(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Studio album by Oasis
Released	2 October 1995
Recorded	March 1995 at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales
Genre	Britpop
Length	50:03
Label	Creation/Big Brother (U.K) Epic (U.S.)
Producer	Owen Morris Noel Gallagher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Q magazine Nov 2000 Rolling Stone link
Oasis chronology
Definitely Maybe (1994) (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) Be Here Now (1997)
Singles from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
"Some Might Say" Released: 24 April 1995 "Roll with It" Released: 14 August 1995 "Morning Glory" Released: 15 September 1995 (Australia only) "Wonderwall" Released: 30 October 1995 "Don't Look Back in Anger" Released: 19 February 1996 "Champagne Supernova" Released: 13 May 1996 (Australia and USA only)

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 in the UK, the album was Oasis' most enduring commercial success, charting at #1 in the UK and #4 in the US, selling 347,000 copies in its first week and eventually 19 million worldwide.^[1] It is currently the third biggest-selling album in UK chart history, and has gone 4x platinum in the United States.^[2][3] Oasis - (Whats The Story) Morning Glory album cover This work is copyrighted. ... A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Singles from the album, "Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Champagne Supernova" and "Some Might Say", were hits in the UK, with "Some Might Say" the band's first UK number 1. "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova", on the other hand, went gold in the United States. The cover photo was taken on Berwick Street in Soho,^[4] a London street well known for its independent record shops. (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? track listing Roll with It (2) Wonderwall (3) Dont Look Back in Anger (4) Stop the Clocks track listing The Importance of Being Idle (5) Wonderwall (6) Slide Away (7) Wonderwall is a song and subsequent single by British rock band Oasis taken... Dont Look Back in Anger is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the bands guitarist, Noel Gallagher. ... Champagne Supernova is a song by the band Oasis. ... Some Might Say is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the bands lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. ... Berwick Street is a street in central Soho, London, England. ... This article is about the district of Greater London. ...

History

Main article: The Battle of Britpop

The success of Morning Glory catapulted Oasis from being a successful Britpop band to being the biggest band in Britain, and indeed the world, with substantial international fame, and considerable press coverage in the mainstream and music press. The band played several large open air concerts in the UK during 1996, which included two nights at Knebworth in front of a combined audience of 250,000 people (125,000 each night) which was 'at the time' the biggest gigs ever held for a single band in history on UK soil. Over 2.6 million people had applied to buy tickets.^[5] Noel reflected that it wouldn't be possible to top this. "For a six-week period building up to that gig we were the biggest band in the world," he said "We were bigger than, dare I say it, fucking God."^[6] The Battle of Britpop is the unofficial title given to the chart battle of 1995 which took place between leading Britpop groups, Blur and Oasis. ... This article details all the concerts held to date in the grounds of Knebworth House in the village of Knebworth. ...

Track listing

All tracks written by Noel Gallagher except where stated. Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Longsight, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the Manchester rock band Oasis. ...

1. "Hello" (Gallagher/Glitter/Leander) – 3:21
2. "Roll with It" – 4:00
3. "Wonderwall" – 4:19
4. "Don't Look Back in Anger" – 4:48
5. "Hey Now!" – 5:41
6. Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 1") – 0:43
7. "Some Might Say" – 5:31
8. "Cast No Shadow" – 4:52
9. "She's Electric" – 3:40
10. "Morning Glory" – 5:03
11. Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 2") – 0:41
12. "Champagne Supernova" – 7:27

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• Tracks 6 and 11 are officially untitled. The track listing displays no title for these songs, merely a blank space although in the Mexican edition of the album they both appear as "The Swamp Song".
• The excerpts from "The Swamp Song" are parts of the instrumental B-side to the "Wonderwall" single.
• The vinyl LP edition of the album features a bonus track, "Bonehead's Bank Holiday". This song appears as the seventh track on the album, immediately after the 43-second untitled track.

Music sample:

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30 second sample of "Champagne Supernova"

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• "Step Out" had to be removed from the album at the last minute. The song, sung by Noel, was intended to have been the original track 8 (after "Some Might Say" and before "Cast No Shadow"), but was removed because the chorus was similar to that of Stevie Wonder's 1965 track "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". The track was eventually released as a B-side on Oasis' 1996 single "Don't Look Back in Anger", with an amended song writing credit of "Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/May", and was included on the live album Familiar to Millions.

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Reception

In 1997, Morning Glory was named the fifth greatest album of all time in the "Music of the Millennium" poll, conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 1998, Q magazine readers placed it at number 8, and in 2000 it achieved the same position in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums Ever" list. In 1999, the editors of Q declared it the "album of the decade". The readers of Q placed it eighth again on the 2006 top 100 greatest albums of all time list. In 2003, the album was ranked number 376 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2008, a poll conducted by Q magazine and HMV to find the best ever British album put the album in 2nd place, behind the winner, Definitely Maybe.[[1]] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the British television station. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... Classic FM is the United Kingdoms first national commercial radio station, broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Singles

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Personnel

• Liam Gallagher - vocals
• Noel Gallagher - lead guitar, vocals, piano, co-producer, mellotron, E-bow
• Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs - rhythm guitar, mellotron, piano
• Paul McGuigan - bass guitar
• Alan White - drums, percussion

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• Owen Morris - co-producer
• Tony McCarroll - drums on Some Might Say
• Paul Weller - lead guitar and backing vocals to Champagne Supernova

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Chart positions

Album

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Singles

Certifications

• United Kingdom (BPI): 14x Platinum (24 September 2004)^[8]
• United States (RIAA): 4x Platinum (8 November 1996)^[9]

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Release history

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? was released in various countries in October 1995.

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References

1. ^ The BRIT Awards 2007 with MasterCard honours Oasis with ‘The Outstanding Contribution to Music’ Award
2. ^ The BPI's Top Ten UK Album Bestsellers
3. ^ Rock The Net:Oasis
4. ^ London's wash and brush-up
5. ^ 90s Rock Knebworth Rock House
6. ^ Q Magazine June 2007 - Pg79
7. ^ Oasis > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
8. ^ (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 14x Platinum
9. ^ Rock The Net:Oasis