(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? · After Definitely Maybe, Oasis recorded the second album in 1995 in Wales, including at Rockfield Studios. Producers were Owen Morris and guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher. Drummer Alan White had just replaced Tony McCarroll. According to Morris the recording was finished in about fifteen days, one song a day. Paul Weller played on Champagne Supernova.

The sound is more spacious than on the debut: more ballads, big choruses and strings, as in Don't Look Back in Anger. Wonderwall is one of the four big hits in England. The prelude was the Battle of Britpop, the chart fight between Roll with It and Blur with Country House. The first reviews were lukewarm, but the verdict turned completely around in the months and years that followed. The record is now regarded as a milestone of Britpop and of the 1990s.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Hello3:23Apple Music ↗
2. 2Roll with It3:00Apple Music ↗
3. 3Wonderwall4:19Apple Music ↗
4. 4Don't Look Back in Anger4:48Apple Music ↗
5. 5Hey Now!5:42Apple Music ↗
6. 6The Swamp Song (Version 1)0:45Apple Music ↗
7. 7Some Might Say5:28Apple Music ↗
8. 8Cast No Shadow4:55Apple Music ↗
9. 9She's Electric3:41Apple Music ↗
10. 10Morning Glory5:04Apple Music ↗
11. 11The Swamp Song (Version 2)0:39Apple Music ↗
12. 12Champagne Supernova7:31Apple Music ↗

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