what’s the story morning glory

The gargantuan task of ranking every song by my favourite band.
-Only including songs officially released by the band, so no bootlegs, leaks, etc.
-Only including songs written by the band, so no covers, although I’ve given them their own separate list (see below).

Album Rankings:

7. Heathen Chemistry
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6. Don’t Believe The Truth
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5. Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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4. Dig Out Your Soul
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3. Be Here Now
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2. Definitely Maybe
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1. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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Song Rankings:

128. A Quick Peep
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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127. Sunday Morning Call
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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126. (Probably) All In The Mind
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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125. Ain’t Got Nothing
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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124. The Quiet Ones
Album/Single: The Importance of Being Idle
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123. A Bell Will Ring
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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122. Eyeball Tickler
Album/Single: Lyla
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121. I Can See A Lair
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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120. Better Man
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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119. Born On A Different Cloud
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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118. Be Here Now
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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117. Hey Now!
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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116. Force of Nature
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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115. Guess God Thinks I’m Able
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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114. Part Of The Queue
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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113.Pass Me Down The Wine
Album/Single: The Importance of Being Idle
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112. The Nature of Reality
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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111. The Meaning of Soul
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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110. Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
Album/Single: Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
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109. Won’t Let You Down
Album/Single: Lyla
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108. Love Like A Bomb
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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107. Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)
Album/Single: Let There Be Love
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106. Hung In a Bad Place
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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105. Can Y’See It Now? (I Can See It Now!!)
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth Japanese Edition
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102. Boy With The Blues
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul Box Set
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101. Carry Us On
Album/Single: Sunday Morning Call
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100. Angel Child (Demo)
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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99. Strange Thing
Album/Single: Live Demonstration
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98. I Believe In All
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul Japanese Edition/Box Set
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97. Who Put The Weight Of The World On My Shoulders
Album/Single: Goal!: Music From The Motion Picture
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96. Those Swollen Hand Blues
Album/Single: Falling Down
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95. Full On
Album/Single: Sunday Morning Call
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94. Married With Children
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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93. Waiting For The Rapture
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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92. Just Getting Older
Album/Single: The Hindu Times
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91. Cloudburst
Album/Single: Live Forever
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90. Digsy’s Dinner
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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89. Magic Pie
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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88. Put Yer Money Were Yer Mouth Is
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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87. Turn Up The Sun
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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86. Little James
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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85. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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84. Rockin’ Chair
Album/Single: Roll With It
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83. Alive (Demo)
Album/Single: Shakermaker
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83. I Will Believe [Live]
Album/Single: Supersonic
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82. As Long As They’ve Got Cigarettes In Hell
Album/Single: Go Let It Out
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81. Headshrinker
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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80. (It’s Good) To Be Free
Album/Single: Whatever
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79. Let’s All Make Believe
Album/Single: Go Let It Out
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78. One Way Road
Album/Single: Who Feels Love?
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77. Idler’s Dream
Album/Single: The Hindu Times
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76. Soldier On
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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75. (Get Of Your) High Horse Lady
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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74. Fade-In Out
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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73. Fuckin’ In The Bushes
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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72. Acquiesce
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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71. Underneath The Sky
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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70. Keep The Dream Alive
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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69. Bring It On Down
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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68. Fade Away
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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67. Up In the Sky
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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66. I Hope, I Think, I Know
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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65. Shout It Out Loud
Album/Single: Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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64. Gas Panic!
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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63. Roll It Over
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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62. Flashbax
Album/Single: All Around The World
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61. Going Nowhere
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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60. To Be Where There’s Life
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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59. Mucky Fingers
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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58. She Is Love
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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57. All Around The World (Reprise)
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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56.The Hindu Times
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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55. Thank You For The Good Times
Album/Single: Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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55. The Importance of Being Idle
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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53. Listen Up
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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52. The Fame
Album/Single: All Around The World
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51. My Sister Lover
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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50. Go Let It Out
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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49. Little By Little
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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48. Sad Song
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe Japanese Edition/ Don’t Go Away
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47. It’s Better People
Album/Single: Roll With It
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46. Bag It Up
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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45. It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!)
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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44. Hello
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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43. Stay Young
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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42. Songbird
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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41. The Turning
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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40. I’m Outta Time
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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39.The Girl In A Dirty Shirt
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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38. Don’t Go Away
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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37. Step Out
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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36. Bonehead’s Bank Holiday
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? [Vinyl Edition]
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35. The Swamp Song
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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34. Lyla
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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33. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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32. The Shock Of The Lightening
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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31. Falling Down
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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30. Let There Be Love
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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29. Take Me Away
Album/Single: Supersonic
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28. Half The World Away
Album/Single: Whatever
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27. Round Are Way
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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26. Columbia
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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25. My Big Mouth
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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24. D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
Album/Single: Shakermaker
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23. Cast No Shadow
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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22. She’s Electric
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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21. Stand By Me
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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20. Who Feels Love?
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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19. Talk Tonight
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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18. Supersonic
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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17. You’ve Got The Heart Of A Star
Album/Single: Songbird
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16. I Got (The Fever)
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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15. Roll With It
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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14. Wonderwall
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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13. Cigarettes & Alcohol
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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12. Some Might Say
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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11. Don’t Look Back In Anger
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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10. Slide Away
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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9. The Masterplan
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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8. Shakermaker
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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7. Champagne Supernova
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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6. Whatever
Album/Single: Whatever
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5. Morning Glory
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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4. All Around The World
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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3. D’You Know What I Mean?
Album/Single: Album/Single:> Be Here Now
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2. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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1. Live Forever
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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Covers Ranked:

9. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Album/Single: Familar To Millions
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8. Cum Feel The Noize
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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7. My Generation
Album/Single: Little By Little/She Is Love
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6. Merry Xmas Everybody
Album/Single: NME in Association with War Child Presents 1 Love
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5. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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4. Helter Skelter
Album/Single: Who Feels Love?
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3. Street Fighting Man
Album/Single: All Around the World
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2. Heroes
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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1. I Am the Walrus [Live]
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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The Master Album

There doesn’t exist an album which I would rate 10.0/10.0, because there is no album in which I would give every song a 5-star rating. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is one of a handful of albums which comes close. All but one song is a five-star masterpiece of musical greatness. The song I’m talking about is Hey Now!, a song which fails to be catchy or memorable, and should have been replaced by one of Oasis’s many excellent B-sides but why am I beginning this review by focussing on the only negative aspect of what is otherwise one of my top 5 favourite albums of all time. The reaming nine songs are masterpieces of lyrical and musical composition craftsmanship, in other words, each track is one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard.

Roll With It; damn, talk about a catchy uplifting song. Possibly the happiest Oasis song and one I always turn to lift my spirit and to remind myself not to care what naysayers think. Why is Wonderwall considered Oasis signature song? It’s a great song but why it? It’s become the cliché song of choice for guys with acoustic guitars at parties. Even the choir at my sister’s school sings it; I don’t deny it’s an amazing song but with a band with an amazing back catalog as Oasis, choose another one to play on the radio. Some Might Say is the song which started my Oasis journey. I feel it’s the perfect introductory Oasis song, summing up what the band is all about. Cast No Shadow strikes such powerful imagery, however, the song Morning Glory is my choice for the centerpiece of the album. The lyric “another Sunny Afternoon walking to the sound of my favourite tune” describes many an afternoon to me; it’s kind of depressing actually. The song is about drug use and that is what this album is, a drug. You can’t stop listening to it, even when you think you’ve had enough of it you keep coming back for more. Even the two brief musical interludes are amazing, even the novelty song She’s Electric is amazing.

Closing the album is a song with lyrics which are total gibberish but it doesn’t matter. With Champagne Supernova it feels like Noel took every memorising phrase he could think of (“Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball” or “Caught beneath a landslide in a champagne supernova in the sky”) and put them all into one song and somehow made it all work. Even the title is memorising, Champagne Supernova: what does that even mean? Who cares! It’s an amazing title. Ok, I know I’ve said amazing about a million times in this review. Allow me to place (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? on top of a pedestal and worship, it’s greatness.

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? Era B-Sides and Rarities

With all these incredible B-sides it makes me think Oasis could have possibly made a whole album out of them, or make Morning Glory a double album but nope, they made them B-sides.

Why is Acquiesce considered their best B-side? It’s a great song but like Wonderwall, I don’t get why it’s singled out so much. In my opinion, it’s the most overrated Oasis song. Talk Tonight, on the other hand, sends shivers down my spine on every listen; it has the most vulnerable lyrics Noel has ever written with the story behind the song seems too incredible to be true. I like to think of Bonehead’s Bank Holiday as Oasis’ attempt at a Blur song, a track previously only included in the vinyl editions of Morning Glory. Is it just me or did the songs that not make it the B-side compilation The Masterplan even better than those which didn’t; It’s Better People, Step Out (sounds like an early 2000’s pop-punk song) and Round Are Way, in my opinion, are better than most of the songs on The Masterplan. Speaking of the actual song The Masterplan, a tune which sums the journey of life within five minutes: that we are all part of a masterplan which we can’t understand, so we should just make the best of it. It contains some of best, no, most incredible lyrics Noel has ever written. I love Noel’s comments regarding the song being a B-side, “Well, I don’t write shit songs!”

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