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(What's the Story) Morning Glory?

May 08, 2024

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album was a significant departure from the band's previous album, Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses,[1] with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll (though McCarroll still appeared on the album, drumming on the track "Some Might Say").

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Studio album by
Oasis
Released2 October 1995 (1995-10-02)
RecordedMarch 1995 ("Some Might Say")
May–June 1995
StudioRockfield (Rockfield, Wales)
GenreBritpop · rock
Length50:06
LabelCreation
Producer
Oasis chronology
Definitely Maybe
(1994) 		(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
(1995) 		Be Here Now
(1997)
Singles from (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
  1. "Some Might Say"
    Released: 24 April 1995
  2. "Roll with It"
    Released: 14 August 1995
  3. "Morning Glory"
    Released: 18 September 1995
  4. "Wonderwall"
    Released: 30 October 1995
  5. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
    Released: 19 February 1996
  6. "Champagne Supernova"
    Released: 13 May 1996

The record propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon, and is seen by critics as a significant record in the timeline of British indie music.[2] Morning Glory sold a record-breaking 345,000 copies in its first week in the UK before going on to spend 10 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was also the band's breakthrough in the United States, reaching number four on the US Billboard 200 and being certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album yielded four major hit singles in the band's native Britain: "Some Might Say" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" reached number one, and "Roll with It" and "Wonderwall" peaked at number two; the latter has emerged as the band's biggest-selling UK hit, spending 30 consecutive weeks on the chart. "Champagne Supernova" and "Wonderwall" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. At the 1996 Brit Awards, the album won Best British Album. Over several months in 1995 and 1996, the band supported the album with an extensive world tour, which saw them play to among the largest audiences ever at the time.

Although a commercial success, the record initially received lukewarm reviews from mainstream critics; many reviewers deemed it inferior to Definitely Maybe, with the songwriting and production being particular points of criticism. However, critical opinion towards the album saw dramatic reappraisal in the ensuing months and years, with critics recognising its strengths and its "populist appeal".[3] Despite the acclaim surrounding it being lesser today due to its intensive media hype at the time,[4][5] Morning Glory is still considered a seminal record of both the Britpop era and the 1990s in general. The album has also appeared on several lists of the greatest albums in rock music, and at the 2010 Brit Awards, it was named the greatest British album since 1980.[6] It has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.[7] As of January 2024, the album has been certified 17× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling 5.1 million copies in United Kingdom.[8]

Background and recording edit

In May 1995, in the wake of the critical and commercial success of their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, Oasis began recording Morning Glory at Rockfield Studios in Wales, with Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher producing.[9] By the time they had finished in June 1995, Oasis were on the brink of becoming one of the most popular bands in the UK; the August 1995 "Battle of Britpop" incident in which Oasis and Blur had a chart battle over their respective singles "Roll with It" and "Country House" would propel them to mainstream awareness.[10][11]

Despite the friction between the Gallagher brothers, Owen Morris reflected in 2010 that: "The sessions were the best, easiest, least fraught, most happily creative time I've ever had in a recording studio. I believe people can feel and hear when music is dishonest and motivated by the wrong reasons. Morning Glory, for all its imperfection and flaws, is dripping with love and happiness."[1] Paul Weller joined them in the studio and provided lead guitar and backing vocals for "Champagne Supernova",[12] and harmonica for the two untitled tracks known as "The Swamp Song".[13] Noel wrote the last song for the album, "Cast No Shadow", on the train as he returned to the studio.[9]

Morris claimed the album was recorded in 15 days, at a pace of one song a day.[14] "Some Might Say" proved problematic to record: the backing track was recorded in one take after Noel Gallagher and Morris drunkenly listened to the demo and decided the new version was played too fast, and Noel woke the rest of the band to re-record it. The backing track was faster than intended, with what Morris described as "a really bad speed up during the first three bars of the first chorus", but the take had to be used because those involved were impressed with Liam's vocals, and Morris had to mix the track three times, using delay and other processing to hide the mistakes.[14] When the album was finished, Morris said it would "wipe the field with any competition ... It's astonishing. It's the Bollocks for this decade."[15] Creation Records boss Alan McGee was similarly enthused, saying that "You just cannot slag this record. It's gonna speak to real, working class lads in a way that a Suede or Radiohead could only dream of doing."[16] The album's title was inspired by Noel's friend Melissa Lim answering the phone with said phrase, which is itself derived from a line in the song "The Telephone Hour" from the film Bye Bye Birdie.[17]

The brickwall mastering technique used during the recording of the album has led to some journalists claiming that it was responsible for initiating the loudness war, as its heavy use of compression, first widely used by Morris on Definitely Maybe, was leaps and bounds beyond what any other album up until then had attempted. Music journalist Nick Southall, who has written extensively on the loudness war, commented, "If there's a jump-the-shark moment as far as CD mastering goes then it's probably Oasis."[18] In Britpop and the English Music Tradition, Andy Bennett and Jon Stratton noted that as a result of this technique "the songs were especially loud. [Liam] Gallagher's voice is foregrounded to the point that it appears to grow out of the mixes of the songs, exposing itself to execute a pseudo-live quality."[19]

Composition edit

The music on (What's the Story) Morning Glory? has been characterised by commentators as rock[20][21][22] and Britpop.[23] Music critic John Harris commented in his music history Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock that much of the music seemed to be "little more inspired than a string of musical hand-me-downs". Among the musical cues Harris noted on the album were Gary Glitter's "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again", John Lennon's "Imagine" ("Don't Look Back in Anger"), the theme to the 1970s children's programme You and Me and the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" ("She's Electric"), and the influence of R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" on "Morning Glory". One song, "Step Out", bore such a close resemblance to the song "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder that it was removed from the album shortly before release due to the threat of legal action.[24] Musicologist Allan F. Moore compares "She's Electric" to the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four", writing that both songs can be claimed by an older generation.[25]

In Britpop ..., Bennett and Stratton analysed Liam Gallagher's vocal style in significant detail, stressing its importance to the songs of the album; "[Liam's] Mancunian accent blends into a register and timbre that works the gestural contours of the melody and lyrics." Bennett and Stratton went on to conclude that Liam's 'over-personalized' style on songs such as "Wonderwall" resulted in "a beautiful sense of sentimentality that bespeaks the despondency of a generation. This occurs through the narrative structure of the song, vocal production, and the conventions of the singer's cultural context."[26] Music critic Derek B. Scott remarked "a Beatles-influenced vocal harmony that includes falsetto and echoing of words is heard in 'Cast No Shadow'".[27]

Noel Gallagher summed up his own perspective on the album's aesthetic in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1995; "Whilst [Definitely Maybe] is about dreaming of being a pop star in a band, What's the Story is about actually being a pop star in a band."[28] The album has a notable anthemic theme to its songs, differing from the raw-edged rock of Definitely Maybe. The use of string arrangements and more varied instrumentation in songs such as "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Champagne Supernova" was a significant departure from the band's debut. This style had first been implemented by the band on their fifth single, "Whatever", released in December 1994. It was produced in conjunction with the London Symphony Orchestra, resulting in a much more pop-oriented and mellower sound; this would be the template that would come to define many of the songs on What's the Story.[29] In the BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock, former NME chief editor Steve Sutherland noted that "with Morning Glory, [Noel] began to take seriously the notion of being the voice of a generation".[29]

Cover edit

 
The cover features the London branch of Nottingham-based record store chain Selectadisc.

The cover is a picture of two men passing each other on Berwick Street in London. The two men are London DJ Sean Rowley and album sleeve designer Brian Cannon (back to the camera). The album's producer Owen Morris can be seen in the background, on the left footpath, holding the album's master tape in front of his face.[30] The location was chosen because the street was a popular location for record shops at the time.[30] The cover cost £25,000 to produce.[31] In the documentary Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis, Noel Gallagher expresses his displeasure with the cover, admitting that he had not paid enough attention to the art design process.

Promotion edit

While "Some Might Say", a number one hit, had been released in April, the single chosen to precede the album's release was "Roll with It", planned for release on 14 August, six weeks before the album was due to hit the shelves. This was an unorthodox method for the time, contrasting the standard industry procedure of releasing the lead single three weeks before its parent album.[32] Blur's management had become worried that this would hinder the chances of the group's forthcoming "Country House" single reaching number one the following week. As a reaction, Food Records pushed the release of "Country House" back a week. The NME hailed this oncoming chart battle as a "British Heavyweight Championship" between the two bands[33] and thus started what became known as "The Battle of Britpop".

The event triggered an unprecedented amount of exposure for both bands in national newspapers and on television news bulletins, supposedly symbolising the battle between the middle class of the south and the working class of the north. In the midst of the battle a Guardian newspaper headline proclaimed "Working Class Heroes Lead Art School Trendies". "Country House" outsold "Roll with It" by 54,000 and topped the singles chart for a fortnight. Overall singles sales that week were up by 41 per cent.[34] In 2005, John Harris reflected on the importance of the event in popularising Britpop; "(as) Blur's "Country House" raced Oasis' "Roll with It" to the top of the charts, just about every voice in the media felt compelled to express an opinion on the freshly inaugurated age of Britpop."[10]

During a promotional interview in September, the month before the album was released, Noel spoke about the rivalry with Damon Albarn and Alex James from Blur, and was quoted in the 17 September edition of The Observer saying he hoped "the pair of them would catch AIDS and die because I fucking hate them two."[35] Although Noel recanted and said that AIDS is no laughing matter,[36] the quote caused a storm of controversy, with Noel having to write a letter of apology; he later confessed that "my whole world came crashing down in on me then".[35] However, in an interview with The Guardian in 2005, Blur's guitarist Graham Coxon said that he bore no malice towards Oasis. "At least they were outright about it. They weren't pretending to like us and then slagging us off, which is what we'd been used to. In that way, I quite appreciated them."[10]

On 2 October 2018, to mark the 23rd anniversary of the album release, a new lyric video for the track "She's Electric", described as being "loaded with psychedelic imagery", was published on the band's YouTube VEVO channel.[37]

Release edit

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? was released on 2 October 1995. The album sold quickly; the Daily Express reported the day after release that central London HMV stores were selling copies of the album at a rate of two per minute.[3] At the end of the first week of sales, the album had sold a record-breaking 345,000 copies, making it (at the time) the second-fastest-selling album in British history, behind Michael Jackson's Bad.[38] After initially entering the UK charts at number one, it hovered around the top three for the rest of the year before initiating a six-week stay at the top in mid January, followed by a further three weeks at number one in March. In total, the album did not leave the top three for an astonishing seven months.

After the fourth single from the album, "Wonderwall", hit the top ten in several countries, including stays at number one in Australia and New Zealand and achieving a peak of number eight in the United States, the album began to enjoy prolonged international success. Eventually the album had a five-week run at the top of the Australian albums chart and an eight-week run at the top of the New Zealand albums chart before topping charts in Canada, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland. The album was also making significant waves in the US market, thanks in part to the success of the "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" singles on American modern rock radio. Both songs reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for ten and five weeks respectively. By early 1996, What's the Story was selling 200,000 copies a week, eventually peaking at number four and being certified four times platinum by the end of the year for shipments of over four million units.[39] "Wonderwall" also topped the Australian and New Zealand singles charts.[40]

Tour edit

Main article: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour

The band embarked on what would become a 103 show world tour in support of the album over a period of several months in 1995 and 1996. The tour started on 22 June 1995 with a pre-Glastonbury festival warm-up gig at the 1,400 capacity Bath Pavilion,[41] which featured the debut of new drummer Alan White and several new songs off the album, and ended on 4 December 1996 at the 11,800 capacity Mayo Civic Centre in Rochester, Minnesota, USA,[42] and included concerts at Earls Court in November 1995 and Cardiff International Arena in March 1996.[43] The tour had many disruptions and cancellations due to Noel twice walking out of the group, and Liam pulling out of a US leg.[43]

In September 1995, bass player Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan walked out on the group after he was subjected to a flurry of verbal abuse from Liam while doing interviews in Paris. McGuigan cited nervous exhaustion as the reason for his departure.[44] Scott McLeod of The Ya-Yas was brought in as his replacement; though, despite playing a string of gigs with the band and appearing in the video for the "Wonderwall" single, McLeod was unable to adapt to the frenetic celebrity lifestyle, duly returning to Manchester halfway through an American promotional tour for the album.[44] The band played a few dates, including an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman, as a four piece, before McGuigan was convinced to return for the group's Earls Court shows in early November.[44] When the band broke up for a brief time in late 1996, several US tour dates and the entire Australia and New Zealand leg had to be cancelled.[45]

As the band began to reach the peak of their popularity, several large open-air concerts were organised in the UK during 1996, including two gigs at Manchester City football stadium Maine Road, two nights at Loch Lomond in Scotland, and two nights at Knebworth House in front of a record 125,000 people each night; an event that would come to be acknowledged as the height of the Britpop phenomenon, with one journalist commenting; "(Knebworth) could be seen as the last great Britpop performance; nothing after would match its scale."[46] At the time, the concerts were the biggest gigs ever held for a single band on UK soil, and to date remain the largest demand ever for a British concert; with reportedly over 2.5 million applications for tickets.[47] The Earl's Court and Maine Road gigs were filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS/DVD ...There and Then.

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Contemporary reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
Chicago Tribune    [48]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[49]
The Guardian     [50]
Los Angeles Times    [51]
NME7/10[52]
The Philadelphia Inquirer    [53]
Q     [54]
Rolling Stone     [55]
Select4/5[56]
Spin6/10[57]

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? was released to lukewarm reviews from the mainstream music press. Many contemporary reviewers expressed disappointment at the album's perceived inferiority to Definitely Maybe, taking aim at the "banal lyrics" and the unoriginal nature of the compositions.[58][59] David Cavanagh of Q magazine said of the lyrics: "They scan; they fill a hole; end of story. They [say] nothing much about anything."[54][3] Andy Gill of The Independent commented that "She's Electric" is "laddism of a tiresomely generic kind", while "Roll with It" is "drab and chummy".[59] In Spin, Chuck Eddy wrote that the band had eschewed the "Bowie glitter" of their debut for "generic classic rock",[57] while Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot felt that they lacked a distinguishing "attitude" despite being "modestly tuneful".[48] While stating that "Some Might Say" was "the best single of the year", David Stubbs of Melody Maker was critical of the album as a whole; "What's the Story [sounds] laboured and lazy. On this evidence, Oasis are a limited band ... they sound knackered."[58][3]

NME was more enthusiastic, with the magazine's John Robinson writing that the album shows Oasis pursuing "an altogether different direction; away from the conscience-free overloaded hedonism towards an understanding of its consequences".[52] Rolling Stone's Jon Wiederhorn wrote that "What's the Story is more than a natural progression, it's a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth." He went on to note that the "stormy" relationship between Liam and Noel proved to be one of the album's strengths; "tension and instability have been inherent traits of great rock teams ... for Oasis, the addition of shared genes gives their songs extra impact and dimension."[55] Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn welcomed the album as a counterpoint to the prevailing "despair" of the decade's rock music.[51] The album finished 10th in the voting for The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.[60] The poll's curator Robert Christgau initially assessed it as "phony Beatlemania";[61] he later gave it a two-star honourable mention,[62] indicating a "likable effort that consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy",[63] and quipped "give them credit for wanting it all—and (yet another Beatles connection!) playing guitars".[62] Select ranked the album at number two on its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995.[64]

In his book Britpop!, John Harris concluded that the initial negative reviews of the time missed the album's universal strengths. "Those who fussed about the music's more artful aspects were missing the point. The fact that [Noel's] songs contained so many musical echoes seemed to couch the album in an air of homely reassurance." Harris believed that the "ordinary" nature of some of the album's songs "turned out to be part of its deeply populist appeal".[3]

Battle of Britpop edit

The album's release alongside Blur's The Great Escape came at the height of the so-called "Battle of Britpop". Despite some genuine enmity between the two bands, this was a primarily media-constructed pitting of the more classic rock-focused, working-class northern band Oasis against the middle-class, musically more eclectic Blur. Released around the same time as (What's the Story?) Morning Glory, The Great Escape was initially widely praised by critics, far more so than Oasis' effort.[65] However, as Oasis gained popularity and acclaim, critical consensus around 'The Great Escape' was revised, with Q magazine even apologising for its original review.[66] BBC Music writer James McMahon recalled how the "critical euphoria" surrounding the album lasted "about as long as it took publishers to realise Oasis would probably shift more magazines for them".[66] The media's switch to Oasis has led to the band's critical acclaim being questioned in the years since Britpop.[67] Additionally, the critical lauding awarded by numerous critics to Oasis out of a desire to grow sales of their own publications, rather than genuinely reviewing the album for its strengths and weaknesses alone, is recognised as a leading factor in the alleged "over-hype" of Morning Glory's follow up Be Here Now.[68][69]

Legacy edit

Professional ratings
Retrospective reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [70]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [71]
Entertainment WeeklyA[72]
Mojo     [73]
Pitchfork8.9/10[74]
Q     [75]
Record Collector     [76]
Rolling Stone     [77]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [78]
Spin     [79]

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is considered an important record of the Britpop era and one of the best albums of the nineties,[80] and it appears in several lists as one of the greatest albums of all time.[81] Rob Sheffield, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), called the album "a triumph, full of bluster and bravado but also moments of surprising tenderness", adding that it "capped a true golden age for Britpop".[78] Rolling Stone ranked the album at 378 on its 2012 list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"[82] and at 157 on its 2020 list.[83] Spin included it at 79 in their list of "The 300 Best Albums of 1985–2014".[84] The album's enduring popularity within the UK was reflected when it won the British Album of 30 Years award at the 2010 Brit Awards. The award was voted by the public to decide the greatest Album of the Year winner in the history of the Brit Awards.[85] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[86] It was voted number 21 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[87] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music stated that "it was undeniably a gigantic album".[88]

What's the Story went on to become the best-selling album of the decade in the UK,[89] with its sixteen platinum certifications from the British Phonographic Industry. It was also certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The sixteen platinum certifications in the UK were the highest ever awarded to a single record until Adele's 21, released in 2011.[90] The success of the album resulted in Oasis becoming one of the biggest bands in the world, with substantial and considerable press coverage in the mainstream music press and frequent comparisons to the Beatles in the media.[80] Liam and Noel Gallagher both featured prominently in gossip columns and daily tabloids throughout 1996–97.

What's the Story propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon after the momentum gained by the critically acclaimed Definitely Maybe. It has been pinpointed by music critics as a significant record in the timeline of British indie music, demonstrating just how far into the mainstream independent music had ventured.[2] In 2005, John Harris noted the significance of the album and "Wonderwall" in particular to Britpop's legacy. "When (Oasis) released Wonderwall, the rules of British music were decisively changed. From hereon in, the lighter-than-air ballad became obligatory, and the leather-trousers era of rock'n'roll was over."[10] The success of the album in Britain resulted in Oasis becoming a cultural ubiquity for a brief period, featuring in tabloid newspapers on an almost daily basis and breaking sales records for live concerts.[91]

Track listing edit

Original release edit

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hello"Noel Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander3:21
2."Roll with It" 3:59
3."Wonderwall" 4:18
4."Don't Look Back in Anger" 4:48
5."Hey Now!" 5:41
6.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 1"[note 1]) 0:44
7."Some Might Say" 5:29
8."Cast No Shadow" 4:51
9."She's Electric" 3:40
10."Morning Glory" 5:03
11.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 2") 0:39
12."Champagne Supernova" 7:27
Total length:50:00
Note
  1. ^ "Untitled" or "The Swamp Song" was originally called "The Jam".[92] When Paul Weller (of the band the Jam) contributed harmonica and guitar, it was decided to change the title.[93] The title "Swamp Song" was later used by britpop rival Blur on the 1999 album, 13.

Vinyl version edit

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Hello" (Gallagher, Glitter, Leander)3:21
2."Roll with It"3:59
3."Wonderwall"4:18
Total length:11:38
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Look Back in Anger"4:48
2."Hey Now!"5:41
3.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1")0:44
4."Bonehead's Bank Holiday"4:03
Total length:15:16
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."Some Might Say"5:29
2."Cast No Shadow"4:51
3."She's Electric"3:40
Total length:14:00
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Morning Glory"5:03
2.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2")0:39
3."Champagne Supernova"7:27
Total length:13:09

Singles box set edit

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
 
Box set by
Oasis
Released4 November 1996
Recorded1995
GenreRock, Britpop
Length81:59
LabelCreation
ProducerOwen Morris, Noel Gallagher
Oasis box set chronology
Definitely Maybe
(1996) 		(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
(1996)

The (What's the Story) Morning Glory? box set was released on 4 November 1996, featuring four discs of singles, including B-sides, and one disc of interviews. The album charted at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart.[94]

All songs written by Noel Gallagher, except "Cum On Feel the Noize" by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; "Step Out" co-written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Interviews"18:22
Total length:18:22
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Some Might Say"5:29
2."Talk Tonight"4:21
3."Acquiesce"4:25
4."Headshrinker"4:38
Total length:18:53
Disc three
No.TitleLength
1."Roll with It"3:59
2."It's Better People"3:59
3."Rockin' Chair"4:36
4."Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury Festival, 1995)4:40
Total length:17:14
Disc four
No.TitleLength
1."Wonderwall"4:18
2."Round Are Way"5:42
3."The Swamp Song"4:15
4."The Masterplan"5:23
Total length:19:38
Disc five
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Look Back in Anger"4:47
2."Step Out"3:40
3."Underneath the Sky"3:20
4."Cum on Feel the Noize"5:09
Total length:16:56

Chart position edit

Chart (1996) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[95] 24

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[96] Silver 60,000*

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

2014 reissue edit

As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun, the album was re-released on 29 September 2014. The 3-disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and its associated b-sides from the four UK singles. Bonus content includes 5 demo tracks, and live choices taken from the band's iconic gigs at Earls Court, Knebworth Park and Maine Road.

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted

2014 reissue disc 1: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
No.TitleLength
1."Hello" (Noel Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander)3:23
2."Roll with It"3:59
3."Wonderwall"4:18
4."Don't Look Back in Anger"4:49
5."Hey Now!"5:41
6.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1")0:44
7."Some Might Say"5:27
8."Cast No Shadow"4:54
9."She's Electric"3:40
10."Morning Glory"5:03
11.Untitled (also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2")0:39
12."Champagne Supernova"7:30
Total length:50:13
Japanese bonus tracks (SICP-4152)
No.TitleLength
13."Hello" (Demo)3:15
14."Wonderwall" (Live at Knebworth Park)4:07
Total length:57:22
2014 reissue disc 2: B-Sides
No.TitleLength
1."Talk Tonight"4:24
2."Acquiesce"4:29
3."Headshrinker"4:42
4."It's Better People"4:01
5."Rockin' Chair" (N. Gallagher, Chris Griffiths)4:40
6."Step Out" (Henry Cosby, N. Gallagher, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder)3:45
7."Underneath the Sky"3:25
8."Cum On Feel the Noize" (Jim Lea, Noddy Holder)5:13
9."Round Are Way"5:45
10."The Swamp Song"4:23
11."The Masterplan"5:26
12."Bonehead's Bank Holiday"4:03
13."Champagne Supernova" (Brendan Lynch mix)6:59
14."You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (Lennon–McCartney)2:18
Total length:1:03:33
2014 reissue disc 3: Rare Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Acquiesce" (live at Earls Court, London on 4 November 1995)3:55
2."Some Might Say" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994)4:04
3."Some Might Say" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995)5:07
4."She's Electric" (demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester)3:03
5."Talk Tonight" (live at Bath Pavilion on 22 June 1995)3:43
6."Rockin' Chair" (demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester)4:05
7."Hello" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995)3:24
8."Roll with It" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995)4:08
9."Morning Glory" (live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995)4:48
10."Hey Now!" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994)3:08
11."Bonehead's Bank Holiday" (demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994)2:09
12."Round Are Way" (MTV Unplugged. Royal Festival Hall, London on 23 August 1996)4:52
13."Cast No Shadow" (live at Maine Road, Manchester on 27 April 1996)4:06
14."The Masterplan" (live at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire on 10 August 1996)4:56
Total length:55:28

Personnel edit

Oasis

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[172] Gold 30,000^
Australia (ARIA)[173] 8× Platinum 560,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[174] Gold 25,000*
Belgium (BEA)[175] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[176] 8× Platinum 800,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[177] 6× Platinum 120,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[178] Gold 27,540[178]
France (SNEP)[179] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[180] Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[181] Gold 10,000*
Ireland (IRMA)[181] 6× Platinum 90,000^
Italy (FIMI)[182]
sales for 1995–96 		Platinum 150,000[183]
Italy (FIMI)[184]
sales since 2009 		2× Platinum 100,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[185] Platinum 200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[186] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[187] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[188] Platinum 50,000*
Singapore (RIAS)[189] Gold 5,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[190] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[191] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[192] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[8] 17× Platinum 5,100,000^
United States (RIAA)[193] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[194] 6× Platinum 6,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also edit

References edit

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  • (What's the Story) Morning Glory? at Discogs (list of releases)

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what, story, morning, glory, second, studio, album, english, rock, band, oasis, released, october, 1995, creation, records, produced, owen, morris, group, lead, guitarist, chief, songwriter, noel, gallagher, structure, arrangement, style, album, significant, d. What s the Story Morning Glory is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records it was produced by Owen Morris and the group s lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher The structure and arrangement style of the album was a significant departure from the band s previous album Definitely Maybe 1994 Gallagher s compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on huge choruses 1 with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group s debut album Morning Glory was the group s first album with drummer Alan White who replaced Tony McCarroll though McCarroll still appeared on the album drumming on the track Some Might Say What s the Story Morning Glory Studio album by OasisReleased2 October 1995 1995 10 02 RecordedMarch 1995 Some Might Say May June 1995StudioRockfield Rockfield Wales GenreBritpop rockLength50 06LabelCreationProducerOwen Morris Noel GallagherOasis chronologyDefinitely 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 18 September 1995 Wonderwall Released 30 October 1995 Don t Look Back in Anger Released 19 February 1996 Champagne Supernova Released 13 May 1996 The record propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon and is seen by critics as a significant record in the timeline of British indie music 2 Morning Glory sold a record breaking 345 000 copies in its first week in the UK before going on to spend 10 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart It was also the band s breakthrough in the United States reaching number four on the US Billboard 200 and being certified 4 platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA The album yielded four major hit singles in the band s native Britain Some Might Say and Don t Look Back in Anger reached number one and Roll with It and Wonderwall peaked at number two the latter has emerged as the band s biggest selling UK hit spending 30 consecutive weeks on the chart Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart At the 1996 Brit Awards the album won Best British Album Over several months in 1995 and 1996 the band supported the album with an extensive world tour which saw them play to among the largest audiences ever at the time Although a commercial success the record initially received lukewarm reviews from mainstream critics many reviewers deemed it inferior to Definitely Maybe with the songwriting and production being particular points of criticism However critical opinion towards the album saw dramatic reappraisal in the ensuing months and years with critics recognising its strengths and its populist appeal 3 Despite the acclaim surrounding it being lesser today due to its intensive media hype at the time 4 5 Morning Glory is still considered a seminal record of both the Britpop era and the 1990s in general The album has also appeared on several lists of the greatest albums in rock music and at the 2010 Brit Awards it was named the greatest British album since 1980 6 It has sold over 22 million copies worldwide making it one of the best selling albums of all time 7 As of January 2024 the album has been certified 17 platinum by the British Phonographic Industry BPI for selling 5 1 million copies in United Kingdom 8 Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Composition 3 Cover 4 Promotion 5 Release 6 Tour 7 Reception 7 1 Battle of Britpop 8 Legacy 9 Track listing 9 1 Original release 9 2 Vinyl version 9 3 Singles box set 9 3 1 Chart position 9 3 2 Certifications 9 4 2014 reissue 10 Personnel 11 Charts 11 1 Weekly charts 11 2 Year end charts 11 3 Decade end charts 11 4 All time charts 12 Certifications and sales 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksBackground and recording editIn May 1995 in the wake of the critical and commercial success of their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe Oasis began recording Morning Glory at Rockfield Studios in Wales with Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher producing 9 By the time they had finished in June 1995 Oasis were on the brink of becoming one of the most popular bands in the UK the August 1995 Battle of Britpop incident in which Oasis and Blur had a chart battle over their respective singles Roll with It and Country House would propel them to mainstream awareness 10 11 Despite the friction between the Gallagher brothers Owen Morris reflected in 2010 that The sessions were the best easiest least fraught most happily creative time I ve ever had in a recording studio I believe people can feel and hear when music is dishonest and motivated by the wrong reasons Morning Glory for all its imperfection and flaws is dripping with love and happiness 1 Paul Weller joined them in the studio and provided lead guitar and backing vocals for Champagne Supernova 12 and harmonica for the two untitled tracks known as The Swamp Song 13 Noel wrote the last song for the album Cast No Shadow on the train as he returned to the studio 9 Morris claimed the album was recorded in 15 days at a pace of one song a day 14 Some Might Say proved problematic to record the backing track was recorded in one take after Noel Gallagher and Morris drunkenly listened to the demo and decided the new version was played too fast and Noel woke the rest of the band to re record it The backing track was faster than intended with what Morris described as a really bad speed up during the first three bars of the first chorus but the take had to be used because those involved were impressed with Liam s vocals and Morris had to mix the track three times using delay and other processing to hide the mistakes 14 When the album was finished Morris said it would wipe the field with any competition It s astonishing It s the Bollocks for this decade 15 Creation Records boss Alan McGee was similarly enthused saying that You just cannot slag this record It s gonna speak to real working class lads in a way that a Suede or Radiohead could only dream of doing 16 The album s title was inspired by Noel s friend Melissa Lim answering the phone with said phrase which is itself derived from a line in the song The Telephone Hour from the film Bye Bye Birdie 17 The brickwall mastering technique used during the recording of the album has led to some journalists claiming that it was responsible for initiating the loudness war as its heavy use of compression first widely used by Morris on Definitely Maybe was leaps and bounds beyond what any other album up until then had attempted Music journalist Nick Southall who has written extensively on the loudness war commented If there s a jump the shark moment as far as CD mastering goes then it s probably Oasis 18 In Britpop and the English Music Tradition Andy Bennett and Jon Stratton noted that as a result of this technique the songs were especially loud Liam Gallagher s voice is foregrounded to the point that it appears to grow out of the mixes of the songs exposing itself to execute a pseudo live quality 19 Composition editThe music on What s the Story Morning Glory has been characterised by commentators as rock 20 21 22 and Britpop 23 Music critic John Harris commented in his music history Britpop Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock that much of the music seemed to be little more inspired than a string of musical hand me downs Among the musical cues Harris noted on the album were Gary Glitter s Hello Hello I m Back Again John Lennon s Imagine Don t Look Back in Anger the theme to the 1970s children s programme You and Me and the Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends She s Electric and the influence of R E M s The One I Love on Morning Glory One song Step Out bore such a close resemblance to the song Uptight Everything s Alright by Stevie Wonder that it was removed from the album shortly before release due to the threat of legal action 24 Musicologist Allan F Moore compares She s Electric to the Beatles When I m Sixty Four writing that both songs can be claimed by an older generation 25 In Britpop Bennett and Stratton analysed Liam Gallagher s vocal style in significant detail stressing its importance to the songs of the album Liam s Mancunian accent blends into a register and timbre that works the gestural contours of the melody and lyrics Bennett and Stratton went on to conclude that Liam s over personalized style on songs such as Wonderwall resulted in a beautiful sense of sentimentality that bespeaks the despondency of a generation This occurs through the narrative structure of the song vocal production and the conventions of the singer s cultural context 26 Music critic Derek B Scott remarked a Beatles influenced vocal harmony that includes falsetto and echoing of words is heard in Cast No Shadow 27 Noel Gallagher summed up his own perspective on the album s aesthetic in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1995 Whilst Definitely Maybe is about dreaming of being a pop star in a band What s the Story is about actually being a pop star in a band 28 The album has a notable anthemic theme to its songs differing from the raw edged rock of Definitely Maybe The use of string arrangements and more varied instrumentation in songs such as Don t Look Back in Anger and Champagne Supernova was a significant departure from the band s debut This style had first been implemented by the band on their fifth single Whatever released in December 1994 It was produced in conjunction with the London Symphony Orchestra resulting in a much more pop oriented and mellower sound this would be the template that would come to define many of the songs on What s the Story 29 In the BBC documentary Seven Ages of Rock former NME chief editor Steve Sutherland noted that with Morning Glory Noel began to take seriously the notion of being the voice of a generation 29 Cover edit nbsp The cover features the London branch of Nottingham based record store chain Selectadisc The cover is a picture of two men passing each other on Berwick Street in London The two men are London DJ Sean Rowley and album sleeve designer Brian Cannon back to the camera The album s producer Owen Morris can be seen in the background on the left footpath holding the album s master tape in front of his face 30 The location was chosen because the street was a popular location for record shops at the time 30 The cover cost 25 000 to produce 31 In the documentary Squaring the Circle The Story of Hipgnosis Noel Gallagher expresses his displeasure with the cover admitting that he had not paid enough attention to the art design process Promotion editWhile Some Might Say a number one hit had been released in April the single chosen to precede the album s release was Roll with It planned for release on 14 August six weeks before the album was due to hit the shelves This was an unorthodox method for the time contrasting the standard industry procedure of releasing the lead single three weeks before its parent album 32 Blur s management had become worried that this would hinder the chances of the group s forthcoming Country House single reaching number one the following week As a reaction Food Records pushed the release of Country House back a week The NME hailed this oncoming chart battle as a British Heavyweight Championship between the two bands 33 and thus started what became known as The Battle of Britpop The event triggered an unprecedented amount of exposure for both bands in national newspapers and on television news bulletins supposedly symbolising the battle between the middle class of the south and the working class of the north In the midst of the battle a Guardian newspaper headline proclaimed Working Class Heroes Lead Art School Trendies Country House outsold Roll with It by 54 000 and topped the singles chart for a fortnight Overall singles sales that week were up by 41 per cent 34 In 2005 John Harris reflected on the importance of the event in popularising Britpop as Blur s Country House raced Oasis Roll with It to the top of the charts just about every voice in the media felt compelled to express an opinion on the freshly inaugurated age of Britpop 10 During a promotional interview in September the month before the album was released Noel spoke about the rivalry with Damon Albarn and Alex James from Blur and was quoted in the 17 September edition of The Observer saying he hoped the pair of them would catch AIDS and die because I fucking hate them two 35 Although Noel recanted and said that AIDS is no laughing matter 36 the quote caused a storm of controversy with Noel having to write a letter of apology he later confessed that my whole world came crashing down in on me then 35 However in an interview with The Guardian in 2005 Blur s guitarist Graham Coxon said that he bore no malice towards Oasis At least they were outright about it They weren t pretending to like us and then slagging us off which is what we d been used to In that way I quite appreciated them 10 On 2 October 2018 to mark the 23rd anniversary of the album release a new lyric video for the track She s Electric described as being loaded with psychedelic imagery was published on the band s YouTube VEVO channel 37 Release edit What s the Story Morning Glory was released on 2 October 1995 The album sold quickly the Daily Express reported the day after release that central London HMV stores were selling copies of the album at a rate of two per minute 3 At the end of the first week of sales the album had sold a record breaking 345 000 copies making it at the time the second fastest selling album in British history behind Michael Jackson s Bad 38 After initially entering the UK charts at number one it hovered around the top three for the rest of the year before initiating a six week stay at the top in mid January followed by a further three weeks at number one in March In total the album did not leave the top three for an astonishing seven months After the fourth single from the album Wonderwall hit the top ten in several countries including stays at number one in Australia and New Zealand and achieving a peak of number eight in the United States the album began to enjoy prolonged international success Eventually the album had a five week run at the top of the Australian albums chart and an eight week run at the top of the New Zealand albums chart before topping charts in Canada Ireland Sweden and Switzerland The album was also making significant waves in the US market thanks in part to the success of the Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova singles on American modern rock radio Both songs reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and stayed there for ten and five weeks respectively By early 1996 What s the Story was selling 200 000 copies a week eventually peaking at number four and being certified four times platinum by the end of the year for shipments of over four million units 39 Wonderwall also topped the Australian and New Zealand singles charts 40 Tour editMain article What s the Story Morning Glory Tour The band embarked on what would become a 103 show world tour in support of the album over a period of several months in 1995 and 1996 The tour started on 22 June 1995 with a pre Glastonbury festival warm up gig at the 1 400 capacity Bath Pavilion 41 which featured the debut of new drummer Alan White and several new songs off the album and ended on 4 December 1996 at the 11 800 capacity Mayo Civic Centre in Rochester Minnesota USA 42 and included concerts at Earls Court in November 1995 and Cardiff International Arena in March 1996 43 The tour had many disruptions and cancellations due to Noel twice walking out of the group and Liam pulling out of a US leg 43 In September 1995 bass player Paul Guigsy McGuigan walked out on the group after he was subjected to a flurry of verbal abuse from Liam while doing interviews in Paris McGuigan cited nervous exhaustion as the reason for his departure 44 Scott McLeod of The Ya Yas was brought in as his replacement though despite playing a string of gigs with the band and appearing in the video for the Wonderwall single McLeod was unable to adapt to the frenetic celebrity lifestyle duly returning to Manchester halfway through an American promotional tour for the album 44 The band played a few dates including an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman as a four piece before McGuigan was convinced to return for the group s Earls Court shows in early November 44 When the band broke up for a brief time in late 1996 several US tour dates and the entire Australia and New Zealand leg had to be cancelled 45 As the band began to reach the peak of their popularity several large open air concerts were organised in the UK during 1996 including two gigs at Manchester City football stadium Maine Road two nights at Loch Lomond in Scotland and two nights at Knebworth House in front of a record 125 000 people each night an event that would come to be acknowledged as the height of the Britpop phenomenon with one journalist commenting Knebworth could be seen as the last great Britpop performance nothing after would match its scale 46 At the time the concerts were the biggest gigs ever held for a single band on UK soil and to date remain the largest demand ever for a British concert with reportedly over 2 5 million applications for tickets 47 The Earl s Court and Maine Road gigs were filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS DVD There and Then Reception editProfessional ratingsContemporary reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingChicago Tribune nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 48 Entertainment WeeklyA 49 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 50 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 51 NME7 10 52 The Philadelphia Inquirer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 53 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 54 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 55 Select4 5 56 Spin6 10 57 What s the Story Morning Glory was released to lukewarm reviews from the mainstream music press Many contemporary reviewers expressed disappointment at the album s perceived inferiority to Definitely Maybe taking aim at the banal lyrics and the unoriginal nature of the compositions 58 59 David Cavanagh of Q magazine said of the lyrics They scan they fill a hole end of story They say nothing much about anything 54 3 Andy Gill of The Independent commented that She s Electric is laddism of a tiresomely generic kind while Roll with It is drab and chummy 59 In Spin Chuck Eddy wrote that the band had eschewed the Bowie glitter of their debut for generic classic rock 57 while Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot felt that they lacked a distinguishing attitude despite being modestly tuneful 48 While stating that Some Might Say was the best single of the year David Stubbs of Melody Maker was critical of the album as a whole What s the Story sounds laboured and lazy On this evidence Oasis are a limited band they sound knackered 58 3 NME was more enthusiastic with the magazine s John Robinson writing that the album shows Oasis pursuing an altogether different direction away from the conscience free overloaded hedonism towards an understanding of its consequences 52 Rolling Stone s Jon Wiederhorn wrote that What s the Story is more than a natural progression it s a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth He went on to note that the stormy relationship between Liam and Noel proved to be one of the album s strengths tension and instability have been inherent traits of great rock teams for Oasis the addition of shared genes gives their songs extra impact and dimension 55 Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn welcomed the album as a counterpoint to the prevailing despair of the decade s rock music 51 The album finished 10th in the voting for The Village Voice s annual Pazz amp Jop critics poll 60 The poll s curator Robert Christgau initially assessed it as phony Beatlemania 61 he later gave it a two star honourable mention 62 indicating a likable effort that consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy 63 and quipped give them credit for wanting it all and yet another Beatles connection playing guitars 62 Select ranked the album at number two on its end of year list of the 50 best albums of 1995 64 In his book Britpop John Harris concluded that the initial negative reviews of the time missed the album s universal strengths Those who fussed about the music s more artful aspects were missing the point The fact that Noel s songs contained so many musical echoes seemed to couch the album in an air of homely reassurance Harris believed that the ordinary nature of some of the album s songs turned out to be part of its deeply populist appeal 3 Battle of Britpop edit The album s release alongside Blur s The Great Escape came at the height of the so called Battle of Britpop Despite some genuine enmity between the two bands this was a primarily media constructed pitting of the more classic rock focused working class northern band Oasis against the middle class musically more eclectic Blur Released around the same time as What s the Story Morning Glory The Great Escape was initially widely praised by critics far more so than Oasis effort 65 However as Oasis gained popularity and acclaim critical consensus around The Great Escape was revised with Q magazine even apologising for its original review 66 BBC Music writer James McMahon recalled how the critical euphoria surrounding the album lasted about as long as it took publishers to realise Oasis would probably shift more magazines for them 66 The media s switch to Oasis has led to the band s critical acclaim being questioned in the years since Britpop 67 Additionally the critical lauding awarded by numerous critics to Oasis out of a desire to grow sales of their own publications rather than genuinely reviewing the album for its strengths and weaknesses alone is recognised as a leading factor in the alleged over hype of Morning Glory s follow up Be Here Now 68 69 Legacy editProfessional ratingsRetrospective reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 70 Encyclopedia of Popular Music nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 71 Entertainment WeeklyA 72 Mojo nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 73 Pitchfork8 9 10 74 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 75 Record Collector nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 76 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 77 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 78 Spin nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 79 What s the Story Morning Glory is considered an important record of the Britpop era and one of the best albums of the nineties 80 and it appears in several lists as one of the greatest albums of all time 81 Rob Sheffield writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2004 called the album a triumph full of bluster and bravado but also moments of surprising tenderness adding that it capped a true golden age for Britpop 78 Rolling Stone ranked the album at 378 on its 2012 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 82 and at 157 on its 2020 list 83 Spin included it at 79 in their list of The 300 Best Albums of 1985 2014 84 The album s enduring popularity within the UK was reflected when it won the British Album of 30 Years award at the 2010 Brit Awards The award was voted by the public to decide the greatest Album of the Year winner in the history of the Brit Awards 85 The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 86 It was voted number 21 in Colin Larkin s All Time Top 1000 Albums 87 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music stated that it was undeniably a gigantic album 88 What s the Story went on to become the best selling album of the decade in the UK 89 with its sixteen platinum certifications from the British Phonographic Industry It was also certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America The sixteen platinum certifications in the UK were the highest ever awarded to a single record until Adele s 21 released in 2011 90 The success of the album resulted in Oasis becoming one of the biggest bands in the world with substantial and considerable press coverage in the mainstream music press and frequent comparisons to the Beatles in the media 80 Liam and Noel Gallagher both featured prominently in gossip columns and daily tabloids throughout 1996 97 What s the Story propelled Oasis from being a crossover indie act to a worldwide rock phenomenon after the momentum gained by the critically acclaimed Definitely Maybe It has been pinpointed by music critics as a significant record in the timeline of British indie music demonstrating just how far into the mainstream independent music had ventured 2 In 2005 John Harris noted the significance of the album and Wonderwall in particular to Britpop s legacy When Oasis released Wonderwall the rules of British music were decisively changed From hereon in the lighter than air ballad became obligatory and the leather trousers era of rock n roll was over 10 The success of the album in Britain resulted in Oasis becoming a cultural ubiquity for a brief period featuring in tabloid newspapers on an almost daily basis and breaking sales records for live concerts 91 Track listing editOriginal release edit All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher except where notedNo TitleWriter s Length1 Hello Noel Gallagher Gary Glitter Mike Leander3 212 Roll with It 3 593 Wonderwall 4 184 Don t Look Back in Anger 4 485 Hey Now 5 416 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 1 note 1 0 447 Some Might Say 5 298 Cast No Shadow 4 519 She s Electric 3 4010 Morning Glory 5 0311 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 2 0 3912 Champagne Supernova 7 27Total length 50 00 Note Untitled or The Swamp Song was originally called The Jam 92 When Paul Weller of the band the Jam contributed harmonica and guitar it was decided to change the title 93 The title Swamp Song was later used by britpop rival Blur on the 1999 album 13 Vinyl version edit Side oneNo TitleLength1 Hello Gallagher Glitter Leander 3 212 Roll with It 3 593 Wonderwall 4 18Total length 11 38 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Don t Look Back in Anger 4 482 Hey Now 5 413 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 1 0 444 Bonehead s Bank Holiday 4 03Total length 15 16 Side threeNo TitleLength1 Some Might Say 5 292 Cast No Shadow 4 513 She s Electric 3 40Total length 14 00 Side fourNo TitleLength1 Morning Glory 5 032 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 2 0 393 Champagne Supernova 7 27Total length 13 09 Singles box set edit What s the Story Morning Glory nbsp Box set by OasisReleased4 November 1996Recorded1995GenreRock BritpopLength81 59LabelCreationProducerOwen Morris Noel GallagherOasis box set chronologyDefinitely Maybe 1996 What s the Story Morning Glory 1996 The What s the Story Morning Glory box set was released on 4 November 1996 featuring four discs of singles including B sides and one disc of interviews The album charted at number 24 on the UK Albums Chart 94 All songs written by Noel Gallagher except Cum On Feel the Noize by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea Step Out co written by Stevie Wonder Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy Disc oneNo TitleLength1 Interviews 18 22Total length 18 22 Disc twoNo TitleLength1 Some Might Say 5 292 Talk Tonight 4 213 Acquiesce 4 254 Headshrinker 4 38Total length 18 53 Disc threeNo TitleLength1 Roll with It 3 592 It s Better People 3 593 Rockin Chair 4 364 Live Forever Live at Glastonbury Festival 1995 4 40Total length 17 14 Disc fourNo TitleLength1 Wonderwall 4 182 Round Are Way 5 423 The Swamp Song 4 154 The Masterplan 5 23Total length 19 38 Disc fiveNo TitleLength1 Don t Look Back in Anger 4 472 Step Out 3 403 Underneath the Sky 3 204 Cum on Feel the Noize 5 09Total length 16 56 Chart position edit Chart 1996 Peakposition UK Albums OCC 95 24 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 96 Silver 60 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone 2014 reissue edit As part of a promotional campaign entitled Chasing the Sun the album was re released on 29 September 2014 The 3 disc deluxe edition includes remastered versions of the album and its associated b sides from the four UK singles Bonus content includes 5 demo tracks and live choices taken from the band s iconic gigs at Earls Court Knebworth Park and Maine Road All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher except where noted2014 reissue disc 1 What s the Story Morning Glory No TitleLength1 Hello Noel Gallagher Gary Glitter Mike Leander 3 232 Roll with It 3 593 Wonderwall 4 184 Don t Look Back in Anger 4 495 Hey Now 5 416 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 1 0 447 Some Might Say 5 278 Cast No Shadow 4 549 She s Electric 3 4010 Morning Glory 5 0311 Untitled also known as The Swamp Song Excerpt 2 0 3912 Champagne Supernova 7 30Total length 50 13 Japanese bonus tracks SICP 4152 No TitleLength13 Hello Demo 3 1514 Wonderwall Live at Knebworth Park 4 07Total length 57 22 2014 reissue disc 2 B SidesNo TitleLength1 Talk Tonight 4 242 Acquiesce 4 293 Headshrinker 4 424 It s Better People 4 015 Rockin Chair N Gallagher Chris Griffiths 4 406 Step Out Henry Cosby N Gallagher Sylvia Moy Stevie Wonder 3 457 Underneath the Sky 3 258 Cum On Feel the Noize Jim Lea Noddy Holder 5 139 Round Are Way 5 4510 The Swamp Song 4 2311 The Masterplan 5 2612 Bonehead s Bank Holiday 4 0313 Champagne Supernova Brendan Lynch mix 6 5914 You ve Got to Hide Your Love Away Lennon McCartney 2 18Total length 1 03 33 2014 reissue disc 3 Rare TracksNo TitleLength1 Acquiesce live at Earls Court London on 4 November 1995 3 552 Some Might Say demo Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo Japan on 14 September 1994 4 043 Some Might Say live at Roskilde Festival Denmark on 30 June 1995 5 074 She s Electric demo Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio Manchester 3 035 Talk Tonight live at Bath Pavilion on 22 June 1995 3 436 Rockin Chair demo Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio Manchester 4 057 Hello live at Roskilde Festival Denmark on 30 June 1995 3 248 Roll with It live at Roskilde Festival Denmark on 30 June 1995 4 089 Morning Glory live at Roskilde Festival Denmark on 30 June 1995 4 4810 Hey Now demo Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo Japan on 14 September 1994 3 0811 Bonehead s Bank Holiday demo Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo Japan on 14 September 1994 2 0912 Round Are Way MTV Unplugged Royal Festival Hall London on 23 August 1996 4 5213 Cast No Shadow live at Maine Road Manchester on 27 April 1996 4 0614 The Masterplan live at Knebworth Park Hertfordshire on 10 August 1996 4 56Total length 55 28Personnel editOasis Liam Gallagher vocals 1 3 5 7 10 12 tambourine Noel Gallagher lead guitar backing vocals lead vocals 4 Mellotron piano EBow bass 3 6 8 9 11 97 production Paul Bonehead Arthurs rhythm guitar 1 2 4 12 Mellotron 3 98 piano Hammond organ 4 98 harmonium 12 Paul Guigsy McGuigan bass 1 2 4 5 7 10 12 Alan Whitey White drums percussion 1 6 8 12 Additional musicians Mark Feltham harmonica 6 11 Tony McCarroll drums 7 Brian Cannon keyboards 10 99 Paul Weller lead guitar backing vocals 12 12 Additional personnel Owen Morris production Kurzweil strings 4 100 Neil Dorfsman multichannel mixing SACD version David Swope assistant mixing SACD version Barry Grint original audio mastering at Abbey Road Studios Vlado Meller mastering SACD version Michael Spencer Jones photography Brian Cannon artwork design Mathew Sankey assistant designCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1995 1996 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 101 1 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 102 3 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 103 7 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 104 3 Canada Top Albums CDs RPM 105 1 Danish Albums Hitlisten 106 3 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 107 4 European Albums Music amp Media 108 1 Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 109 8 French Albums SNEP 110 8 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 111 3 Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 112 32 Icelandic Albums Tonlist 113 1 Irish Albums IRMA 114 1 Italian Albums FIMI 115 5 Japanese Albums Oricon 116 8 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 117 1 Norwegian Albums VG lista 118 1 Portuguese Albums AFP 119 6 Scottish Albums OCC 120 1 Spanish Albums AFYVE 121 1 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 122 1 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 123 1 UK Albums OCC 124 1 US Billboard 200 125 4 US Cash Box Top 100 Albums Billboard 126 3 Zimbabwean Albums ZIMA 127 5 Chart 2014 Peakposition US Top Catalog Albums Billboard 128 11 US Top Tastemaker Albums Billboard 129 18 US Vinyl Albums Billboard 130 3 Year end charts edit Chart 1995 Position Australian Albums ARIA 131 56 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 132 63 European Albums Music amp Media 133 41 French Albums SNEP 134 34 Swedish Albums amp Compilations Sverigetopplistan 135 21 UK Albums OCC 136 2 Chart 1996 Position Australian Albums ARIA 137 4 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 138 19 Canadian Albums RPM 139 4 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 140 29 European Albums Music amp Media 141 3 French Albums SNEP 142 18 German Albums Ofizielle Top 100 143 17 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 144 2 Spanish Albums AFYVE 145 27 Swedish Albums amp Compilations Sverigetopplistan 146 43 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 147 10 UK Albums OCC 148 3 US Billboard 200 149 13 Chart 1997 Position UK Albums OCC 150 35 Chart 1998 Position UK Albums OCC 151 119 Chart 1999 Position UK Albums OCC 152 160 Chart 2005 Position UK Albums OCC 153 133 Chart 2010 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 154 33 Chart 2011 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 155 56 Chart 2012 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 156 34 Chart 2013 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 157 69 Chart 2014 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 158 53 Chart 2015 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 159 49 Chart 2016 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 160 66 Chart 2017 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 161 70 UK Albums OCC 162 57 Chart 2018 Position South Korean International Albums Circle 163 63 UK Albums OCC 164 50 Chart 2019 Position UK Albums OCC 165 53 Chart 2020 Position Irish Albums IRMA 166 45 UK Albums OCC 167 21 Chart 2021 Position UK Albums OCC 168 28 Chart 2022 Position UK Albums OCC 169 29 Chart 2023 Position UK Albums OCC 170 35 Decade end charts edit Chart 1990 1999 Position UK Albums OCC 136 1 Chart 2010 2019 Position UK Vinyl Albums OCC 171 7 All time charts edit Chart Position UK Albums OCC 136 4Certifications and sales edit See Tfd See Tfd Region Certification Certified units sales Argentina CAPIF 172 Gold 30 000 Australia ARIA 173 8 Platinum 560 000 Austria IFPI Austria 174 Gold 25 000 Belgium BEA 175 Gold 25 000 Canada Music Canada 176 8 Platinum 800 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 177 6 Platinum 120 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 178 Gold 27 540 178 France SNEP 179 Platinum 300 000 Germany BVMI 180 Gold 250 000 Hong Kong IFPI Hong Kong 181 Gold 10 000 Ireland IRMA 181 6 Platinum 90 000 Italy FIMI 182 sales for 1995 96 Platinum 150 000 183 Italy FIMI 184 sales since 2009 2 Platinum 100 000 Japan RIAJ 185 Platinum 200 000 Netherlands NVPI 186 Gold 50 000 New Zealand RMNZ 187 Platinum 15 000 Norway IFPI Norway 188 Platinum 50 000 Singapore RIAS 189 Gold 5 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 190 2 Platinum 200 000 Sweden GLF 191 Platinum 100 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 192 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 8 17 Platinum 5 100 000 United States RIAA 193 4 Platinum 4 000 000 Summaries Europe IFPI 194 6 Platinum 6 000 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone See also editList of best selling albums in the United Kingdom List of best selling albums Top best selling albums by UK Chart Loudness warReferences editFootnotes a b Owen Morris on producing Morning Glory oasis recordinginfo co uk Archived from the original on 19 December 2013 a b Seven Ages of Rock 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