(What's The Story) Morning Glory?
by Oasis

I think it’s time that we all admit that “Cast No Shadow” is a top 5 Oasis song. It’s sort of buried in a tracklist of well-known singles but it deserves more listens, love, and accolades.

Always preferred the 1st album and 4th album to be honest…

Shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Music Prize. The Winner was Different Class by Pulp

From LukasAntoine00s 10/22/2025 17:17 | #311425

89.5

Después de años de creer que el resto del disco no estaría a la altura y que Blur era mejor, lo admito: este es el mejor disco de Britpop de la historia y uno de los mejores por lo que marcó en la historia del rock alternativo. Digno heredero de the Stone Roses. Increíbles los temas que saben estar a la altura de Champagne Supernova, Wonderwall (injustamente bastardeada por lo overplayed) y Don’t Look Back in Anger. Some Might Say y She’s Electric son joyas que ya vengo escuchando desde hace muchos años, pero las demás saben dar la talla. Hey Now, Hello, incluso la que le da el nombre al disco, que al inicio no me gustaba, pero se ha sabido posicionar en mis gustos. Excelente disco.

From SomethingSpecial 07/01/2025 12:07 | #309822

While their debut, Definitely Maybe, was recorded twice before the band was happy with the result, by the time they made their second album, Oasis were confident in the studio and better musicians, and it showed. Hiring drummer Alan White also allowed them to open up their sound and explore new territories. The defining album of the Britpop movement of the 90s, Oasis created an album for the ages, with masterpieces like Wonderwall, Don't Look Back In Anger, Some Might Say (recorded with original drummer Tony McCarroll), Cast No Shadow and the perfect closer, Champagne Supernova.

Oasis isn’t deep or complicated — just pure, loud, feel-good rock that makes you want to live fast and free.
Their music contrasts the gloom of grunge with simple joy, swagger, and a raw hunger for life.
With every track, they don’t reinvent the wheel — they just make you feel alive.

Most of the songs here have nice, catchy melodies and quite good lyrics. Overall this album delivers what it should. Of course I love Don't Look Back In Anger, but Some Might Say and Morning Glory are true hidden gems here.

See enough online discussions about Oasis, and you'll find that certain criticisms get repeated every time, without fail:

"Their instrumental skills are utterly rudimentary, rarely venturing beyond pentatonic scales. Their lead singer is a neanderthalic thug with annoying vocal affectations like 'sheeeeeiiiine', and their fans are just as moronic. They steal everything and don't have a single new musical idea of their own. They world's most successful Beatles/Slade tribute band. They were one of the biggest instigators of the Loudness War. Their songwriting consists of Moon/June rhymes and the same few clichéd themes (the weather, leaving the city, songwriting itself). They revel in their anti-intellectualism. Early-'90s British indie music was getting along quite promisingly until they came along and overwhelmed it. They were the prime example of how the entirety of the Britpop movement was inherently creatively bankrupt due to how backwards-looking it was. They never changed and basically kept releasing the same album over and over again. 'Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball' is one of the worst lyrics ever written.

"Overall, Oasis' music is derivative, repetitive, unambitious, inane, generally backwards-looking and Pulp were better anyway."

Yes, I admit it's hard to argue against almost any of those complaints...

... but I love this album anyway. (Though not quite as much as Definitely Maybe.)

A solid record with a lot of decent songs and a few that go beyond that and have become an important part of British culture. The huge examples of this are Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger which concludes a strong run of 4 tracks that open the record. This high energy start is perfect for the group as it instantly captures the listeners attention and people have been hooked ever since. Some of their hooks aren't great but when they gets them right they are fantastic with tracks 3 and 4 being the perfect demonstrations of this. After this we get quite a stagnant and slow middle section of the album which unfortunately goes all the way up until the last song. There is a few glimpses of quality such as She's Electric and Morning Glory which is fun to listen to but nothing elite. Then we are treated to an absolute masterpiece of a conclusion which is amongst my favourite ever Oasis songs. It is just so infectious and the chorus is simply phenomenal. Overall, this record is over rated due to the bookends of the album being so great but it is still a very important release and is thoroughly enjoyable to experience.

Good pop rock, no doubt.