BlueMoonRisin’
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Some good albums listed there squirty. I had New Boots And Panties at number 15, as it happens.
Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Albums
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6. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 11/134
(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.
(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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Exeter Blue I am here
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Top band the Blockheads. I had Bowie and The Jam albums in my top 20, but not the ones Squirty lists. The Clash, Never Mind The Bollocks, Exodus and at least 2 Elvis Costello albums would have made the cut if I’d had 40 to play with rather than 20. I’m still stunned at some of the omissions though. No Rubber Soul by the Beatles, no Exile on Main Street by the Stones, no Velvet Underground & Nico, no Blood on the Tracks or Blonde on Blonde by Dylan, no The Clash or Exodus as mentioned above.....
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BlueMoonRisin’
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If you'd have done this album poll a few years ago then this album would have definitely made 15-20th place. However, Liam G has a whiney grating voice that irks me more nowadays, hence this album not making my top 20.
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I love Oasis, really do. I can listen to Definitely Maybe and their B sides all day long, but i do struggle with Morning Glory nowadays.
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They were at their best back then.
Out on blue 6
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Snapshot of a time and place for many on here including me and even though I didn't vote for it myself I think it should have been Top 50 easy. Be interested to see where it would be in 20 years time.
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OB1
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I still play it and have been a big fan of it and the band since the time of its release, which considering I was very much a heavy rock fan when it was released makes it exceptional from my point of view.
Of course it is an easy listen but so is the Lucinda Williams I currently have on the stereo; albeit a different sound. Lindsey Buckingham is an excellent individual guitarist, Stevie Nicks is one of the least bland voices in rock, Mick Fleetwood is a brilliant drummer. There's plenty going on musically but it is soft rock that sounds nice on your radio when you are driving down the PCH (or on the car stereo when you driving up the M6 on a sunny day as we did on Tuesday).
Oh Joy, Lucinda just woke up.
lancs blue
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Surely Hunky Dory is in the top five, it got 17pts from me, I can't believe I was the only one to vote for it, it only needed 6pts more to get in the top 100.