(What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis (Brit Pop) (CD, Oct-1995, Epic USA)

Oasis's 1995 Album 'Whats the Story Morning Glory' set the music world on fire and had people everywhere - including the band themselves - wondering if this was the reincarnation of The Beatles. Brothers and frontmen Liam and Noel Gallagher did that one better - proclaiming that they were bigger and better than The Beatles. I won't touch that statement... but I will say that Whats the Story Morning Glory was a marvelous album. Unfortunately the band's ultimate potential and success was compromised by the brothers' destructive behaviors and relationship. While Oasis has left much of its potential unfulfilled and unsatisfied - they achieved near perfection with this album. In my persepctive, the best part of the album is its range - the tracks vary in tone, agressiveness, flamboyance and softness - equally important, the transitions between those differences are natural and easy. To the listener, its a comfortable move from the harmonica and blues on track #6 (the Swamp Song) to the guitar riff-heavy "Some Might Say" and so on. The end result is a true rock-and-roll album that is as much pop as it is blues and as much fun as it is powerful.

The most popular song Wonderwall (track #3) was nominated for the 1997 Grammy's Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance - and rightly so. The track is perfectly balanced - great lyrics, great vocals, better guitar. A song that is as enjoyable the first listen as the 10th.