Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Albums

squirtyflower said:
Having had time to consider this, in 1977 alone the albums released superior to Rumours are:
Heroes
Marquee Moon
Exodus
The Clash, their finest album
Peter Gabriel
New Boots and Panties
My Aim is True
In the City
Talking Heads:77

and the album that was released to trash and mock all the blandness such as MOR muzack,
Never Mind the Bollocks
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Did you actually submit your top 20 for consideration?
 
squirtyflower said:
Having had time to consider this, in 1977 alone the albums released superior to Rumours are:
Heroes
Marquee Moon
Exodus
The Clash, their finest album
Peter Gabriel
New Boots and Panties
My Aim is True
In the City
Talking Heads:77

and the album that was released to trash and mock all the blandness such as MOR muzack,
Never Mind the Bollocks
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And that is without even mentioning Aja !!
 
BlueHammer85 said:
6. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 11/134

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(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's guitarist and main songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from the group's previous album Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses, 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").

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. Morning Glory sold a record-breaking 345,000 copies in its first week, spent 10 weeks at no. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and reached no. 4 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band's most commercially successful release. The album yielded four major hit singles in the band’s native Britain: "Some Might Say" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" reached no. 1, and "Roll with It" and "Wonderwall" peaked at no. 2 – the latter spending a then lengthy 30 consecutive weeks on the chart during its initial run. "Champagne Supernova" and "Wonderwall" reached no. 1 on the US Alternative Songs chart. "Wonderwall" also topped the Australian and New Zealand singles charts.

At the 1996 Brit Awards, the album won Best British Album. Over several months in 1995 and 1996, the band performed an extensive world tour in support of the album. Among the most notable of these concerts were back-to-back nights at Earls Court in London in November 1995, which were the biggest ever indoor gigs in Europe at the time. They also performed two "homecoming" gigs at Maine Road in Manchester in April 1996. In August of that year, the band played to 80,000 people over two nights at Balloch Country Park in Scotland. A week later, they held what is arguably their most famous concert when they played two consecutive nights at Knebworth to a combined crowd of 250,000 people. For the Knebworth performance, it is believed that approximately 2.5 million people (an estimated 4.4% of the entire UK population at the time) applied for tickets.

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 particular points of criticism. However, critical opinion towards the album completely reversed in the ensuing years, and it is now generally considered a seminal record of both the Britpop era and the 1990s in general, as well as appearing on several lists of the greatest albums in rock music. At the 2010 Brit Awards, Morning Glory was named the greatest British album since 1980. It has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. As of October 2018, it is the UK's fifth best-selling album and third best-selling studio album of all time, having sold over 4.94 million copies. It was also the UK's best-selling album of the 1990s.

1. Hello
2. Roll with It
3. Wonderwall
4. Don't Look Back in Anger
5. Hey Now!
6. The Swamp Song
7. Some Might Say
8. Cast No Shadow
9. She's Electric
10. Morning Glory
11. The Swamp Song - Excerpt 2
12. Champagne Supernova


Bluehammer Fact: Longtime Oasis drummer Alan White agreed to join the band only one week before recording began on (What’s the Story) - “We went out for a beer, came back and had a jam, and that was it,” White, who had previously walked out of an Oasis concert because he was unhappy with the drumming.



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