(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
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(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
(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 Morrisand the group's guitarist Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album were a significant departure from the group's previous record 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 on the record contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is Oasis' absolute pinnacle, and this expanded three-disc edition—which outfits the original album with 28 bonus tracks—shows just how much the band was on a roll in 1995.
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Billboard
Morning Glory is a visceral rock n' roll album whose finest bits are plundered wholesale from history and smashed together for maximum effect. Due to a mastering technique known as “brickwalling,” it’s an incredibly loud record that presents every instrument way up front and hits like a cricket bat between the eyes.
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Rolling Stone
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is more than a natural progression; it’s a bold leap forward that displays significant musical and personal growth, not to mention a far greater familiarity with the Fab Four’s back catalog.
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Classic Rock Review
After one final verse, the track fades out slowly, maintaining the overall feel of the song and album and sealing this record as a classic.
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COS
It is the perfect blend of rock nostalgia, and it deserves its due.
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Independent UK
It's a brilliant piece of work, challenging and commercial .
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Stereogum
a legendary album that is held up as one of the greats in British music history, a masterpiece from a one-time master songwriter at his peak, and yet also the source of an artist’s own undoing.
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Sputnik Music
there's just something about this album that makes me want to write about it. Maybe it's those opening moments of any of the songs I've mentioned above; maybe it's the Gallagher brothers' nasally yet strangely endearing vocals. I'm not really sure. I just know that I love it, and that's enough for me.
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Spin
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? feels less tuneful and more complacent than Oasis’s first CD; generic classic rock replaces the old Bowie glitter, like a prep-school version of Soul Asylum, though sometimes with a thick Urge Overkill ’70s highway roll to it.
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Ride
What is most intriguing about listening to Morning Glory today, is that even though the band was at the height of their powers, Oasis seemed to be bracing themselves for their own eventual downfall. A tone that is recognisably darker and more self-reflective than council estate escapism of Definitely Maybe.
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All Music
It might not have the immediate impact of Definitely Maybe, but Morning Glory is just as exciting and compulsively listenable.
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Diffuser
'Morning Glory' is undoubtedly a classic of the era, and more than holds its own nearly 20 years on, but the eye opener here is how much other great material is part of the story.
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Drowned in Sound
a generous selection of some of the finest rock songs that a British band ever produced.
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BBC UK
There’s a fine line between self-assurance and over-confidence but given the size of the egos and volatile emotions involved in its making, remarkably Morning Glory gets it right every time.
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The Line of Best Fit
a rock album that performed on a scale that our generation had never experienced before, and will never do so again.
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The Student Playlist
Morning Glory will always represent its high water mark: for all its imperfections, encapsulating its time and place like no other album since.
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Musicko
With this album, Oasis discovered that their sound could be occasionally vulnerable without them being portrayed as weak.
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Joe
This album propelled the band from being beloved indie darlings into fully fledged global rock 'n roll icons.
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Altrockchick
they left us some great and memorable music, including Morning Glory. It might be uneven, but to borrow a phrase, it has the foo-kin’ songs, man.
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Eric Mack Attacks
Morning Glory, on the other hand, is far less rough around the edges and benefits from a firmer understanding of dynamics than Oasis displayed on their debut.
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The Culture Cove
Despite the fact that the album is an old one, it’s a memorable one. Oasis was an important band that came out of the Britpop 90’s era and they will always be remembered for that.
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Live Journal
Well, in terms of commercial and critical success, it's fair to say that Morning Glory is the ultimate Britpop album.
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Record Collector
True, it’s rarely a subtle listen, continually more light than shade, but almost 20 years after its release, … Morning Glory can still excite.
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oocities
Perhaps Morning Glory isn’t as attention grabbing or as exciting as Definitely Maybe, but this album has a diversity that their debut doesn't.
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Xtrascoop
I hope, for those who don’t have this album already, it is one you will add to your collection of music.
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Penny Black Music
This album remains glorious. Played as a whole, it's an absorbing, uplifting listen – marching relentlessly to its peak as 'Champagne Supernova' plays out.
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EW
Hubris would eventually help end the band, but these largely unheard gems remind us how brilliant the famously cocksure brothers really could be — not that they ever doubted it.
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Aphoristic Album Reviews
It’s a showcase for Oasis’ songwriter Noel Gallagher – he sings lead vocals and plays bass in addition to his usual duties in the band.
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Clash
The instrumentation was more mature, with the subtle implementation of strings and more obvious use of piano to add further depth to Noel’s more contemplative songs.
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