| (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 
 enlarge | Artist: Oasis
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (422 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3065
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 67351
UPC: 074646735121
EAN: 0074646735121
ASIN: B000002BBY
Release Date: October 3, 1995
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 The last truly great rock album April 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Morning Glory is Oasis's best album, and one of my favorites. All the tracks are great, from Hello to Champagne Supernova. Every song is perfect Britpop, with Liam's bratty voice going perfectly with the rest of the band's instruments. The hits Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, and Champagne Supernova are all beautiful songs, and the seven other songs sound very similar to them. All the songs have great lyrics sung suberbly by Liam and Noel, and great guitar parts by the band. Every song has a beautiful chorus' like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, Some Might Say, She's Electric, Morning Glory, and Champagne Supernova. This album is a must-have for all ruck n' rull fans, old-school fans, and even pop and punk fans.
 some rip offs, some unmemorable moments... some good moments too February 12, 2008
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
Back in the day, Oasis wanted to be the next Beatles by attempting to write catchy, memorable songs. Sometimes it worked, but other times it clearly didn't. They certainly don't "sound" like the Beatles most of the time.
"Hello"- that chorus is totally ripped off from the chorus of an old Slade song called "Far Far Away". The verse melody is alright, but the lyrics are bad. Not a great way to open a supposed classic album.
"Roll With It"- annoying verse melody, good chorus. Nothing more needs to be said.
"Wonderwall"- Not hooky enough to be a Beatles tribute. Yes, mentioning the words "winding" and "roads" reminds us of a certain Beatles song, but that alone doesn't make it a quality tribute song. Nah, they can do better than that.
"Don't Look Back in Anger"- Is the piano part in the beginning stolen directly from John Lennon's "Imagine"? It certainly sounds like it. Nice attempt to cover that up with some guitar playing over it. Can't fool me, though. I like this song anyway. The vocal melodies are beautiful, but the guitar solo isn't anything special. Because of the somewhat sappy nature of the chorus, it's not a song I feel like playing very often.
"Some Might Say"- feels like a filler track to me. Average verse melody, uninteresting chorus. I guess some of the guitar work is decent enough. I won't be playing this song anymore. I can't imagine the Beatles ever writing something as uninteresting as this. Repeating that underwhelming chorus over and over at the end was a bad idea too.
"Cast No Shadow"- maybe another filler track? It's not anything special, that's for sure. A verse melody that passes by harmlessly with absolutely nothing about it to help us remember the melody. This album can't be the bands masterpiece with songs like this filling up time. The way the verse melody is written reminds me of another song that escapes my mind at the moment.
She's Electric- bouncy pop song. I like it a lot. I was afraid after hearing the first few seconds that the melody was going to be a Byrds rip-off, but luckily the sound and melody changed direction in a hurry. What we have here is a great taste of melodic songwriting. The song almost has a sad atmosphere to it. The chorus is a bit weak, but the verse melody totally makes up for that.
Morning Glory- the guitar playing in the beginning sounds a lot like Led Zeppelin's "Nobody's Fault but Mine". The song transforms into a messy attempt at light grunge with unsatisfactory results. Really bad singing makes it the obvious low point of the album.
Champagne Supervova- the intro has a very beautiful mellow sound that I wish would have continued longer. I think this is a pretty good song in the beginning, with some quiet vocals and a nice atmosphere. The song later becomes just another generic rock song with a loud bombastic sound that is totally unnecessary.
 Better than I thought it was at first February 10, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm well aware of the fact that I wrote a one-star review of this album at one time. I'm also aware that said review was a piece of crap, which explains why I deleted it. And while I will maintain that the title is pretty stupid, after giving it another listen I think it's a pretty good album.
First, though, the bad news. I still can't stand Liam Gallagher's sneering voice at all. To be honest, I'm not even sure why they keep him around. I know he wrote a few songs on the group's more recent albums, but I've only heard two Oasis discs in my life (go ahead, guess which two!), so it's not like I'd know any of them are any good. And here's another problem: this band doesn't have one iota of originality. Everything they do is copied from the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Cream, The Who, and other far superior acts. Seriously, they don't have their own style. Or, at minimum, they do but it's stolen from other acts. "Don't Look Back in Anger" is a good example. I like the song. It's a good power ballad. But John Lennon just about wrote it for them. Not only did Noel Gallagher admit that most the lyrics were swiped from John's diaries, but the piano intro is the same thing as "Imagine". There's something wrong with that.
Now, with all that crap out of the way, I'd like to focus on the good stuff. As I said, I like "Don't Look Back in Anger", a major hit single, but there's more. "Wonderwall" is an amazing acoustic pop tune with some subtly clever orchestration, even if the Fab Four did considerably better with a similar backdrop on "We Can Work it Out". "Champagne Supernova" is a fantastic, surprisingly tuneful drug power ballad with guitar heroics from both Noel himself and ex-Jam frontman Paul Weller, and it's my favorite song on the album too. And there are a ton of loud, foot-stomping, thundering, slightly overlong rockers: "Hey Now!", "Hello", "Roll with It", "Some May Say" and the title track. A couple weaknesses, though: the straight-up ballad "Cast No Shadow" is awkward and completely out-of-character, while the fusion of punk and music hall on "She's Electric" is as forced as it may sound. Plus, you know, what I said before.
This is a fun album. Not original at all, but fun. The Gallagher brothers do strike me as morons, but who cares? It's all about the music. And the music is good. But I will insist this is an overrated album, and that you could do far better with '90s rock.
Class January 16, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
A weirdly oldschool tenderly savagely brilliant compilation. Full of sound and fury, signifying much. Hard fast paced rock laced with the courtliness and poetical humility of a medieval troubador. Punk with roots. And it reaches down like the roots of an ancient cypress, comprehensive, plaintive, eternal. Youth looking back with wonder, restraint, and yes, a little anger. The power of the amplified music is overpowered by the quiet fury, surrender, and sensitivity of this biographical odyssey in sound. Reminds me of the British royalty of old, combined with a hefty dose of the British invasion rockers (good poets borrow, great poets steal!), and a covering of modern punk rock.
Sure sends me to an oasis! January 9, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Wow oh wow! I don't know if my cd shelves will hold out! lol Oasis sure surprised me when I popped their cd into my player! A smile came to my face and heck if someone hadn't glued it there...I couldn't have wiped it off if I'd tried! lol I can't believe how much Oasis sounds like The Beatles at times. Particularly in Don't Look Back In Anger (the opening piano music and how deep the voice of the lead singer is). However, all of the songs hint at The Beatles' style, not just the one. I'd have to say my favorite tracks on this album are: the catchy opener Hello (they made an excellent choice using it as the first track because it just SINKS into you!), Wonderwall (I heard this on the radio. I love the break in the music! It just makes the song!), and Don't Look Back In Anger (Like I said...it's that great.) Other highlights are Champagne Supernova (It makes you feel 'high'...on good feelings, not drugs, you sillies!), and the untitled track #6 which is more of a guitar solo than anything. You might like this if you like classic rock (like Led Zeppelin or The Beatles...something like that) or if you are into European bands. This is a great one. Give it a listen sometime!
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