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(What's The Story) Morning Glory?
Oasis
Epic Records, 1995
REVIEW BY: Benjamin Ray
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 02/17/2007
I was a relative latecomer to the alternative scene, having only been 12 when this disc came out and not understanding the significance of Kurt Cobain killing himself one year prior. My musical coming of age came at a time when the local rock station Top 5 included Kid Rock, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Uncle Kracker and Linkin Park (notice the reliance on the letter K, which is the most fascinating thing about those bands).
Yes, it was a sad time indeed, compounded by the fact that outside of "Wonderwall," I knew nothing of Oasis. So when I was old enough to begin appreciating music, I decided to give this is a spin.
I now declare this as one of the best rock albums ever made.
In many ways, Morning Glory is a classic rock album; check out how the faint strains of "Wonderwall" fade into the brash opener "Hello," or the two brief instrumental tracks that break up sections of the disc, or the epic, winding closer "Champagne Supernova," which was the band's "Hey Jude" but with less lyrical significance. Oasis took great pains to construct this as an album-length statement, a way to establish themselves after the bar set by Definitely Maybe, butt even they didn't know the heights this would reach.
On the other hand, given the brothers' arrogance, maybe they knew they were making a classic and intended this to be as such, since it combines elements of pop, shoegazing emo, punk, hard rock and brash British arrogance coupled with an American party sensibility. It's a working-class band that you will like, but that couldn't care less if you don't.
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