(What's the Story) Morning Glory?

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Studio album from Oasis
Publication (s)	September 29, 1995
admission	March 1995, May and June 1995
Label (s)	Creation Records
Format (s)	CD , vinyl , cassette
Genre (s)	Britpop
Title (number)	12 (Vinyl: 13)
running time	50:08
occupation	Singing : Liam Gallagher , Noel Gallagher Lead guitar : Noel Gallagher Lead guitar: Paul Weller (Champagne Supernova) Rhythm guitar : Paul Arthurs Mellotron : Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs Bass : Paul McGuigan Drums : Alan White
production	Owen Morris , Noel Gallagher
Studio (s)	Rockfield Studios , Monmouth , Wales
chronology Definitely Maybe (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Be Here Now
Single releases April 24, 1995 Some Might Say August 14, 1995 Roll with It September 15, 1995 Morning Glory October 30, 1995 Wonderwall February 19, 1996 Don't Look Back in Anger May 13, 1996 Champagne supernova

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second music album by the British musical group Oasis and was released in September 1995. The band exceeded the success of their debut album by far, especially with the singles Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger , they were able to record worldwide success.

success

In Great Britain the album became the fastest-selling since Michael Jackson's Bad of 1987. In the USA it has been sold around 5 million times to date, in Great Britain also just under 5 million times; there it is the fourth most successful album in British music history. The album was sold at least 22 million times worldwide.

The album received the BRIT's Album of 30 Years award at the 2010 BRIT Awards .

The album

production

Even before the album was recorded, drummer Tony McCaroll left the band and was replaced by Alan White .

Track list

#	title	length
1.	Hello	3:21
2.	Roll with It	3:59
3.	Wonderwall	4:18
4th	Don't Look Back in Anger	4:48
5.	Hey now!	5:41
6th	Untitled	0:44
7th	Some Might Say	5:29
8th.	Cast No Shadow	4:51
9.	She's Electric	3:40
10.	Morning Glory	5:03
11.	Untitled	0:39
12.	Champagne supernova	7:27
13.	Bonehead's Bank Holiday (bonus track of the vinyl edition)	3:47

Notes on individual songs

Hello

Hello starts with the same guitar riff as Wonderwall . The recording is relatively quiet at the beginning and is therefore hardly noticed by many listeners. The line of text "It's good to be back" , taken from the song Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again by Gary Glitter , is played in the album version as a guitar riff towards the end of the song and supported by soft, effective vocals. However, this line of text usually comes to the fore in the form of singing.

Wonderwall

→ Main article : Wonderwall (song)

The song was originally written by Noel Gallagher for his girlfriend at the time, Meg Matthews. After their split, Noel denied any connection, citing the media who misinterpreted the piece. The title Wonderwall comes from the 1968 album of the same name by George Harrisons , which in turn is the soundtrack to the rather unknown film Wonderwall .

Fans of the band and music critics, in connection with Wonderwall, keep talking about the perfect rock song or the best British song of all time. The video for Wonderwall by Nigel Dick received the BRIT Award for Best British Video in 1996 .

Just seven weeks after its release, an Easy Listening cover version by Mike Flowers Pops landed at number 2 in the UK charts. In 2002 Wonderwall was covered by Ryan Adams , who was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance . The version by Ryan Adams became widely known through the American series OC, California , as it was used for a key part of the 1st season. Noel Gallagher liked this cover version so much that he played it at several live concerts. Further interpretations of the song can be found on Paul Anka's album Rock Swings from 2005 as well as on Radiohead , Cat Power and the Beastie Boys .

Don't Look Back in Anger

→ Main article : Don't Look Back in Anger

The piano intro is taken from John Lennon's hit Imagine . The text addresses the difficulties of reconciling relationship and touring life, combined with bad memories from Noel and Liam's childhood.

"Stand up beside the fireplace"

"Take that look from off your face"

Peggy Gallagher asked her son Noel to look at least happy in the photo.

The text passage

"So I start a revolution from my bed"

"Cos you said the brains I have went to my head"

According to Noel, comes from recordings that John Lennon had recorded on a cassette.

Don't Look Back in Anger is the first Oasis piece that was both written and sung by Noel Gallagher.

Other contributors

• Brian Cannon - Art Direction, Design, Cover Design
• Matthew Sankey - design
• Michael Spencer Jones - illustrations

Singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

(What's the Story) Morning Glory?   DE 3 10/23/1995 (61 weeks)   AT 3 October 29, 1995 (31 weeks)   CH 1 10/22/1995 (38 weeks)   UK 1 10/14/1995 (344 weeks)   US 4th 10/21/1995 (78 weeks)

Singles

Some Might Say   UK 1 05/06/1995 (27 weeks) Roll with It   UK 2 08/26/1995 (18 weeks) Wonderwall   DE 17th 12/11/1995 (23 weeks)   AT 6th 02/25/1996 (10 weeks)   CH 17th 02/04/1996 (15 weeks)   UK 2 11/11/1995 (37 weeks)   US 8th 01/27/1996 (20 weeks) Don't Look Back in Anger   DE 57 03/25/1996 (19 weeks)   CH 27 04/07/1996 (9 weeks)   UK 1 03/02/1996 (24 weeks)

Some Might Say

• Release: April 24, 1995
• Author: Noel Gallagher
• Producers: Oasis & Owen Morris

Roll with It

• Released: August 14, 1995
• Author: Noel Gallagher
• Producers: Oasis & Owen Morris

Wonderwall

• Release: October 30, 1995
• Author: Noel Gallagher
• Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris

Don't Look Back in Anger

• Published: February 19, 1996
• Author: Noel Gallagher
• Producers: Noel Gallagher & Owen Morris

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	8 × platinum	560,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Denmark (IFPI)	6 × platinum	80,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Europe (IFPI)	6 × platinum	(6,000,000)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	27,540
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
Canada (MC)	8 × platinum	800,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	15 × platinum	4,940,000
All in all	7 × gold 55 × platinum	11,827,540

Main article: Oasis / Music Sales Awards

Web links

• (What's the Story) Morning Glory? at Allmusic (English)
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• chart surfer

supporting documents

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ Oasis Biography ( Memento of August 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) On: thebiographychannel.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
3. ↑ Keith Caulfield: Adele's '21' Passes Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' on UK's All-Time Best Selling Albums List. From: billboard.biz (English), May 3, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012
4. ↑ Simon Hattenstone: Who wants to be a drug addict at 41? On: guardian.co.uk, December 6, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012
5. ↑ Nick Pisa: Brit Pope: Oasis named in Vatican's top ten albums. On: dailymail.co.uk, February 14, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2012
6. ↑ BRIT's Album of 30 Years. On: bbc.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
7. ^ Christian Kruschel: Retrospectives: Oasis - The Sony Years. On: cdstarts.de, January 24, 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2012
8. ↑ ^{a b} Information on Wonderwall. At: songfacts.com (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
9. ^ Gary Glitter on bbc.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
10. ↑ John Harris: Britpop !: Cool Britannia And The Spectacular Demise Of English Rock. Da Capo Press, Cambridge 2004, ISBN 0-306-81367-X , p. 226.
11. ↑ Noel: Wonderwall 'not about Meg'. Retrieved from: bbc.co.uk, October 17, 2002. Retrieved May 21, 2012
12. ↑ Wonderwall at georgeharrison.com (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
13. ↑ MTV News: The best song of all time ... ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
14. ^ Brit Awards 1996. At: brits.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
15. ↑ The Mike Flowers Pops in the UK charts
16. ^ Grammy Awards 2005. At: rockonthenet.com (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
17. ↑ Ryan Adams on musikexpress.de. Retrieved May 21, 2012
18. ↑ Rebecca Schiller: From Ryan Adams To Radiohead, The 10 Best Oasis Cover Versions. From: nme.com (English), December 23, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2012
19. ↑ Rock Swings on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
20. ^ The Tourists, L'Augmentation and Cat Power. On: bbc.co.uk (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
21. ↑ Eliot Van Buskirk: Open tape: 17 Covers of Oasis' 'Wonderwall'. From: wired.com (English), August 29, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012
22. ↑ Don't Look Back in Anger at: songfacts.com (English). Retrieved May 21, 2012
23. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
24. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .