(What's the Story) Morning Glory?

1995 studio album by Oasis October 2025 October 2025 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? studio Oasis Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory album cover.jpg yes 1995 10 2 yes February – June 1995 Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales) Britpop rock 50 06 Creation Owen Morris Noel Gallagher Definitely Maybe 1994 Be Here Now 1997 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? studio Some Might Say 24 April 1995 Roll with It 14 August 1995 Morning Glory 18 September 1995 Wonderwall 30 October 1995 Don't Look Back in Anger 19 February 1996 Champagne Supernova 13 May 1996 Alternative cover Studio album Oasis - Morning Glory 30th anniversary.jpg 30th anniversary edition cover (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 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 and string arrangements.http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=247 Owen Morris on producing Morning Glory oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131219023717/http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=247 19 December 2013 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 album 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.Seven Ages of Rock: What the World is Waiting For 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 of the album reversed dramatically in the ensuing months and years, with critics recognising its strengths and its "populist appeal".Harris 2004 254 Despite some views since that the album is overrated, Morning Glory is still considered a seminal record of both the Britpop era and the 1990s in general. It has 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8517579.stm Lady Gaga wins Brit Awards triple 16 February 2010 BBC News 10 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20170729194200/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8517579.stm 29 July 2017 live It has sold over 22million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/06/noel-gallagher-oasis Interview: Noel Gallagher talks Oasis past and present 6 December 2008 The Guardian 29 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104194212/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/06/noel-gallagher-oasis 4 November 2013 live As of July 2025, the album has been certified 19× platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for earning 5.3 million units in the United Kingdom.https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-chart-impact-and-mega-sales-of-oasis-second-album-whats-the-story-morning-glory__24217/ The chart impact and mega sales of Oasis's second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Official Charts Company Myers Justin 28 April 2025 22 July 2026 In July 2026, the Official Charts Company certified (What's the Story) Morning Glory? as the best-selling studio album in UK history with 6.2million units.Smith Thomas 2026-07-22 Oasis Overtakes The Beatles to Score U.K.'s Bestselling Studio Album of All Time https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/oasis-the-beatles-uk-bestselling-albums-chart-1236300612 live https://ghostarchive.org/archive/1V0sj 2026-07-22 2026-07-22 Billboard Penske Media Corporation, Eldridge Industries 0006-2510 732913734 Background and recording "Some Might Say" was the first track written and recorded for Morning Glory, with recording taking place between 24 and 26 February 1995 at Loco Studios in Wales.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBOE0ySC3HM Oasis - Some Might Say - Sleeve Artwork Explained 2022-02-28 Microdot 2026-07-30 YouTube The track 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 Gallagher's vocals, and Morris had to mix the track three times, using delay and other processing to hide the mistakes. The single was released on 24 April and went in at number one on the UK Singles Chart a week later;Official Singles Chart on 30/4/1995 https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19950430/7501/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260703101342/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19950430/7501/ 2026-07-03 2026-07-30 Official Charts en that same day, original Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll's departure was announced on their website.Official Statement http://www.oasisinet.com/tonyalan.htm https://web.archive.org/web/19970605053939/http://www.oasisinet.com/tonyalan.htm 1997-06-05 2026-07-30 www.oasisinet.com By 2 May 1995, the band had found a replacement in Alan White, and six days later2013-11-18 Oasis http://owenmorris.net/oasis/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161112003701/http://owenmorris.net/oasis/ 2016-11-12 2026-07-30 en-US Oasis began recording Morning Glory at Rockfield Studios in Wales, with Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher producing. https://books.google.com/books?id=AVQbF9lTBwgC&pg=PA622 The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition Canongate Books Mojo 1 November 2007 13 December 2023 622 978-1-84767-643-6 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", 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.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/12/pulp.popandrock Remember the first time Music The Guardian John Harris London 12 August 2005 0261-3077 60623878 9 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219032811/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/12/pulp.popandrock 19 December 2013 live https://books.google.com/books?id=HYUifI9rdsoC&pg=PA232 Revolution Rock: The Albums Which Defined Two Ages 232 Amy Britton AuthorHouse November 2011 9 January 2012 978-1-4678-8711-3 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." Paul Weller joined them in the studio and provided lead guitar and backing vocals for "Champagne Supernova",https://books.google.com/books?id=p5UCtnT7v-IC&pg=PA238 Paul Weller: my ever changing moods John Reed 238 Music Sales Group 2005 12 January 2012 978-1-84449-491-0 and harmonica for the two untitled tracks known as "The Swamp Song". https://books.google.com/books?id=p5UCtnT7v-IC&pg=PA298 Paul Weller: my ever changing moods John Reed 298 Music Sales Group 2005 12 January 2012 978-1-84449-491-0 Noel wrote the last song for the album, "Cast No Shadow", on the train as he returned to the studio; the track was written for his good friend Richard Ashcroft. Morris claimed the album was recorded in 15 days, at a pace of one song a day,http://owenmorris.net/oasis/ The Rise and Fall of Me Recording Oasis Morris Owen owenmorris.net 24 January 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161112003701/http://owenmorris.net/oasis/ 12 November 2016 with the first five tracks recorded being "Roll with It", "Hello", "Wonderwall", "Don't Look Back In Anger" and most of "Champagne Supernova", respectively. 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."Harris 2004 227 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."Ribbet Paul 19 June 1995 The Making of Creation The Big Issue 135 The album's title was inspired by Noel's friend Melissa Lim answering the phone with the phrase, which is itself derived from a line in the song "The Telephone Hour" from the film Bye Bye Birdie.https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Major-player-in-Oasis-story-emerges-in-wake-of-10630846.php Major player in Oasis story emerges in wake of 'Supersonic' doc San Francisco Chronicle Vaziri, Aidin 23 November 2016 18 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20200713012827/https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Major-player-in-Oasis-story-emerges-in-wake-of-10630846.php 13 July 2020 live 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."http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/imperfect-sound-forever.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190916042352/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/imperfect-sound-forever.html dead 16 September 2019 Imperfect Sound Forever – Stylus Magazine stylusmagazine.com 13 October 2016 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."Bennett Stratton 2010 149 Composition The music on (What's the Story) Morning Glory? has been characterised by commentators as rock,Partridge Kenneth Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/album-review/6236457/oasis-definitely-maybe-at-20-classic-track-by-track-album Billboard 17 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161107220517/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/album-review/6236457/oasis-definitely-maybe-at-20-classic-track-by-track-album 7 November 2016 29 August 2014Comaratta Len Oasis – Definitely Maybe [Reissue] https://consequence.net/2014/05/album-review-oasis-definitely-maybe-20th-anniversary-reissue/ Consequence of Sound 17 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161206140449/https://consequence.net/2014/05/album-review-oasis-definitely-maybe-20th-anniversary-reissue/ 6 December 2016 22 May 2014Leas Ryan https://www.stereogum.com/1834836/whats-the-story-morning-glory-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Turns 20 Stereogum 2 October 2015 12 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20180624190008/https://www.stereogum.com/1834836/whats-the-story-morning-glory-turns-20/franchises/the-anniversary/ 24 June 2018 live and Oasis as an essential part of Britpop culture.https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/oasis-album-whats-the-story-morning-glory-20-things-you-never-knew-about-the-britpop-record-on-its-a6676826.html (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Is 20 years old today The Independent 2 October 2015 12 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190401144209/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/oasis-album-whats-the-story-morning-glory-20-things-you-never-knew-about-the-britpop-record-on-its-a6676826.html 1 April 2019 live 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.Harris 2004 253–54 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.Moore 1997 89n21 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."Bennett Stratton 2010 148–49 Music critic Derek B. Scott remarked "a Beatles-influenced vocal harmony that includes falsetto and echoing of words is heard in 'Cast No Shadow'". Scott Derek B. 5 July 2017 Musical Style and Social Meaning: Selected Essays https://books.google.com/books?id=tD8rDwAAQBAJ Taylor & Francis 121 9781351556873 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."https://www.avclub.com/part-8-1997-the-ballad-of-oasis-and-radiohead-1798223989 The AV Club: Alternative Nation – Part 8: The Ballad of Oasis and Radiohead The A.V. Club 25 January 2011 21 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20131002113140/http://www.avclub.com/articles/part-8-1997-the-ballad-of-oasis-and-radiohead,50557/ 2 October 2013 live 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.music/sevenages/ Seven Ages 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". Cover thumb|right|The cover features the London branch of Nottingham-based record store chain Selectadisc (Nottingham branch pictured). The cover is a picture of two men passing each other on Berwick Street in London. The two men are London DJ Sean Rowley (facing the camera) 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 a box containing the album's master tape in front of his face.http://fotostrasse.com/whats-story-morning-glory-20-years-later/ Fotostrasse presents What's The Story? Morning Glory Fotostrasse 25 June 2016 23 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161004131335/http://fotostrasse.com/whats-story-morning-glory-20-years-later/ 4 October 2016 live The location was chosen because the street was a popular location for record shops at the time. The cover cost £25,000 to produce.http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/4450/what-s-the-story-morning-glory-the-true-story-behind-the-cover (What's The Story) Morning Glory: The true story behind the cover – The Big Issue 1 October 2014 bigissue.com 7 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161005024154/http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/4450/what-s-the-story-morning-glory-the-true-story-behind-the-cover 5 October 2016 live 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. Long after the album's release, he recalls asking "Who okayed that [cover]?" Only to be told "Er, you did." Promotion 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.Harris 2004 250: "Blur had assumed that Oasis would follow standard music business protocol, releasing a single three weeks before the album." 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 bandsNME 13 August 1995 cover story "British Heavyweight Championship Blur vs Oasis" 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.Harris 2004 229–235 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." 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."Harris 2004 250 Although Noel recanted and said that AIDS is no laughing matter,Titorenko, Mark 19 February 1996 Noel's AIDS comment The Oasis Archive http://ireland.iol.ie/~kglennon/paper/bandi.htm 17 January 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20090109085351/http://ireland.iol.ie/~kglennon/paper/bandi.htm 9 January 2009 dead (scroll down to section 3.5) 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".Harris 2004 250 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." 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.https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-unveil-new-lyric-video-shes-electric-2385754#MjylkVUuoic6Klkf.99 Oasis unveil new lyric video for 'She's Electric' – NME 2 October 2018 NME 23 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181023234328/https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-unveil-new-lyric-video-shes-electric-2385754#MjylkVUuoic6Klkf.99 23 October 2018 live Release (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.Harris 2004 254 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.Rawsthorn Alice Oasis here now with record album sales Financial Times 25 August 1997 Alice Rawsthorn 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 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.Harris 2004 261 "Wonderwall" also topped the Australian and New Zealand singles charts.Steffen Hung http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Oasis&titel=Wonderwall&cat=s Oasis — Wonderwall australian-charts.com 10 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20120414120524/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Oasis&titel=Wonderwall&cat=s 14 April 2012 live Tour (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,http://www.bathpavilion.org/hire-bath-pavilion Bath Pavilion bathpavilion.org 2012 8 January 2012 dead https://archive.today/20120225041901/http://www.bathpavilion.org/hire-bath-pavilion 25 February 2012 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,http://www.mayociviccenter.com/facilities/Auditorium/index.aspx Mayo Civic Center : Facilities mayociviccenter.com 2012 8 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207022859/http://www.mayociviccenter.com/facilities/Auditorium/index.aspx 7 February 2012 live and included concerts at Earls Court in November 1995 and Cardiff International Arena in March 1996.Harris, John. Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Da Capo Press, 2004. 0-306-81367-X The tour had many disruptions and cancellations due to Noel twice walking out of the group, and Liam pulling out of a US leg. 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.Harris 2004 255 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.Harris 2004 255 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.Harris 2004 255 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.http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1996/09/12/BSP120996008/?s=Oasis+band+1994&st=0&pn=2 Oasis: Abandoned US Tour Fuels Rumours of Split 9 January 2011 Itn Source dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110719185651/http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//RTV/2007/02/16/RTV248507/ 19 July 2011 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."https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/indie/oasis-at-knebworth/ BBC – Seven Ages of Rock – Events – Oasis at Knebworth BBC 11 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20171125092308/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/indie/oasis-at-knebworth/ 25 November 2017 live 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.https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23794 Oasis mark Knebworth anniversary NME 2 August 2006 21 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160815205242/http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23794 15 August 2016 live The Earl's Court and Maine Road gigs were filmed and later released as the Oasis VHS/DVD ...There and Then. Critical reception Contemporary reviews Chicago Tribune 3 4https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-11-09-9511090294-story.html Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (Epic) Chicago Tribune 9 November 1995 19 May 2020 Kot Greg Greg Kot Entertainment Weekly A−https://www.ew.com/article/1995/10/06/whats-story-morning-glory (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Entertainment Weekly New York 6 October 1995 25 September 2009 Flaherty Mike https://web.archive.org/web/20150403133638/http://www.ew.com/article/1995/10/06/whats-story-morning-glory 3 April 2015 live The Guardian 4 5CD of the week: (the inevitable) Oasis The Guardian London 29 September 1995 Sullivan Caroline Los Angeles Times 3.5 4https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-01-ca-51934-story.html Oasis; "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", Epic Los Angeles Times 1 October 1995 19 October 2015 Hilburn Robert Robert Hilburn https://web.archive.org/web/20160201095157/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-01/entertainment/ca-51934_1_morning-glory 1 February 2016 live NME 7/10https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001047reviews.html Oasis – (What's The Story) Morning Glory? NME London 30 September 1995 10 August 2016 Robinson John 52 https://web.archive.org/web/20000817190458/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001047reviews.html 17 August 2000 dead Q 3 5Blatant Q 110 London November 1995 Cavanagh David David Cavanagh Rolling Stone 4 5https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whats-the-story-morning-glory-19951019 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Rolling Stone 719 New York 19 October 1995 21 April 2013 Wiederhorn Jon https://web.archive.org/web/20131005232014/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whats-the-story-morning-glory-19951019 5 October 2013 live Select 4/5Star Trip II: The Search for Rock Select 65 London November 1995 Harrison Andrew 98–99 Spin 6/10https://books.google.com/books?id=EYlQ2Hsft8QC&pg=PA124 Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory / Blur: The Great Escape Spin 11 8 New York November 1995 17 May 2020 Eddy Chuck Chuck Eddy 124–25 The Sydney Morning Herald 2 5Shane Danielsen With This Voice, George May Reign Again The Sydney Morning Herald 13 November 1995 12 (of The Guide) (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was released to lukewarm reviews from the mainstream music press.Lynskey Dorian 6 October 2016 'Flattened by the cocaine panzers' – the toxic legacy of Oasis's Be Here Now http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/06/flattened-by-the-cocaine-panzers-the-toxic-legacy-of-oasiss-be-here-now 2021-12-23 The Guardian en 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.http://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/david-stubbs-reviews-whats-the-story-morning-glory-30th-september-1995.jpg Tale Ending? Melody Maker London 30 September 1995 15 April 2014 Stubbs David https://web.archive.org/web/20120509000028/http://archivedmusicpress.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/david-stubbs-reviews-whats-the-story-morning-glory-30th-september-1995.jpg 9 May 2012 livehttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/album-review-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-creation-cre-cd-189-1603376.html Album Review: Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory Creation CRE CD The Independent London 28 September 1995 15 April 2014 Gill Andy https://web.archive.org/web/20140113112904/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/album-review-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-creation-cre-cd-189-1603376.html 13 January 2014 live David Cavanagh of Q magazine said of the lyrics: "They scan; they fill a hole; end of story. They [say] nothing much about anything."Harris 2004 254 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". In Spin, Chuck Eddy wrote that the band had eschewed the "Bowie glitter" of their debut for "generic classic rock", while Sydney Morning Herald critic Shane Danielsen felt the Gallaghers lacked the ability to sing or "produce classics". 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."Harris 2004 254 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". Rolling Stones 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." Los Angeles Times critic Robert Hilburn welcomed the album as a counterpoint to the prevailing "despair" of the decade's rock music. The album finished 10th in the voting for The Village Voices annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres95.php The 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll The Village Voice New York 20 February 1996 15 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140325144430/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres95.php 25 March 2014 live The poll's curator Robert Christgau initially assessed it as "phony Beatlemania";http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj95.php Lost in the Soundscape The Village Voice New York 20 February 1996 17 May 2020 Christgau Robert Robert Christgau https://web.archive.org/web/20140706092953/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj95.php 6 July 2014 live he later gave it a two-star honourable mention,Christgau 2000 231 indicating a "likable effort that consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy",Christgau 2000 xvi and quipped "give them credit for wanting it all—and (yet another Beatles connection!) playing guitars".Christgau 2000 231 Select ranked the album at number two on its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995.50 Albums of the Year Select January 1996 67 78–79 http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/03/50albums.jpg 12 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212014/http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F03%2F50albums.jpg 27 March 2018 live 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".Harris 2004 254 Battle of Britpop 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.4 March 2016 Album Review: Blur – The Great Escape ('21' reissue) / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17156/reviews/4145310 2021-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094902/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17156/reviews/4145310 4 March 2016 dead However, as Oasis gained popularity and acclaim, critical consensus around The Great Escape was revised, with Q magazine even apologising for its original review.McMahon James BBC – Music – Review of Blur – The Great Escape https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qwx/ 2021-12-23 BBC en-GB 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". The media's switch to Oasis has led to the band's critical acclaim being questioned in the years since Britpop.Bagnall Thomas 12 August 2015 7 Reasons Why Oasis Are The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Britain https://whatculture.com/music/7-reasons-why-oasis-are-the-worst-thing-to-ever-happen-to-britain 2021-12-23 WhatCulture.com en 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.Why Be Here Now is the worst essential album ever https://www.warwickshireworld.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/why-be-here-now-is-the-worst-essential-album-ever-1194530 2021-12-23 warwickshireworld.com 2 October 2016 en Legacy Retrospective reviews AllMusic 5 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/whats-the-story-morning-glory-mw0000176500 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis AllMusic 25 September 2009 Erlewine Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Erlewine https://web.archive.org/web/20120610235944/http://www.allmusic.com/album/whats-the-story-morning-glory-mw0000176500 10 June 2012 live Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5 5Oasis The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Encyclopedia of Popular Music Larkin Colin Colin Larkin Omnibus Press 5th concise 2011 978-0-85712-595-8 Entertainment Weekly Ahttps://ew.com/article/2014/11/08/whats-story-morning-glory-reissue/ (What's the Story) Morning Glory? reissue Entertainment Weekly New York 8 November 2014 17 May 2020 Anderson Kyle https://web.archive.org/web/20170618201625/http://ew.com/article/2014/11/08/whats-story-morning-glory-reissue/ 18 June 2017 live Mojo 4 5https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/16716/oasis-whats-story-morning-glory/ Oasis – (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Mojo London 1 October 2014 17 May 2020 Cameron Keith Pitchfork 8.9/10https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19771-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory/ Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Pitchfork 29 September 2014 27 January 2016 Berman Stuart https://web.archive.org/web/20160203071342/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19771-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory/ 3 February 2016 live Q 5 5Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Q 407 London February 2020 106 Record Collector 4 5https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/whats-story-morning-glory-chasing-sun-edition Oasis – (What's The Story) Morning Glory?: Chasing The Sun Edition Record Collector 432 London October 2014 17 May 2020 Kennedy Jake https://web.archive.org/web/20200616153157/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/whats-story-morning-glory-chasing-sun-edition 16 June 2020 live Rolling Stone 5 5The Rolling Stone Hall of Fame — Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Rolling Stone 960 New York 28 October 2004 Edwards Gavin 104 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 5 5Sheffield 2004 598 Spin 4.5 5https://books.google.com/books?id=IkZox6XK6oAC&pg=PA76 Discography: Oasis Spin 24 10 New York October 2008 17 May 2020 Marchese David 76 https://web.archive.org/web/20200616152622/https://books.google.com/books?id=IkZox6XK6oAC&pg=PA76 16 June 2020 live (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is considered an important record of the Britpop era and one of the best albums of the nineties,https://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-albums-of-the-nineties-20110216/5-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-0122161 5. Oasis – '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' Rolling Stone 16 February 2011 22 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20120429025810/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-albums-of-the-nineties-20110216/5-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-0122161 29 April 2012 live and it appears in several lists as one of the greatest albums of all time.http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=188#rankings (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (album) by Oasis : Best Ever Albums besteveralbums.com 2012 11 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120103155447/http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=188#rankings 3 January 2012 live 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".Sheffield 2004 598 Rolling Stone ranked the album at 378 on its 2012 list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/whats-the-story-morning-glory-oasis-19691231 500 Greatest Albums: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Rolling Stone 7 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20120530070857/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/whats-the-story-morning-glory-oasis-19691231 30 May 2012 dead and at 157 on its 2020 list.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-3-1063076 500 Greatest Albums: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Rolling Stone 22 September 2020 22 September 2020 Spin included it at 79 in their list of "The 300 Best Albums of 1985–2014".https://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/4/ The 300 best albums of the past 30 years(1985–2014) Spin 11 May 2015 9 June 2021 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.http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/16/brits-album-of-30-years/ AOL Radio Stations Slacker, Inc. AOL Radio 9 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121124231755/http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/16/brits-album-of-30-years/ 24 November 2012 live The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.Robert Dimery Michael Lydon 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition 23 March 2010 Universe 978-0-7893-2074-2 It was voted number 21 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.All Time Top 1000 Albums All Time Top 1000 Albums Larkin Colin Colin Larkin Virgin Books 2000 3rd 0-7535-0493-6 44 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music stated that "it was undeniably a gigantic album".Larkin Colin Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2007 Oxford University Press 4th 978-0195313734 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music On the other hand, some have considered What's the Story to be overrated. FasterLouder writer Max Easton argued that its "lasting place in '90s folklore is less about the quality of the album, and more about the celebrity status and faux imagery attached to it". Easton saw all 12 tracks as "variations on only a couple of good ideas".Levin Darren 24 September 2012 The Most Overrated Albums of All Time https://fasterlouder.junkee.com/the-most-overrated-albums-of-all-time/829875/4 4 January 2025 FasterLouder dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151121010150/https://fasterlouder.junkee.com/the-most-overrated-albums-of-all-time/829875/4 21 November 2015 Musicradar felt the initial lukewarm reviews of the album were accurate, adding that "its place on countless 'best ever' lists is wholly unjustified. Even Noel Gallagher admits that Definitely Maybe is a superior record".10 June 2008 The Most Overrated Albums of All Time https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-most-overrated-albums-of-all-time-159201 23 December 2021 Musicradar en Gallagher has noted What's the Story as an overrated work, expressing a level of dissatisfaction with its production values, and stating that "some of the songs are not as great as people think they are"; he outright dismissed "Roll with It" as a "shit" song.Egan Mark 9 August 2007 Oasis Songwriter Says Hits Not So Great https://www.reuters.com/article/world/oasis-songwriter-says-hits-not-so-great-idUSN20283965/ 4 January 2025 ReutersNoel Gallagher Reel Stories BBC Two British Broadcasting Corporation 23 June 2019 9–10 Ultimate Guitar readers named What's the Story as one of the 20 most overrated albums in history.9 August 2007 Friday Top: 20 Most Overrated Albums of All Time https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/friday_top_20_most_overrated_albums_of_all_time-108722 4 January 2025 Ultimate Guitar What's the Story nevertheless went on to become the best-selling album of the decade in the UK,http://www.everyhit.com/chartalb5.html 1990s Albums Chart Archive everyHit.com 1 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20111014085144/http://everyhit.com/chartalb5.html 14 October 2011 live with its nineteen platinum certifications from the British Phonographic Industry. It was also certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The nineteen platinum certifications in the UK were the highest ever awarded to a single record until Adele's 21, released in 2011.http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx Certified Awards bpi.co.uk 5 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx 24 January 2013 live 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. 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. 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." 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.Harris 2004 230 Track listing Original release Noel Gallagher, except where noted Hello N. Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander 3:21 Roll with It 3:59 Wonderwall 4:18 Don't Look Back in Anger 4:48 Hey Now! 5:41 also known as "The Swamp Song – Excerpt 1"note "Untitled" or "The Swamp Song" was originally called "The Jam".https://books.google.com/books?id=92EXBgAAQBAJ&q=swamp Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis Hewitt Paolo 2015 Dean Street Press 9781910570043 When Paul Weller (of the band the Jam) contributed harmonica and guitar, it was decided to change the title.https://books.google.com/books?id=92EXBgAAQBAJ&dq=oasis%20blur%20swamp%20song&pg=PT373 Sixteen Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis Hewitt Paolo 2015 Dean Street Press 9781910570043 0:44 Some Might Say 5:29 Cast No Shadow 4:51 She's Electric 3:40 Morning Glory 5:03 also known as "The Swamp Song – Excerpt 2" 0:39 Champagne Supernova 7:27 50:00 Note note Vinyl version Side one Hello 3:21 Roll with It 3:59 Wonderwall 4:18 11:38 Side two Don't Look Back in Anger 4:48 Hey Now! 5:41 also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1" 0:44 Bonehead's Bank Holiday 4:03 15:16 Side three Some Might Say 5:29 Cast No Shadow 4:51 She's Electric 3:40 14:00 Side four Morning Glory 5:03 also known as "The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2" 0:39 Champagne Supernova 7:27 13:09 Singles box set (What's the Story) Morning Glory? box Oasis Morning Glory (singles box).jpg 4 November 1996 1995 Rock, Britpop 81:59 Creation Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher Oasis box set Definitely Maybe 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.http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/oasis/#albums Featured Artists: Oasis The Official Charts Company 11 October 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101203012508/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/oasis#albums 3 December 2010 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 Interviews 18:22 18:22 Disc two Some Might Say 5:29 Talk Tonight 4:21 Acquiesce 4:25 Headshrinker 4:38 18:53 Disc three Roll with It 3:59 It's Better People 3:59 Rockin' Chair 4:36 Live Forever Live at Glastonbury Festival, 1995 4:40 17:14 Disc four Wonderwall 4:18 Round Are Way 5:42 The Swamp Song 4:15 The Masterplan 5:23 19:38 Disc five Don't Look Back in Anger 4:47 Step Out 3:40 Underneath the Sky 3:20 Cum on Feel the Noize 5:09 16:56 Charts Chart (1996) PeakpositionScotland 28 19961110 true 10 July 2024 SCOW1UK2 24 19961110 true 10 July 2024 UKW1 Certifications United Kingdom Oasis (What's The Story) Singles Box – Gold Silver album 1996 2015 yes 2014 reissue 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. 2014 reissue disc 1: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Noel Gallagher, except where noted Hello Noel Gallagher, Gary Glitter, Mike Leander 3:23 Roll with It 3:59 Wonderwall 4:18 Don't Look Back in Anger 4:49 Hey Now! 5:41 also known as "The Swamp Song – Excerpt 1" 0:44 Some Might Say 5:27 Cast No Shadow 4:54 She's Electric 3:40 Morning Glory 5:03 also known as "The Swamp Song – Excerpt 2" 0:39 Champagne Supernova 7:30 50:13 Japanese bonus tracks (SICP-4152) Hello Demo 3:15 Wonderwall Live at Knebworth Park 4:07 57:22 2014 reissue disc 2: B-Sides & Extra Tracks Original single Talk Tonight "Some Might Say" (1995) 4:24 Acquiesce "Some Might Say" 4:29 Headshrinker "Some Might Say" 4:42 It's Better People "Roll with It" (1995) 4:01 Rockin' Chair N. Gallagher, Chris Griffiths "Roll with It" 4:40 Step Out N. Gallagher, Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy "Don't Look Back in Anger" (1996) 3:45 Underneath the Sky "Don't Look Back in Anger" 3:25 Cum On Feel the Noize Jim Lea, Noddy Holder "Don't Look Back in Anger" 5:13 Round Are Way "Wonderwall" (1995) 5:45 The Swamp Song "Wonderwall" 4:23 The Masterplan "Wonderwall" 5:26 Bonehead's Bank Holiday Vinyl-only bonus track 4:03 Champagne Supernova Brendan Lynch mix Previously unreleased 6:59 You've Got to Hide Your Love Away Some Might Say EP (Japan only) John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:18 1:03:33 2014 reissue disc 3: Unreleased demos and live recordings Acquiesce live at Earls Court, London on 4 November 1995 3:55 Some Might Say demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994 4:04 Some Might Say live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995 5:07 She's Electric demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester 3:03 Talk Tonight live at Bath Pavilion on 22 June 1995 3:43 Rockin' Chair demo. Recorded at Mauldeth Road West Studio, Manchester 4:05 Hello live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995 3:24 Roll with It live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995 4:08 Morning Glory live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 30 June 1995 4:48 Hey Now! demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994 3:08 Bonehead's Bank Holiday demo. Recorded at soundcheck Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan on 14 September 1994 2:09 Round Are Way MTV Unplugged. Royal Festival Hall, London on 23 August 1996 4:52 Cast No Shadow live at Maine Road, Manchester on 27 April 1996 4:06 The Masterplan live at Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire on 10 August 1996 4:56 55:28 2025: 30th anniversary reissue To mark the 30th anniversary of the original release, the album was reissued on 3 October 2025.Monroe Jazz Oasis Announce New Reissue of (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Share "Acquiesce (Unplugged)": Listen https://pitchfork.com/news/oasis-announce-new-reissue-of-whats-the-story-morning-glory-share-acquiesce-unplugged-listen/ Pitchfork 4 July 2025 The reissue includes the remastered original album packaged with one additional disc containing five unplugged recordings produced and mixed by Noel Gallagher and Callum Marinho from the original masters.Zemler Emily Oasis Announce 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/oasis-30th-anniversary-whats-the-story-morning-glory-1235377265/ Rolling Stone 4 July 2025 2025 reissue disc 2 Cast No Shadow Unplugged 5:01 Morning Glory Unplugged 4:35 Wonderwall Unplugged 4:12 Acquiesce Unplugged 4:02 Champagne Supernova Unplugged 6:29 Personnel Oasis Liam Gallagher – vocals (1–3, 5, 7–10, 12), tambourine Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, acoustic guitar,Classic Tracks: Oasis ‘Wonderwall’ Owen Morris November 2012 https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-oasis-wonderwall Sound on Sound backing vocals, lead vocals (4), Mellotron, piano, EBow, bass (3, 6, 8, 9, 11),http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=6 Owen Morris: How I mastered Morning Glory 11 October 2020http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=1038 Track by Track: Noel Gallagher on the Masterplan | Oasis Recording Information 15 May 2018 28 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180828170232/http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=1038 live production Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – rhythm guitar (all except 3), Mellotron, piano, Hammond organ (4)transatlanticmodern 27 August 2013 INTERVIEW: PAUL 'BONEHEAD' ARTHURS https://transatlanticmodern.com/2013/08/27/interview-paul-bonehead-arthurs/ 2021-04-17 Transatlantic Modern en Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12) Alan "Whitey" White – drums, percussion (all except 7) Additional musicians Tony McCarroll – drums (7) Brian Cannon – keyboards (10)Brian Cannon on designing the sleeve art Oasis Recording Information http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=955 2021-11-30 www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk Owen Morris – Kurzweil strings (3, 4), Mellotron (12)Podcast The Oasis 57: Owen Morris exclusive interview with Richard Buskin – The Oasis Podcast – Podcast https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-oasis-podcast/57-owen-morris-exclusive-interview-with-richard-bu/ 2021-04-17 Podtail 24 July 2018 en Paul Weller – lead guitar (6, 11, 12), backing vocals (12), harmonica (6, 11),The Masterplan Oasis 1998 Vinyl liner notes whistle (12) Additional personnel Owen Morris – production 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 design Charts Weekly charts Chart (1995–1996)PeakpositionAustralia 1 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Austria 3 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Flanders 7 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Wallonia 3 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Canada RPM 1 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 21 October 2010 1826Danish Albums (Hitlisten) https://books.google.com/books?id=-QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61 Billboard 27 June 2012 Hits of the World – Denmark 61 27 April 1996 3Netherlands 4 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Estonian Albums (Eesti Top 10)https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht19951012.2.22.1&srpos=5&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-the+great+escape+blur------------ Kassetid ja CD-d: EESTI TOP 10 Sõnumileht October 12, 1995 13 December 14, 2024 et7European Albums (Music & Media) https://books.google.com/books?id=YA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67 Billboard 9 June 2012 Hits of the World – Eurochart Hot 100 67 18 March 1996 1Finland 8 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021 French Albums (SNEP)http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_O.php Infodisc.fr fr 9 June 2012 Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – O dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_O.php 22 October 2014 Select Oasis from the menu, then press OK. 8Germany 3 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 2175 17 February 2021Hungary 32 1996 16 true 17 February 2021Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)https://www.flicktweets.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090417074609/http://flicktweets.com/ usurped 17 April 2009 Tonlist Top 40 timarit.it DV 8 June 2017 1Irish Albums (IRMA) https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 Billboard 9 June 2012 Hits of the World – Ireland 63 18 November 1995 1Italian Albums (FIMI) https://books.google.com/books?id=uA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44 Billboard 25 July 2012 18 May 1996 Hits of the World – Italy 5Japanese Albums (Oricon) Japanese chart positions http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/51059/ranking/cd_album/ Oricon Style 16 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023150941/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/51059/ranking/cd_album/ 23 October 2012 live 8New Zealand 1 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Norway 5 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Portuguese Albums (AFP) https://books.google.com/books?id=rQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA81 Billboard 27 June 2012 Hits of the World – Portugal 81 8 June 1996 6Scotland 1 19951008 true 16 November 2021Spanish Albums (AFYVE) https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 Billboard 9 June 2012 Hits of the World – Spain 48 23 March 1996 1Sweden 1 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021Switzerland 1 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? true 17 February 2021UK2 1 19951008 17 February 2021 trueBillboard200 4 Oasis true 17 February 2021US Cash Box Top 100 Albums (Billboard)Cash Box Top 100 Pop Albums: February 24, 1996 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-02-24.pdf 12 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200612135140/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-02-24.pdf 12 June 2020 live 3Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)Kimberley Christopher 1998 Albums chart book: Zimbabwe 52 5 Chart (2014)PeakpositionBillboardCatalog 11 Oasis true 1 June 2021BillboardTastemaker 18 Oasis true 1 June 2021BillboardVinyl 3 Oasis true 1 June 2021 Chart (2024–2026) Peakposition German Rock & Metal Albums (Offizielle Top 100)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/metal/for-date-1760089026000 Offizielle Deutsche Charts Top 20 Rock/Metal-Charts – 10 Oktober 2025 GfK Entertainment charts 13 October 2025 de 1 Greek Albums (IFPI)http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 45/2025 IFPI Greece 12 November 2025 el https://web.archive.org/web/20251112073722/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html 12 November 2025 dead 15 Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)https://www.irma.ie//index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Independent Irish Independent Chart – Week 51 2025 – Week Ending 26 Dec 2025 Irish Recorded Music Association 20 December 2025 Note: Select 19-Dec-25 on the date selector. 15 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2025&month=11&day=03 Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of October 29, 2025 Billboard Japan ja 30 October 2025 13BillboardIndependent 12 Oasis true 21 July 2026 US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/oasis/chart-history/rkc/ Oasis Chart History (Top Rock & Alternative Albums) Billboard 21 July 2026 24 Year-end charts Chart (1995) PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)http://i.imgur.com/vN9Tx0k.jpg The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1996 ARIA 26 May 202256Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a Rapports annuels 1995 Ultratop Hung Medien 2 April 2011 fr63European Albums (Music & Media)23 December 1995 Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995 https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/95/MM-1995-12-23-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search= Music & Media 14 23 May 202141French Albums (SNEP)https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1995 Top Albums 1995 Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonograhique fr 9 June 202134Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1995&dspp=1 Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 1995 Sverigetopplistan sv 27 February 202121UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19951231/37502/ End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995 Official Charts Company 23 May 20212 Chart (1996) PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/albums-chart ARIA Top 50 Albums for 1996 Australian Recording Industry Association 28 July 20144Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1996 Jahreshitparade Alben 1996 de austriancharts.at Hung Medien 28 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150802112558/http://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=1996&cat=a 2 August 2015 live19Canadian Albums (RPM)https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=5403&app=rpm Top Albums/CDs – Volume 64, no. 18, December 16 1996 RPM 16 December 1996 28 July 20144Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=a Jaaroverzichten – Album 1996 dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien nl 28 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919044116/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=a 19 September 2015 live29European Albums (Music & Media)21 December 1996 Year End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1996 https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf#page=12 Music & Media 12 27 May 20223French Albums (SNEP)https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=1996 Top Albums 1996 Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique 28 July 2014 fr18German Albums (Ofizielle Top 100)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1996 Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts de offiziellecharts.de GfK Entertainment 8 September 2016 17New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1996-12-31 Top Selling Albums of 1996 The Official NZ Music Charts 16 February 20212 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)https://web.archive.org/web/20120818120257/http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9 18 August 2012 http://www.anuariossgae.com/1999/pdfs/grabada/grabada%20anexos.pdf#page=9 Los 50 títulos con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1996 es Anuarios SGAE 26 May 202227Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=1996&dspp=1 Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 1996 Sverigetopplistan sv 27 February 202143Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1996/alben Schweizer Hitparade 1996 swisscharts.com Hung Medien 13 February 202110UK Albums (OCC)http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19960107/37502/ 1996: End of Year Charts – 1996 Official Charts Company 25 November 20163US Billboard 200https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-billboard-200-albums 1996: Billboard 200 Albums Billboard 2 January 2013 28 July 201413 Chart (1997) PositionUK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19970105/37502/ End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997 Official Charts Company 16 February 202135 Chart (1998)PositionUK Albums (OCC)http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201998.html Najlepiej sprzedające się albumy w W.Brytanii w 1998r pl Z archiwum...rocka 16 September 2021 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120927003609/http://uktop40.republika.pl/najlep%20sprzalbumy%20uk%201998.html 27 September 2012 119 Chart (1999) PositionUK Albums (OCC)http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK1999.pdf The Top 200 Artist Albums of 1999 Chartwatch: 1999 Chart Booklet Zobbel.de 40 19 June 2021160 Chart (2005) PositionUK Albums (OCC)http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK2005.pdf The Top 200 Artist Albums of 2005 Chartwatch: 2005 Chart Booklet Zobbel.de 40 1 June 2021133 Chart (2010) Position South Korean International Albums (Circle)https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=E&targetTime=2010&hitYear=2010&termGbn=year&yearTime=3 2010년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 8 May 202333 Chart (2011) Position South Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2011&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2011년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 8 June 202156 Chart (2012) Position South Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2012&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2012년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202134 Chart (2013) Position South Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2013&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2013년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202169 Chart (2014) Position South Korean International Albums (Circle)http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2014&targetTime=14&nationGbn=E 2014년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 2021 53 Chart (2015) PositionSouth Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2015년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202149 Chart (2016) PositionSouth Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2016&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2016년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202166 Chart (2017) PositionSouth Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2017&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2017년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202170 UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20170101/37502/ End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2017 Official Charts Company 16 February 202157 Chart (2018) PositionSouth Korean International Albums (Circle)http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=year&hitYear=2018&targetTime=3&nationGbn=E&year_time=3 2018년 Album Chart ko Circle Chart 16 February 202163 UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20180101/37502/ End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018 Official Charts Company 16 February 202150 Chart (2019) Position UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20190101/37502/ End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2019 Official Charts Company 4 January 202053 Chart (2020) Position Irish Albums (IRMA)https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-50-biggest-albums-of-2020__29420/ Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2020 Official Charts Company White Jack 10 January 2021 12 January 202145 UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-albums-of-2020__29265/ The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2020 Official Charts Company 4 January 202121 Chart (2021) Position UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-albums-of-2021__34858/ The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2021 Official Charts Company Griffiths George 4 January 2022 4 January 202228 Chart (2022) Position UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20221231/37502 End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2022 Official Charts Company 4 January 202329 Chart (2023) Position UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20230101/37502/ End of Year Albums Chart – 2023 Official Charts Company 3 January 2024 35 Chart (2024) Position UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20240101/37502/ End of Year Albums Chart – 2024 Official Charts Company 10 January 2025 24 Chart (2025) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2025&cat=a Jaaroverzichten 2025 Ultratop nl 9 January 2026 151 UK Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20250101/37502/ End of Year Albums Chart – 2025 Official Charts Company 1 January 2026 7 Decade-end charts Chart (1990–1999)PositionUK Albums (OCC)1 Chart (2010–2019) PositionUK Vinyl Albums (OCC)https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-100-biggest-selling-vinyl-albums-of-the-decade__27798/ Official Top 100 biggest selling vinyl albums of the decade Official Charts Company 14 December 2019 5 March 2021 7 Certifications and sales Argentina Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory 9 June 2012 1995 http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=oasis&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP https://archive.today/20110531185022/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=oasis&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=0&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas es 27 June 2012 Disco de Oro y Platino – Oasis 31 May 2011 dead Australia Platinum 9 album 9 June 2012 1995 2026 Austria Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory 9 June 2012 1995 Belgium Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory 9 June 2012 1995 1996 Brazil album Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Platinum 1995 2026 22 January 2026 Canada Platinum 8 album Oasis Morning Glory 9 June 2012 1995 Denmark Platinum 7 album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995 2025 15129 23 March 2025 Finland Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1995 27,540 France Platinum album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1996 infodisc Germany Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1995 album Hong Kong Gold 1995 1996 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1996/1996-02-17-Billboard-Page-0032.pdf 10 July 2024 Oasis, What's the Story?... Billboard 17 February 1996 32 album Ireland Platinum 6 1995 1996 Italy Platinum album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1995 http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/05/26/oasis-cari-tenori-cantate-con-noi.html la Repubblica it 9 June 2012 Oasis: Cari tenori, cantate con noi 26 May 1996 32 https://web.archive.org/web/20160216202036/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1996/05/26/oasis-cari-tenori-cantate-con-noi.html 16 February 2016 live sales for 1995–96 150,000 http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,19/articleid,0637_01_1996_0085_0019_8669042/ Oasis: sesso birra e rock'n'roll La Stampa it 19 25 March 1996 20 April 2021 Italy Platinum 3 album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1995 2025 31 December 2025 sales since 2009 14341 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis album Japan Platinum 1995 1997 8 2 August 2013 Netherlands Gold album Oasis Morning Glory 13 September 2012 1996 10 1995 New Zealand Platinum 3 album Oasis radioscope 26 June 2026 (What's the Story) Morning Glory 1995 2026 Norway Platinum album Oasis Morning Glory 9 June 2012 1997 10 1995 Singapore Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Gold album 18 January 2021 1995 2019 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album 1995 1996 Spain Platinum 2 -276 13 October 2024 Sweden Platinum album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1996 10 1995 Switzerland Gold album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning... 9 June 2012 1995 album Thailand Gold 1995 1996 20,000 http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070109165528/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf 9 January 2007 dead Certification Award Levels IFPI 10 July 2024 United Kingdom Platinum 19 album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 5 January 2024 15453-1114-2 1995 2026 6,200,000 Oasis documentary 'Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger' to receive world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-dont-look-back-in-anger-documentary-premiere-venice-film-festival-uk-cinema/ Persad Max July 23, 2026 July 30, 2026 Official Charts Company United States Platinum 4 album Oasis Morning Glory 9 June 2012 Europe Platinum 6 album Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 9 June 2012 1997 true See also List of best-selling albums List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom Loudness war References Footnotes Bibliography Bennett Andy Stratton Jon Britpop and the English Music Tradition Ashgate Publishing 2010 978-0-7546-6805-3 Christgau Robert Robert Christgau Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s St. Martin's Griffin 2000 978-0-312-24560-3 Harris John John Harris (critic) Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock Da Capo Press 2004 0-306-81367-X Moore Allan F. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1997 Cambridge University Press New York City 978-0-521-57381-8 https://archive.org/details/beatlessgtpepper0000moor registration Seven Ages of Rock: What the World is Waiting For. BBC, 2007. Sheffield Rob Rob Sheffield Oasis Brackett Nathan Nathan Brackett Hoard Christian The New Rolling Stone Album Guide The Rolling Stone Album Guide Simon & Schuster 4th 2004 978-0-7432-0169-8 External links album 52220 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Category:1995 albums Category:Creation Records albums Category:Epic Records albums Category:Oasis (band) albums Category:Albums involved in plagiarism controversies Category:Albums produced by Owen Morris Category:Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios Category:Brit Award for British Album of the Year