terrible, especially considering the love people have for this album almost 30 years later. I just don't like any of it. 2/5
This list is making me discover the depths of my hate for Britpop in general and now Oasis in particular. The Gallagher boys seem to think that winning the volume wars was equivalent to producing superior music. They were quite wrong.
Amazing album. I remember listening to it growing up, and the album still holds up. Champagne Supernova will remain the best, but nearly every song is fantastic. Oasis is the best British band since the Beetles.
Ah ha. The lads are back with a vengeance. Big bad Oasis. Trying to dunk on me and my takes. Well don’t worry….I’m not gonna doooooooo what everyone thinks I’m gonna doooooo. I’m not gonna freak out man! As you can plainly see - I have been defeated. Beat into submission by the almighty list, this Brit pop simp. Saying Oasis was the most overrated band ever may have been a bad take, but it wasn’t my first bad take and it won’t be the last. It also wasn’t my worst. I thought The Hives were the world’s next great band. I thought Dogpile.com was superior to Google. I thought Belichick was more valuable than Brady etc etc This album is significantly better than “Definitely Maybe”. Much more confident and original. Better instrumentation and varied arrangements. Not leaning on the tropes and British Invasion nostalgia I slammed them for in the debut. It’s still not something I would voluntarily listen to, but I may be ready to hang up my animosity towards Oasis. They aren’t hacks… my b.
This sounds like a greatest hits album. I didn’t realize just how many oasis songs I knew and loved. The run of roll with it, to wonderwall to Don’t look back in anger is about as good of a stretch as you’re gonna get in modern rock. Wonderwall annoys people because it’s so ubiquitous, but the truth is huge bands don’t have one song as good as that, and it’s like the 5th best song on this album. Nobody writes a big chorus like Noel Gallagher. I fucking love Don’t look back in anger.
I am aware that this album was written at the same time Definitely Maybe was, but it doesnt come off that way. The recordings feel more polished and complex without losing that punky brit spirit. Maybe 1 skip on the entire album This is Oasis’ best work and it satisfies every damn time. I unapologetically love some of these songs. Champagne Supernova could come out today and be a massive hit, Shes electric sounds like something from the early 2000s - such a rocker. Id say the same thing about Dont Look Back In Anger. Roll With It is a new addition to my 90s jams Despite the Beatles references all over the place on yet ANOTHER album (yeah, its excessive ), this feels like Oasis doing a lot more of themselves. It is so much more of an album than DM And yeah, wonderwall sucks. Its a song that shouldnt belong to this band or album. Oasis shouldve created a separate project to release this as a single and their legacy wouldve been untainted. Instead, the world rips their entire discography for this and they collected some inauthentic fans 5/5
Don't Look Back In Anger is up there for best songs of all time.
1. Hello - 7.5/10 2. Roll With It - 10/10 3. Wonderwall - 10/10 4. Don't Look Back In Anger - 10/10 5. Hey Now! - 9.6/10 6. 7. Some Might Say - 10/10 8. Cast No Shadow - 10/10 9. She's Electric - 10/10 10. Morning Glory - 9/10 11. 12. Champagne Supernova - 10/10 10/10
Succédant à l'énergie brute et à l'arrogance juvénile de "Definitely Maybe", "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" le deuxième album d'Oasis sorti en 1995 allait non seulement cimenter le statut d'Oasis comme l'un des plus grands groupes britanniques de tous les temps, mais aussi devenir la bande-son indélébile de la jeunesse des années 90, l'apogée du mouvement Britpop. Sur le plan musical, "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" marque une évolution significative par rapport à son prédécesseur. Si l'énergie rock est toujours présente, elle est ici canalisée avec plus de sophistication. La production, assurée par Owen Morris et Noel Gallagher lui-même, est plus ample, plus orchestrale par moments, créant ce fameux "mur du son" ("wall of sound") qui donne aux chansons une dimension épique. Les mélodies, toujours au centre de l'écriture de Noel, sont ici plus ciselées, plus universelles. On sent une volonté d'écrire des classiques instantanés, des chansons capables de transcender les genres et les générations. L'album s'ouvre avec "Hello", une introduction tonitruante qui sample "Wonderwall" de manière ironique avant de lancer un riff puissant. C'est une déclaration d'intention, un "nous revoilà, et nous sommes encore meilleurs". Puis vient "Roll With It", l'un des singles qui a alimenté la fameuse "bataille de la Britpop" contre Blur. C'est un hymne à la résilience, un morceau direct et efficace, typique de l'énergie d'Oasis. Mais c'est avec les pistes suivantes que l'album atteint des sommets inégalés. "Wonderwall", ballade acoustique devenue un phénomène planétaire, est sans doute la chanson la plus connue d'Oasis. Sa mélodie mélancolique, portée par la voix éraillée de Liam et des arrangements de cordes subtils, a touché une corde sensible universelle. Les paroles, bien qu'abstraites, évoquent le besoin de soutien et d'amour, résonnant profondément auprès d'un large public. Elle est devenue un standard, repris et adapté à l'infini, prouvant la force intemporelle de son écriture. Ensuite, "Don't Look Back in Anger", chantée par Noel Gallagher lui-même, est une autre pièce maîtresse. Avec son introduction au piano rappelant John Lennon et son refrain fédérateur, la chanson est un appel à laisser le passé derrière soi et à aller de l'avant. Elle est devenue un hymne de résilience, souvent entonné lors de moments de rassemblement et de commémoration. "Hey Now!" offre une ambiance plus psychédélique, avec une production dense et des paroles énigmatiques, montrant une facette plus expérimentale du groupe. La piste titre, "Morning Glory", est un retour à une énergie plus brute, avec un riff incisif et des paroles évoquant l'usage de drogues, un thème récurrent mais traité ici avec une sorte de désinvolture bravache. L'une des pièces les plus ambitieuses de l'album est sans conteste "Champagne Supernova". Ce morceau épique de plus de sept minutes clôture l'album (avant les pistes cachées) sur une note grandiose et planante. Au-delà des hits individuels, les thèmes explorés dans "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" sont ceux d'une génération. On y trouve l'espoir, l'ambition, le désir d'échapper à la monotonie du quotidien. L'impact de "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" fut colossal et immédiat. L'album s'est vendu à des millions d'exemplaires à travers le monde, devenant l'un des albums les plus vendus de l'histoire britannique. Il a propulsé Oasis au rang de superstars mondiales, capables de remplir des stades gigantesques, comme en témoignent les concerts historiques de Knebworth en 1996, où plus de 250 000 personnes se sont rassemblées sur deux soirs. Critiquement, bien que certains aient initialement reproché une production parfois trop lisse ou des paroles jugées simplistes, l'album est aujourd'hui unanimement reconnu comme un classique. En conclusion, "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" est une oeuvre majeure, un triomphe artistique et commercial qui a marqué son temps de manière indélébile. Il représente le sommet de la Britpop et l'un des derniers grands moments où le rock'n'roll a véritablement dominé la culture populaire mondiale. Un album qui s'en sort avec un 4 sur 5
I can't listen to certain tracks on this album because of how much they've been overplayed but I did listen to the ones that haven't. If I was reviewing now I'd probably give it 2stars based on their legacy after the first 2 albums . 22 year old me would've given it 4stars so I'll go with that
The songs from this I really liked back in the day - Don't Look Back, Supernova - still holds up, the rest doesn't do much for me and sounds closer to Be Here Now than Def Maybe.
A tough one to review as it’s so culturally embedded amongst Brits of my era that it’s difficult to separate the moment from the songs. There are sing along bangers on here, there are some lovely melodies, but also a fair amount of fillers. The production isn’t great, but I think they are trying to replicate the live energy of the band. The lyrics are at times schoolyard awful, and many parts of the album are overly derivative. That said I still kinda like it and it retains a place in my heart for when oasis meant something to my generation, during those moments before they became a pale, repetitive imitation of their former self, and a rock n roll parody
Nice, classic Oasis
A classic Britpop album: Manchester in the 90’s
Favorites: Don’t Look Back In Anger, Some Might Say, Champagne Supernova As much as the Gallaghers leave a bad taste in my mouth for obvious reasons, this album is incredible. Grandiosity at its purest form, with classic song after classic song.
A classic. Loved it since I was 11.
Rock, 1995 -> 3
Always thought of these guys as a knock-off Beatles back in the 90s so I never paid them much mind. At some point I realized that everything is inspired by something and perhaps the only true original art is a cave painting. So... good stuff.
Whatever you think of Liam & Noel today, the Oasis story is undeniably cool. Emerging from working class obscurity to become a global rock phenomenon propelled by this specific album. The audacity of it is magical, to say ‘fuck it let’s go for the absolute pinnacle of the mountain’, because really these tracks only really work as epic singalongs in packed arenas. Some seem to knock them as pretty basic lyrics & tunes, but the genius of Wonderwall, DLBIA and Supernova is their transcendent quality is entirely dependent on the communal energy they create. There is an elegance and power to their raw youthful simplicity that taps into something deeply human. It pulls you into the choir, compels you to throw your arm around the person next to you and belt out the lyrics with joyous, melancholic gusto. Seeing them at their stadium shows later this year, with a good chunk of the crowd made up of drunk Brits steaming in from the Melbourne Cup, is going to be incredible.
Can’t stand Oasis and this album did not change my mind.
Really struggled with picking a rating for this one. I was fighting the urge to sing a long at my desk, but when the album ended I had absolutely no desire to relisten. I don’t know if it’s just that I don’t want to like it. I can’t deny how enjoyable it is to listen to the big hits on this album but some of it just felt too noisy for me. I preferred the songs that were a bit more melodic. There are definitely some good catchy songs, but as an album it fell a bit flat for me. I think even with the songs I want to sing along to, I’m only really interested if they’re on somewhere I can sing along with other people. Maybe that’s just because they’ve been overplayed, maybe it’s just the association I have with it. I’m not sure. Giving it a 3 because I don’t think I’ll listen again. Fav song: Don’t Look Back In Anger Least fav: Roll With It
Loud instruments, same guitar, same drums, same voice tone, horrible mix... That's what you get when you listen to this album.
unfortunately i really enjoy music made by men with shitty haircuts. in the gallagher brothers' defense, its not their fault every guitar-playing male manipulator decided to learn wonderwall on acoustic guitar for the sole purpose of terrorizing a captive audience of their potential love interests and unwitting house party guests, so although it isssss overplayed asf and deeply annoying, they could not possibly have foreseen this outcome in 1995 (did i physically recoil when the song came on? of course i did!). some moderate bangers on this one, bonus points for a manchester accent of course because i miss being out there soooooo bad. someday you fiiiiind me caught beneath the landsliiiiiiiiide in a champagne supernova in the skyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Mostly overrated but I enjoy Don’t Look Back In Anger and Morning Glory
Today is gonna be the day that I give you a 3
Damn I really got Wonderwall rickrolled at the start of the opening track Edit Apr 15 2026: 4 --> 3
-1 for wonderwall
It was a good album overall, i knew two songs and i alr liked them but this album was TOO loud and too rocky…i don’t know. maybe it’s the point of my life where i’m now but i didn’t enjoy it that much, it was kinda overwhelming. my favourite song was Champagne Supernova
Oasis are one of those bands. The music is either painfully avergae but catchy or something just bad. This was the former of the two.
Everyone has dated or met an Oasis fan who clearly expresses a specific personality. The songs reflect this. There are good songs, some are quite tiring, as if I were a drunk at the end of a party. Others are very lively, and make you want to listen to them again. The album has some interludes in between. There are so many songs, at some point it gets boring. It is certainly a nostalgic album of something that was cool a few decades ago.
Insanely overrated, but there are a few good tunes on it.
This is a pretty boring album; it's essentially fodder to be played over the PA system in a Cabela's.
I may now hate everything oasis have become and stand for, but hard to deny this is a good album. A few low points but some real highs too.
Cant lie im a sucker for some cringe singalong classics Also Dont look back in anger is a Banger
Very fun listen
Very solid. A couple of fillers and the Gary glitter elements have aged poorly of course!
No me encanta oasis pero ponerle menos puntaje sería de termo
I had a realisation whilst listening to this that I've only heard the original, normal Wonderwall a handful of times. I've heard the memes a million times though.
13/1001. Guess I have to listen to a complete Oasis album. Wankers wanking with their guitars, and then putting up immortal classics is a tough mixture for me. I'm slowly realising this book seems to like electric guitars, and western pop way more than what my personal preferences are. But there is no similar website for the 1000 recordings you must hear before you die… So what to say. Most of the songs for me are boring and bland and the attitude is obnoxious. But Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger are undisputed classics to be ruined time and again in campfires around the world. A 2 for that.
Three stars for the good songs (She's Electric, Don't Look Back In Anger, Champagne Supernova are all great). A lot of the rest is unremarkable "lad" stuff and so musically basic it's difficult to love.
Minder vals dan verwacht. Beetje Merijn First vibes ;)
Top!
Overblown, useless lyrics but such attitude and such killer tunes they do have a glory.
Britpop Mt. Everest
It maybe a great album. I almost wish I had not heard the tracks so much when I was young. His voice annoys me now unfortunately.
Favorite song: Wonderwall. Overall score: 6.7/10
An iconic Brit-pop album with some real bangers on it, and I’m not even talking about “Wonderwall”, the meme it has become. “Don’t look back in anger” is a top 20 90s song for me and “Champagne Supernova” is an amazing send off. Plenty here to like.
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Some absolute bangers on here but also some very just average songs, especially on the 2nd half.
I will never understand how so many people consider Oasis to be one of the greatest bands. An hour of this monotonous droning is a bit much.
It’s all pretty good but underwhelming (yes including Wonderall). It does end on the highest of notes though.
some duds amongst the firecrackers... strong overall... a bit annoying after listening to them ten songs in a row... they stay stuck in the same lane... grating punky vocals over Beatle esque progressions... it's ok... i thought i'd like it more...
When I rate an album, a five-star one must check some boxes. One of them is having no truly bad song. Another is an overall harmony between the tracks that creates a sense of cohesion that feels like a unified whole. No, I'm no expert, don't judge my humble criteria! All that was said above can be affirmed about this masterpiece. It's almost impossible not to feel teleported to the late 90's, charged with a youthful energy and frustration, mixed with passion and melancholy. All the tracks here fit one another - no exception. I'm not a big fan of those "Untitled" interludes, but I can live with them. Well, there's not much more to say, incredibly! What we have here is a gem of its time that has aged like fine wine. It's a classic, after all. 10/10
Unfortunately a banger of an album. I dislike the Gallaghers as people but I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t hit after hit. I understand why they are so arrogant now. Specific rating - 4.7 Fav song- hey now! Least fav- some might say
Iconic music, can see why these guys got famous famous. The whininess of his voice does get a tiny bit annoying... Favourite: She's Electric Least: Morning Glory
I fear this album is filled with bangers, there is a reason it is so popular. Favs: Roll with it, Don’t look back in anger, Hey now!, She’s Electric Least: Some might say Actual score: 4.5 -0.5 for the Gallagher brothers
Takes me back to being 16 and listening to this when it came out. I was more into Blur than Oasis back then but there are a handful of tracks on here (Cast No Shadow, Wondereall, Morning Glory and Some Might Say) that are better then anything from The Great Escape.
Wow, this whole album is great!
Some of the songs on this album are decent ("Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back In Anger", "Champagne Supernova") but nearly everything on this record is performed in hamfisted, overblown way that it becomes exhausting across the 50 minute running time. The graceless, dynamics-free mix also pushes the guitars *way* up to the front on many of the tracks, to the detriment of the other instruments.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Every song is incredible, I am so glad they’re touring this year
I had heard the singles off of this album plenty of times before, and I was obviously well acquainted with the “anyway here’s Wonderwall” meme, so I went into this album expecting the songs I didn’t know to be so miserable that there’s a reason they never got radio play. I was wrong. This album is strong all the way through, and really good overall. I think it really is a case of becoming so popular with some people with strong personalities that it was bound to have detractors. It happens to popular things all the time.
Amazing. It’s like a (relatively) new Beatles album. Wish they’d get along too.
Maybe not the most original band in the world but this album does contain some well crafted pop / rock songs
Love this album, great to revisit!
Yeah, it's a good listen. But maybe I've heard the songs too many times?
No misses and still a great listen.
After they exploded into our lives with their first LP I’d high hopes for Oasis. I loved Liam’s fuck you attitude and rasp. There are high spots - Champagne Supernova, Cast No Shadow, What’s The Story - and Hello will be a banging intro to their gigs this summer - but I can’t help being disappointed when I listen afresh to how plodding much of it is. Status Quo anyone…
Ik ben misschien een beetje een fanboy, maar dit is toch heerlijk!!
So anyways here wonderwa. 3/10
a flawless album
Well I know popular music is all derivative in some way or other...but this album, despite its merits, does seem to be excessively so at times. Nevertheless, it's quite a stirring wall of noise effect - probably emphasised by the rather extreme compression and low dynamic range. Liam Gallagher's vocals are good and mixed right to the front. I'm guessing these were production choices made to make the singles jump out from the radio. And there were several singles from this album released during the media-hyped battle with Blur.
Decent listen, was pretty good rock music, would be in my top 100 most likely.
C est un album de pop rock un peu banal. Cet album et les autres grouoe de pop rock britanique changerons le genre vers des sonoritées, des thèmes auquels je ne m'y retrouve pas.
je préfère fanta (et bob) nan mais sérieux le seul moment cool c'est les interludes morning glory (la track) est ok tier aussi L'outro est réussie dans ce qu'elle entrepend
Somewhat boring album, but I would still see them live just to watch the Gallagher brothers banter.
Just classic
The sound of the 90s. All bangers.
i can ALWAYS get behind irish literature and irish rock
A tale as old as time: some drunk Irish assholes get together to make incredible music
This is the only Oasis record I listen to but I like it
banger after banger after banger
Not really an Oasis fan and was familiar only with the hits from this album. Postcard from the nineties that's a very solid record.
One of the top 50 albums all time. Obviously 5/5.
Hello. Some Might Say, Hey Now! This album is a Wonderwall! I’d say, Roll with It.
Tycka vad man vill om bröderna Gallagher men det här är en löjligt bra platta.
Still not crazy about Oasis, but most of their best songs are on this album
A classic, very upbeat. I downloaded it.
Great album. Worthy of a top 100 or 150 all time. The album gives off Beatle-esque , British Pop vibes. Every song is killer. 5⭐️
Didn’t grab me like Boxer
Damn, Oasis is a good band. The thing I like about this album is that it is so clear and distilled into a vision. It’s not a “kitchen sink” project. Nothing is out of place.
4/5. My style of music. Solid, couple classics
Great album
Always loved this record
Roll with It Wonderwall Don't Look Back in Anger Some Might Say She's Electric Morning Glory Champagne Supernova
Totally overrated but a couple of great songs
Absolutely wild how many generations hits are on this thing, sometimes lyrically nonsensical but iconic regardless. Side note, strangely mixed. It feels very tinny and almost no midrange. Anyone else feel that? Or just me?
This album is like the Mono Lisa. You go to take it in and expect to be a little underwhelmed, there is so much hype and millions of people lining up to get in front of it - surely it can't be that good. On the outside it doesn't seem so special, and it's easy to walk right by, there is better art in the back of the Louvre. But if the sun hits it just right, it's pretty freaking spectacular.
I’ve had 34 albums generated so how am I already getting the second Oasis album out of the 1089 albums on this list? That being said, I am liking this one a lot more than the last one and a lot more than the other britpop albums I’ve received. I feel like they’ve really improved their songwriting and instrumentation since Definitely Maybe. Or maybe it’s just the nostalgia factor of having listened to this album in high school? Favourite tracks: Cast No Shadow, Morning Glory
You know that beatles clip where they say Rango isnt even the best drummer in the Beatles? Thats how I feel about wonderwall. A-Tier alblum, champagne Supernova is S-Tier
Solid album, not much else to say tbh
I mean, so anyways, here’s wonderwall. Solid album
Hits. Other songs eh
It’s time for me to admit that I’ve never listened to this album. Here we go. Not a bad track on here, but not all of them held my attention all the way through. Hard to rate this anything less than a 5 when three of the best songs ever written are on here. Meme as it is, Wonderwall rules, Champagne Supernova is a masterclass, and Don't Look Back in Anger has to be one of the best choruses of all time. I did not delve into the extra two hours of the deluxe edition but maybe I will as the day progresses. Good job, Oasis brothers. Hope the reunion tour doesn't blow up.
ah Oasis. The two biggest wankers of all time somehow made great music. This album in particular has some of the most recognizable songs in the history of music. Wonderwall is the first song that almost every guitar player learns. Don't Look Back in Anger has a perfect chorus. The worst 6 songs on the album are still very strong, but it's essentially 4 or 5 songs that make this album a 5. I have full confidence that the Gallaghers will end their 30 year bickering match
I love this record and how much it steals from every rock band before them. 2/3s of the songs on here could be singles and the swamp songs are good breaks. It’s loud guitar music with nasally simple vocals meant to be sung along to, it’s great. 5/5 no complaints
I am apocalyptically behind in these reviews, which makes the fact that I've heard this album before super helpful. Incredible album, one of the heights of Britpop, the Gallaghers are annoying as hell and I love that. Every day at midnight I get on here and check the next album in hopes its Justice of the Avalanches. I'll catch up on the other albums soon.
4 - Yeah I quite like oasis. Not obsessed, but it's just some nice bangers but nothing to deep
God Wonderwall is annoying. But I don't really think that's Oasis' fault. I want to dislike this album more, but really there are just quite a lot of solid undeniable tunes. As with Definitely Maybe I'm still not a huge fan of the production choices, particularly in relation to the guitars, but overall I think this a more well rounded and diverse album, and deserves a place in the canon. Fave Tracks: Don't Look Back in Anger, Some Might Say 3.8/5
Jagoffs or not. This is a pretty good album. Not near as good as they think it is - but good.
Did not age well. These guys are the arrogant pricks we always thought they were and have half the musical talent they thought they did.
I've always thought these blokes were a bunch of wankers. However....this is good rock and roll album - can't be denied.
I LOVE oasis
Listened before?: Yes, incessantly from 2002 - 2004 A middle school and early high school staple for me. It's been a while since I've given the whole thing a listen-through though, curious to see if I'll have any new experiences with it! Still an immaculate album. Don't Look Back in Anger is probably still my favorite song off it, but really they're all 90s alt-rock gems.
Britpop bangers
I never got super into Oasis, but this album hits really well when the mood strikes, and Champagne Supernova is one of my favorite songs of the 90s.
I can really feel the ‘90s vibe. Even though I always preferred Blur over Oasis, this album rocks. I had never listened to What’s the Story Morning Glory? in full before—but come on, “Roll with It” absolutely rocks. Sure, “Wonderwall” was a massive hit back in the day, but it feels a bit boring now. (How many times have I heard it? Around 200?) The beginning of “Don’t Look Back in Anger” is a clear nod to Imagine, but it’s still an anthem I appreciate—though it’s not really mine. Overall, it’s much more rock’n’roll than I expected, but still… it’s pop’n’roll at heart. (Sorry, Liam.)
Extremely good! Back in the day, this seemed poppy and bland, but I was just a stupid child. This is killer, filled with great songs, and with an incredible production. It's like a revamped version of the Beatles or whatever. Funny how we looked this band as pop back in the day but in the shitty and fake 2025 music scene they would be tagged as rock for sure. Also, way better than Blur.
The most majestic britpop ever got to be. This album should actually get minus points because of the high quality of all the B-sides that were left out of the album ("Acquiesce" is easily a top 5 song in Oasis' whole discography).
This is the album that really put Oasis on the map. Unfortunately, the so called “next Beatles” could never get along long enough to prove it! They definitely left their mark with this album with some amazing hits. Too bad they will only be remembered for their family feuds and not their musical talent.
I know there are some big hits on this album, but I’ve never been a fan of oasis and I’m still not. I just don’t like his voice. Sounds whiney and nasally to me.
I don’t have much to say about the album or oasis in general. Probably wouldn’t listen again. Anyway, here’s wonderwall…
This was fun to listen to. They really delivered some great tracks, and the staples are absolute titans of music. I enjoyed listening throughout even if I felt like they could have done a bit more to add some variety.
This was a fun listen. I liked the sound and found myself dancing and singing along to songs I’d never heard before but was catching onto. Sometimes the album felt like it was on shuffle because some jumps from song to song were jarring. Not really a game changing album for me but I’d be happy if I walked into a store where it was playing.
Anthemic Beatleesque Britpop that it’s hard to truly dislike, but it’s too simple and derivative to truly be great. Blur kicks their ass.
Not the best Oasis album, and Liam's voice hurts so bad, but the quality of songwriting shines through
This album contains my favorite song (Champagne Supernova) plus a bunch of others that I love. Easy 5!
A very solid album throughout, just not quite good enough for me to give it a 5.
When I think back to the mid 90s, I have such a fondness for albums like Dookie, Blue Album, and Mellon Collie…, but in truth I think it took a while to warm up to them. This one, though, I loved immediately. Except for “she’s electric,” I love every single song. And I learned we are a house divided: I think “cast no shadow” might be the best song here, and I think “morning glory” might be the most fun song here; Maggie thinks those are the two weakest. Like the Gallagher brothers, we too are at odds. Will we go our separate ways for 20 years only to reunite for that sweet, sweet reunion-tour cash? Time will tell!
Easily one of the greatest albums of all time, from front to back it provides nothing but absolute brit-pop bangers, the incredibly iconic vocals from Liam, combined with the amazing guitar work & the abrasive production, mixed in with some of the catchiest choruses of the decade makes for an absolute slapper of an album, genuine perfection.
Same feelings as previous album. I don't like them as people or as a band - but they have some great tunes that were the soundtrack of my formative years. Unlikely to listen to them by choice now but cannot deny the impact. Choice track - Dont Look Back in Anger.
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory Over 22 million copies sold. That’s one for every man, woman and child in Sri Lanka Although Definitely Maybe is my favourite Oasis album, there is a whole different level of nostalgia to this, as well as a quite mind bending level of ubiquity and popularity, that I find it hard to extricate myself from. Roll With It is pure summer after GCSEs battle of the bands, and the whole thing has an intensely pervasive 1995/1996/1997ness to it. Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven; A-levels, TFI Friday, button down shirts, UCAS forms, Radio 1, round sunglasses, Euro 96, Britpop, learning to drive, The Beatles Anthology, Soldier Soldier. While things like Roll With It, Hello and Hey Now are catchy enough, I perhaps don’t find them as satisfying as the DM album tracks. However the big songs, Wonderwall, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Some Might Say, Cast No Shadow, Morning Glory and Champagne Supernova are absolute powerhouses, megalithic distillations of all Noel’s borrowed influences, compounded into transcendently memorable, undeniable, arm round the shoulder drunken communal singalongs. Also listening back now there seems to be a slight undertow of introspection that I didn’t pick up on as a teenager. Whereas DM was about escape, and I’m sure part of their appeal at the time was how much they relished and enjoyed their fame and success, there seems to be a sense of a slightly sad goodbye. Not a self indulgent treatise on the hollowness of fame, more a feeling of things will never be the same. While he may not be a hugely innovative musician or songwriter, and he still clunks his way through lyrics, there’s no doubt Noel is an extremely emotionally expressive melody and hook writer, and, similar to Definitely Maybe, that gift is to the fore. And like Definitely Maybe he never shies away from the obvious and the stolen, but again his melodic skill and brazen shamelessness carries them through - the ‘yeaheah’ into the ‘I’ve been standing at the station’ part of Some Might Say is cheesy and straightforward for example, but it works brilliantly, a great moment. Liam's voice is also excellent compared to Definitely Maybe (apart from Slide Away perhaps). It’s better recorded, but he also seems to have much more nuance in his tone, on Cast No Shadow he gives it a nice sense of defiant melancholy and on Champagne Supernova he has a lovely sweetness, adding a kind of restive wistfulness. I also find the change in drumming fascinating, Alan White is clearly a much much more skilled drummer, and songs like Wonderwall, Cast No Shadow, Don’t Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova wouldn’t have worked at all with Tony McCaroll, and rhythmically this is much more interesting, but I do think his lumpen simplicity added something intangible to the mix. Some Might Say, which he drums on, has this slightly treacly feel that I find very appealing, not so much that he’s playing behind the beat, more that his tempo is slightly at odds with the rest of the track, and it’s a song I’ve really started to love in recent years. Similar to DM there are some cracking B-sides from this period - Acquiesce, Round Are Way, Talk Tonight, Rockin’ Chair, Underneath the Sky, Step Out, The Masterplan. I know not all of them were written when they recorded the album, but Acquiesce, Talk Tonight, Underneath the Sky and The Masterplan instead of say Hello, Roll With It, Hey Now and the Swamp Song, would undoubtedly improve the overall quality. Coming into this, and part way through Hey Now I was thinking it’s probably a 4, but by the time Some Might Say wallops you in the head, followed by the excellent Cast No Shadow, and then by the time Morning Glory and Champagne Supernova have played out, and adding in Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger it surely has to be a 5. I also don’t think the 16 year old me, who thought this was one of the best things ever, would understand me giving it 4, which, devoid of any emotion you could argue it might be. But I don’t want to remove the nostalgia and I want to be nice to teenage me. 5. 🌄🌄🌄🌄🌄 Playlist submission: Some Might Say
Whereas 'Definitely Maybe' was a crackling debut of guitar rock energy, this is surely their more refined crowning achievement. Sticking with the wall of sound, Noel is leaning away from indie rock and into the anthemic. Songs generally sit around the bloated five minute market; Noel's guitar is a lesson in steadfast tempo and repeating hooks around the pentatonic scale. A recipe for self-indulgence - with an overblown charm. Ending in apt fashion on the overblown 'Champagne Supernova'. Utterly meaningless lyrics in the verse, building to symbolic imagery of rock decadence in the chorus. Nostalgia surely plays a part. I remember getting The Great Escape, The Bends and What's the Story for Christmas 1995. More bangers than the Wall's factory. What a time to be alive.
Ah Oasis, I hate the Gallaghers but you can't deny the importance of some of the songs on this album. I did enjoy it, but other than the usual songs, this isn't an album I'd go back to regularly. 3/5 Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
Amazing sounds that brought Oasus to a wider audience. Whatever you think of the Gallagher brothers, this album is a powerhouse of top tunes
Oasis were never the most creative but I do think Noel is a hit making machine which is what this album is, no filler, all hits nearly.
Hadn't listened to the whole album before surpisingly. Now I have!
The guitar player dominated the sound tracks. Perhaps the singer and guitar player should seek other musicians to balance out the band's sound.
reminds me of my little brother, who has this album cover as his instagram profile picture for some reason. maybe we should start a band.
Creo que es el mejor disco de OASIS, puede que tengan mejores canciones en otros, pero este es el más completo. Tenía guardadas: "Roll with It","Wonderwall","Don't Look Back in Anger","Some Might Say","Cast No Shadow","She's Electric" y "Champagne Supernova" que me parece un cierre perfecto. He añadido "Morning glory".
Wery wonderwallian album
Excellent songwriting by the Gallaghers. Simple yet complex melodies and guitar arrangements. Feels inspired by classic Beatles and Rolling Stones music but very modern sounding for its time, and still sounding pretty modern today.
10/10. Love. Best there is. Best there was. Best there’ll ever be x
'60s & '70s vibe updated to the '90s. Great pop rock. Drops off a bit in the seconds half, but one of those 90s classics everyone needs to hear at least once. Highlights: "Hello" (strong rocking opening), "Roll With It" (poppy banger), "Wonderwall" (classic 90s pop song), "Don't Look Back in Anger" (anthemic), "Cast No Shadow" (kind of a late-era Beatles vibe. best song on the album)
And so Sally can wait! Good album overall, no real low points. Anyway, here's Wonderwall
I’ve never really given them the respect they deserve, even having seen them live. All these classics came from a single album?! Geniuses really do steal.
No private session used for Spotify. I never really got into Oasis, maybe because I didn't have to because Oasis was unavoidable. Most of those songs appear on this album, so I like it for the nostalgia.
Gosto de 10 das 12 músicas, aí não tem como. 22 de novembro de 2025 está logo ali
Growing up in the same area as the Gallaghers means having already heard Wonderwall way too many times. Never been big on Oasis, it's a fine album but I never feel the want to listen to it.
Hmmm. This bit of Britpop hasn't aged well at all. Was never a massive fan in the first place and it's not got better over the years. Top it off it's an awful compressed recording that hurts the ears.
I love this album and drinking beer in the summer
A classic. This album was being played by everyone, everywhere for most of mid to late 90's. Every track is a banger. One of the best albums of the 90's in my opinion.
Fine
A fantastic album filled with fresh music, arrangements and vocals, and featuring some of the most iconic and period defining songs, especially Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova!
Top One.
Not bad - the music and vocals are quite tolerable, but nothing truly exciting or a reason to come back.
when its the 90’s and you want ELO but without the precision or attention to craft. the Gallaghers themselves freely admit that their lyrics don’t actually mean anything, and i feel like the songs suffer for it sometimes. every line doesn’t need to be some profound poetry necessarily, but shit like “slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball,” makes me feel like they think we’re all stupid. and given the outsized loudmouth personalities of these two donuts, they probably do. even so, a lot of the guitar texture is pretty cool, and Liam’s got a good voice. it moves along at a pretty steady clip most of the time, the ideas get too stale or overstay their welcome despite some of the songs being fairly long for a pop-rock album.
*on my fortieth listen of the day* you guys are so fucked up for making me listen to (What’s The Story) Morning Glory I love this album and I love Oasis. I don’t think this is their best work, I *do* think “Wonderwall” is a beautiful track, and when I met Noel and got this vinyl sloppily signed by him, I accepted that this band would forever be a part of me. Anyone who hasn’t, check out “Bonehead’s Bank Holiday” to hear what might be the best Oasis song ever. That’s all!
Amazing. Teenage me loved it and 45 year old me still loves it
Reviews 9 and 10 of the Easter blitz, Oasis. I insist on listening to these two records side by side. Not because I’ve ever done that before, or because I have particularly strong feelings about Oasis’ imperial phase in the mid 90s. I haven’t, to my present recollection, ever actually chosen to listen to Oasis; in fact has anyone? Hyperbole, sure, but I wouldn’t be all that surprised if Oasis was a site-specific phenomenon that a person chooses to maximise their exposure to through numerous and studied life choices (pubs, football, football pubs, pub football etc.) rather than, say, a band someone buys the CD of. When Oasis reformed recently I didn’t really care. I was born 10 years too late for the full impact – their songs don’t function as a time capsule for me in that way (though their ubiquity as a cultural force means they appear in more than a couple of core memories; one of the worst hangovers I’ve ever suffered quickly springs to mind). The frenzy for tickets seemed quaint, the dynamic pricing totally cynical, the promise of a night transported to the Britpop 90s about as attractive as a night in a cheap tourist trap in Magaluf. But then the months rolled over, the buzz built to breaking point, the gigs loomed, and finally the Oasis vibes were declared to be in the area. And in that moment – awash with declarations from England’s comedy commentariat that this was the defining moment in their own cultural lives – I’d challenge anyone with a pulse and ears to rather be anywhere else than at those first arena gigs. It’s Oasis, they’ve got bangers, come on. Bangers like the immortal might of “Live Forever” – a song which, and I challenge you to better this review – is just really fucking great. Or the immediately hooky “Supersonic”; the blithely pensive “Wonderwall”; the truly, properly anthemic “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Champagne Supernova”; the thrilling cycling up the gears of “Some Might Say”; or the purest instantiations of swag ever committed to record, “Cigarettes and Alcohol” and “Roll With It”. Songs that will, rightly, exist forever in the cultural fabric (a cultural fabric that may or may not carry a Stone Island badge between the elbow and shoulder). Then there’s the tier two stuff, stuff that may actually have been the most influential: the melancholic “Slide Away” that sounds like a million subsequent indie bands (and especially mid-career, Marr-inclusive Cribs); or “Up in the Sky” that would slot into the track list of any number of mega selling indie records of the past 30 years, and most recently Fontaines D.C’s Romance. There’s some pretty shit stuff (“Cast No Shadow”, in particular; dreadful) too – but it’s never enough to even partially eclipse the good. And when they’re good, the truth is that there’s very few bands who can compete. It’s why Oasis can mean a great many things to an even greater number of people, and why no matter where you stand on that continuum that run tedious bores to total geniuses … you are standing on it. You can’t fail to have an opinion on them. And in some ways, that feels like the biggest artistic triumph imaginable.
Shout out the blokes and the lads.
TODAYYY IS GONNA BE THE DAY THAT IM GONNA POST MY REVIEWWWWWW Its ok... I of course liked "Wonderwall" and also "Don't Look Back in Anger." "Champagne Suepernova" was also refreshing at the end, I would have liked to hear a project with more variety like that.
Perfectly reasonable radio friendly album. No filler. Also nothing special here. On tothe next one.
Worst fans ever. But the songs are great
Hard to deny there are many good tunes here, sadly they were recorded by the most annoying sounding man on Earth.
There are a few bands I'd like to see reform for that last hoorah.. This isn't one of them..
After all, you’re my wonderwall. 9/10
i came-of-age
A few songs are familiar and likable. Overall, I can do without them.
maybe
I don’t know, I just don’t get the overwhelming universal love for these guys. A few of their songs stand out and one or two may even reach classic status, but I think there’s a lot of filler too. A mid-tier band/album for me.
Oasis aren’t as bad as some people claim. But neither are they as good as others think. This is not as good as their debut, and it has that godawful Wonderwall, but there are still a few quality tunes, such as Some Might Say, Hello and Don’t Look Back in Anger (which I’m still not tired of). Wonderwall almost drags it down to 3 stars, but almost never cut it.
This album is not bad, but it's not really good either. There were a couple of tracks that had my attention, but most of it was unemotional, generic Brit-Pop, which was mostly forgettable. Sounds like music that you find in soundtracks of Rom-Com movies.
Turns out Wonderwall still slaps? I can’t tell. I feel like I can’t pay too much attention to it cause it feels cheesy? Maybe that’s the whole album? I’ll just dig it from a distance. Ah I like this album the further in I go. What a finish.
Good in spades, but I got bored of it halfway through. Morning Glory, the song, is great though. That never gets old even if other songs on here don’t leave as strong of an impression on me.
If Gallagher didn't sing I'd be happier
should we throw a party? should we invite bella hadid?
It's that Beatles tribute album!!! Champagne Supernova my beloved...
<3
banger
milquetoast
I love this album. The singles do most of the work but they are capable of carrying the entire album. I wish we had quarter stars because it's really a 3.75 but I will give it a 4/5.
An all-time favorite. Lower heights than their debut but overall I prefer this.
This is the best record of the 1990s. The self-important dorks scoff at it, because it doesn’t permit them to feel superior and smart, but we don’t worry about them unless they mess up our coffee. This is a masterpiece.
Of course it’s got the hits. The rest are fine. It’s hard not to listen to it knowing the foibles of the Gallaghers.
This is the quintessential Britpop album made by arguably the quintessential Britpop band. I could do without the Swamp Songs because they’re just filler imo. The three most well known songs from this album definitely deserve to be their place but there are so many great songs here. I am amazed that “Roll With It” was the single for “The Battle of Britpop” as honestly, I think it’s pretty terrible. Wonderwall Some Might Say Champagne Supernova Don’t Look Back In Anger Cast No Shadow Morning Glory Hey Now! She’s Electric Roll With It Hello Swamp Song V2 Swamp Song V1
The hits on this album do a very good job of encompasing the music of my youth (90s Alternative) and I've heard them lots but not the album, read enough that people think this album is amazing. The hits are as great as they've ever been, the rest of the album left me on the brink of believing those other statements but never quite finding the magic. It may grow to 4 stars after a relisten or two.
I did not think I was going to give this a five. But it's strong throughout.
I loved it. I really loved it. I had of course heard the hits before but never the whole thing for some reason. It’s truly like if someone put the poppier Beatles stuff into a 90s-ifying machine and I wish I was kidding about that but I’m not. It’s like a time-traveler showed them Sugar and The Bends and dipped. The influences are on full display on this album but this is a case in which the album is enhanced because of that. Topster time
I feel conflicted on this one. On one hand, it seems like Liam Gallagher is a massive prick and, had I been alive and in Britain for the late 90s, I would probably be so burned out of Oasis. On the other hand, there are so many good songs on this (ignoring Wonderwall). Some might say? Banger. Champagne supernova? Banger. Don’t look back in anger? Iconic. If you add in the songs from the deluxe edition, it gets even deeper (shout out to the Masterplan live at Knebworth park). I don’t feel great about it but I have to give this a 5
trotz Wonderwall, ist halt Oasis und weiterhin nicht so mein Fall
so many incredible bangers on this album
Will I enjoy this album? Maaybeeee Hot Take: Morning Glory is a better song than Wonderwall. I don't think I have ever listened to this album in full, but I do know most of the songs already. One of those pervasive albums we've all heard. It's just played absolutely everywhere. An absolute classic, and most of the hate for it I feel is simply because it's so overplayed. Champagne Supernova is another favourite. It's a strong album overall, even though I'm sorta sick of hearing half the songs.
Excellent album. So many catchy songs that I grew up listening to.
I had this when it was new. Still love it.
Ugh. Every song sounds the same.
I don't listen to it often, as I've heard it so many times, but revisiting it now it's still impressive.
It is easy to shit on Oasis, and I certainly have, but I would be kidding myself if I didn't admit this is a great album.
it’s pretty cool
I've never been a big fan of Oasis. Listening to this album front to back didn't quite change my middling feelings on them, however it came close at times. The album starts out really well, but as it goes on the issue rears it's head: tracks going on too long. I can get why people like them as they are, but to me several key songs (Hey Now, Some Might Say, and oh dear Champagne Supernova) could easily have been at least a minute and a half shorter. That said, there's a lot of good here. Wonderwall is still a classic, Morning Glory is a great title track, Cast No Shadow is the best non-single song, Don't Look Back In Anger is probably my favorite, and (even with how epically long it is), Champagne Supernova is a hell of an ender.
Iconic album but Liam’s an ass
not my favorite.. but wonerwall i a classic
Je juge l'album. La musique et son originalité pour une génération d'adolescents. Et je fais comme si je ne les avais jamais vu en concert dans des festivals où je n'ai pas gardé des souvenirs fantastiques de leur prestation.
Never been a huge fan, good but not terrific. Still Noel is a talented songwriter and Liam has stage charisma, but the band lacks something to consider them as top tier act. This album has the song that puts everyone trying to play guitar and Noel's singalong anthem...1,2 and soooo....the rest are just ok songs.
Well, it does get the "Proust's madeleine" job strolling me along (nice) memory lane when I lived in London during "Cool Britania" Tony Blair' s time. But this album didn't age gracefully and only the hit Wonderwall still rings nice to the ears. I give it a 3 rather than a 2 only for history. Today I am sure I'd vote Tony BLUR!
I never liked Oasis so much and when I listen again to this album it does remind me few memories. It looks to me over rated. Some nice music but seems a bit repetitive.
Impressive but not perfect
After the major shake-up in rock during the early ‘90s, I never really get the hype around Britpop in general and more specifically around Oasis. Apart from their working class bad-boy attitude, musically, it’s honestly not good or ambitious. Production with added violins cannot hide the monotonous and annoying voice of Liam and the songs structures and the technical complexity are those of a local pub’s band. This is easy, risk-free, and hollow rock. To me, it’s a big scam, almost an affront to the Beatles and to rock. But I guess you had to be English and to read tabloids to really grasp their impact. In 95, I was embracing The Bends from Radiohead instead.