Oasis - (What`s the Story) Morning Glory?

Artist:

Oasis

UPC:

093624980308

See Also:

Gallagher, Noel

Description:

Oasis: Noel Gallagher (vocals, guitar, E-Bow, piano, Mellotron); Liam Gallagher (vocals); Paul Arthurs (guitar, piano, Mellotron); Paul McGuigan (bass); Alan White (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Paul Weller (guitar, background vocals); Tony McCarroll (drums).
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, South Wales, United Kingdom.
"Wonderwall" was nominated for 1997 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Oasis: Noel Gallagher (vocals, guitar, piano); Liam Gallagher (vocals); Paul Arthurs (guitar, piano, Mellotron); Alan White (drums, percussion); Paul McGuigan.
Personnel: Paul Weller (guitar, background vocals).
The state of English popular music in the mid-`90s will be looked back upon as a time when groups like Blur, Supergrass and Oasis rode the UK charts with a style (nicknamed Brit-Pop by that country`s press) that fused the 1960s pop aesthetic of the Beatles, Kinks and Small Faces with the flamboyance and cocksuredness of T. Rex and the Buzzcocks. But (WHAT`S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? is a more tempered follow-up to Oasis` 1994 debut, DEFINITELY MAYBE, the band having gone from enfant terrible to dreamy romantic this time round. Oasis has also crossed the Atlantic this time; (WHAT`S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY has made the band a major U.S. success.
Toning down the brattiness, Oasis guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher brings minimal orchestration into the mix, while still mining for inspiration in the past. A buzzing amp cues up the opening cut, "Hello," before giving way to a thunderous rocker that credits Gary Glitter as a co-writer by way of a line lifted from his "Hello, Hello, I`m Back Again." The innovative use of strings on songs like "Cast No Shadow," "Wonderwall" and "Don`t Look Back In Anger" avoids any mawkishness, leaning more towards a melancholy sheen. Such ambitious chance-taking turns "Don`t Look Back In Anger" into a grand epic that has singer Liam Gallagher sounding like Ian Hunter to brother Noel`s Mick Ronson.
All these external tools do nothing to detract from Oasis` ability to play rock and roll with a religious fervor. The first version of "The Swamp Song" (the untitled track 6) is a bluesy, instrumental rave-up complete with a wailing harmonica that sounds unlike anything they`ve done before. It`s followed by "Some Might Say," a sweeping epic layered with chunky riffs. While new pal Paul Weller`s guitar lends some grit to "Champagne Supernova," the best song on MORNING GLORY is "She`s Electric," a `90s equivalent to "Itchycoo Park" with the end-chorus of "With A Little Help From My Friends" grafted onto it.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Hello
2. Roll with It
3. Wonderwall
4. Don`t Look Back in Anger
5. Hey Now!
6. [Untitled Track]
7. Some Might Say
8. Cast No Shadow
9. She`s Electric
10. Morning Glory
11. [Untitled Track]
12. Champagne Supernova

Album Information

Release Date:

12/23/2008

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Brit Pop

Label:

Reprise

Producer:

Noel Gallagher; Owen Morris

Catalog Number:

517125

Original Release Year:

1995

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

50 : 18

Guest Artist:

Paul Weller

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