ALBUM INFORMATION
DEFINITELY MAYBE/[DM]:
In 1994 oasis released their first album "Definitely Maybe." It became the fastest selling debut album in U.K. music history, selling 150,000 copies in just 3 days.
SONGS INCLUDED: ROCK N ROLL STAR, SHAKERMAKER, LIVE FOREVER, UP IN THE SKY, COLUMBIA, SUPERSONIC, BRING IT ON DOWN, CIGARRETTES & ALCOHOL, DIGSY'S DINER, SLIDE AWAY, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN.
[WHAT'S THE STORY] MORNING GLORY /[WTSMG]:
WTSMG was released in the late summer of 1995. It is the fastest selling album of the 90s in the U.K. The difference between DM & WTSMG, is that WTSMG hit it really big in the U.S., where it sold over five million copies. I've heard (several times) that WTSMG has sold an amazing 4 million copies in the UK, second only to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper which has sold 4.5 million copies in the UK.
SONGS INCLUDED: HELLO, ROLL WITH IT, WONDERWALL, DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER, HEY NOW, SOME MIGHT SAY, CAST NO SHADOW, SHE'S ELECTRIC, MORNING GLORY, CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA.
BE HERE NOW [BHN]:
BHN WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST OF 1997 & INCLUDES: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MY BIG MOUTH, MAGIC PIE, STAND BY ME, I HOPE-I THINK-I KNOW, GIRL IN A DIRTY SHIRT, FADE IN/OUT, DON'T GO AWAY, BE HERE NOW, ALL AROUND THE WORLD, IT'S GETTING BETTER MAN, & ALL AROUND THE WORLD REPRISE.
IN THE UK BHN SOLD ALMOST 1 MILLION COPIES WITHIN THREE DAYS OF ITS RELEASE, MAKING IT THE FASTEST SELLING ALBUM IN U.K. MUSIC HISTORY. DESPITE SELLING OVER 10 MILLION COPIES WORLD-WIDE, BHN WAS STILL CONCERNED A COMMERCIAL FAILURE AFTER FAILING TO MATCH SALES OF WTSMG.
OASIS' 4TH STUDIO ALBUM, STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS, WILL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28 AND 29 2000. IT INCLUDES 10 SONGS, I'M NOT SURE OF THE ORDER OF THE TRACKLISTING, BUT THE SONGS ARE: FUCKING IN THE BUSHES, WHO FEELS LOVE, GAS PANIC, WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG, GO LET IT OUT, SUNDAY MORNING CALL, LITTLE JAMES, I CAN SEE A LIAR, ROLL IT OVER, AND PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
ASIDE FROM THE STUDIO ALBUMS, OASIS ALSO RELEASED A B-SIDES ALBUM IN NOVEMBER OF 1998. IT INCLUDES SOME OF OASIS' BEST B-SIDES, AS VOTED FOR BY FANS. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT OASIS' B-SIDES ARE BETTER THAN MOST BANDS' A-SIDES AND SINGLES, THIS DEFINITELY MAKES FOR A GREAT ALBUM!!