(What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 20 10:01

One of the best rock albums of the 90s. Listening to this again was like a walk down nostalgia lane. So much of the music I like is over a decade old now and so many of the bands that came into existence when I was young are over a decade old too. So much for the nostalgia, on to the review. Oasis backed up their excellent songwriting (mostly by Noel Gallagher) with great rock music.. In the 90s, it was a distinct break from the alt rock sound with it's buzzing guitars. Oasis constructed their songs in a format more reminiscent of the bands of the 60s and 70s. Their music tends to be guitar driven, which I love as well. They combined hard rock, slow rock and acoustic rock, sometimes all in the same song (case in point being 'Champagne Supernova'). This album was, in my opinion, the b...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Mar 24 17:56

Imagine the worst accent in the world, curse it upon two people, brothers actually, give one a bit of talent, and one a huge ego, and then teach them to play some instruments on a basic level, tell them a few "ground rules" such as "All songs should be sung on the exact same note to be good" and a few simple formulas that should last a couple of albums or so. Shoot em full of drugs and alcohol, and make them British and you will have one of the most successful (for no reason i can see) bands in the UK. Oasis are an absolute waste of time, they have about 4 good songs (mainly performed by the talented brother) in their entire discography and perhaps a few more mediocre ones (enough to fill an extremely tedious "best of" album perhaps?) the rest are just a wave of boring drug fueled nonsens...Read more

Rating : 1/10