History Music / WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory

* NoTitle: Two tracks have just blanks where the titles should be. They are both excerpts from "Swamp Song".

More infamously, however, is the album's status as the arguable catalyst of the LoudnessWar. While CD mastering had been growing progressively louder since the format's introduction in 1982, the heavy amount of dynamic range compression implemented throughout the album resulted in a loud, distorted sound that was unprecedented for its time, and not in a good way. Following the release of this album, CD releases of albums saw a noticeable jump in both loudness and compression, rapidly escalating throughout the rest of the decade and the following one, to both consumer apathy and music enthusiasts' vitriol. As music journalist Nick Southall put it, "if there's a [[JumpingTheShark jump-the-shark moment]] as far as CD mastering goes then it's probably Oasis."

!! "Gonna start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the tropes I had went to my head...":

** "Roll With It" has [[Music/YellowSubmarine "'Cause it's all too much for me to take]]

** A second one even more hidden on the same song's intro has a small conversation between Liam and co-producer Owen Morris played in reverse.

After the success of their first album, ''Music/DefinitelyMaybeAlbum'', the bar was certainly raised high. After being recorded in just 15 days, it was released on October 2, 1995, to such success that it was reported that one copy was being sold every two minutes. It has sold over 4.5 million copes in the UK and is currently the fifth-best selling album of all time there.

! "Gonna start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the tropes I had went to my head...":

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The line "All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade" at the beginning of "Morning Glory" is just a really nice way of saying the narrator of the song has a cocaine addiction.

* SplashOfColor: The "Wonderwall" video is completely in black-and-white except for Paul's guitar, which changes color from green to blue to yellow. [[FauxSymbolism There's no indication it's supposed to mean anything important]].

* Noel Gallagher – lead and acoustic guitar, vocals (lead on "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Talk Tonight", "Step Out", "The Masterplan", "Bonehead's Bank Holiday", and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"), bass guitar, piano, mellotron, e-bow, production
* Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – rhythm and acoustic guitar, piano, mellotron, melodica, drunk vocals on "Bonehead's Bank Holiday"

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Liam's continuous yelling of "WELLLLLLLLLLLLL" off of "Morning Glory". Live, it was done by Noel.

* LoudnessWar: One of [[LoudnessWar/TheWorstOffenders the worst offenders]], in fact. Also, the one album that ''started it all''.

** "Don't Look Back In Anger", along with an "Imagine"-esque piano intro, the second verse draws from a Music/JohnLennon quote during the Bed-In ("trying to start a revolution from my bed, because they said the brains I had went to my head.")

!! "Gonna start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the tropes I had went to my head...":

* LongestSongsGoesLast: "Champagne Supernova" goes for 7:27.

** A second one even more hidden on the same song's intro has a small conversation between Liam and co-producer Owen Morris ''played in reverse''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Where were you while we were getting high?'']]

! '''''Gonna start a revolution from my bed, 'cause you said the tropes I had went to my head...'''''

* FreezeFrameBonus: "Acquiesce" has a nice one hidden at the beginning and end of the track: Noel on a guitar, on what is apparently "Morning Glory"'s demo. Note: "Morning Glory" is the one of the album tracks whose demo didn't end up on the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The line "All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade" from "Morning Glory" is just a really nice way of saying the narrator of the song has a cocaine addiction.

*** 1: "Wonderwall", "She's Electric"
*** 2: "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Hey Now!", "Cast No Shadow"
*** 3: "Roll with It"
*** 4: "Some Might Say", "Champagne Supernova"
*** 5: "Hello", "Untitled/The Swamp Song"
*** 6: "Morning Glory"

* ShoutOut: "Wonderwall", to Music/GeorgeHarrison's album ''Music/WonderwallMusic''.
** "Don't Look Back In Anger", along with an "Imagine"-esque piano intro, the second verse draws from a Music/JohnLennon quote during the Bed-In ("trying to start a revolution from me bed, because they said the brains I had went to my head.")

* BrokenRecord: The endings of both "Some Might Say" ("you know what some might say!") and "Morning Glory" (the whole chorus).

More infamously, however, is the album's status as the arguable catalyst of the LoudnessWar. While CD mastering had been growing progressively louder since the format's introduction in 1982, the heavy amount of dynamic range compression implemented throughout the album resulted in a loud, distorted sound that was unprecedented for its time, and not in a good way. Following the release of ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'', CD releases of albums saw a noticeable jump in both loudness and compression, rapidly escalating throughout the rest of the decade and the following one, to both consumer apathy and music enthusiasts' vitriol. As music journalist Nick Southall put it, "if there's a [[JumpingTheShark jump-the-shark moment]] as far as CD mastering goes then it's probably Oasis."

Followed up by their 1997 album ''{{Music/Be Here Now}}'', [[{{Sequelitis}} which is best to not be discussed here.]]

* BrokenRecord: Liam turns into this near the end of "Morning Glory".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Liam's continuous yelling of "WELLLLLLLLLLLLL" off of "Morning Glory".

* TheSomethingSong: The blank titles on tracks 6 and 11 are snippets taken from the B-side to "Wonderwall", "The Swamp Song". The complete song appears in the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' is the second studio album by Music/{{Oasis}}. It was a smash hit critically and commercially, spawning the hit singles "Some Might Say", "Roll With It", "Champagne Supernova", "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Morning Glory", and "Wonderwall".

* LoudnessWar: One of [[LoudnessWar/TheWorstOffenders the worst offenders]], in fact. Also the one album that ''started it all''.

* TheSomethingSong: The blank titles on tracks 6 and 11 are snippets taken from the B-side to "Wonderwall", "The Swamp Song".

* FreezeFrameBonus: "Acquiesce" has a nice one hidden at the beginning and end of the track: Noel on a guitar, on what is apparently "Morning Glory"'s demo. Note: "Morning Glory" is the one of the few tracks whose demo didn't end up on the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

* LoudnessWar: One of [[LoudnessWar/TheWorstOffenders the worst offenders]], in fact.

Alongside Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', Music/{{Suede}}'s SelfTitledAlbum and Supergrass's ''I Should Coco'', it has been hailed as a defining album of the {{Britpop}} era in British music, ranging from 1992 to about 1997.

''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' is the second studio album by Music/{{Oasis}}. It was a smash hit with critics and audiences alike, spawning the hit singles "Some Might Say", "Roll With It", "Champagne Supernova", "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Morning Glory", and "Wonderwall".

Alongside Music/{{Blur}}'s ''Music/{{Parklife}}'', {{Music/Suede}}'s SelfTitledAlbum and Supergrass's ''I Should Coco'', it has been hailed as a defining album of the {{Britpop}} era in British music, ranging from 1992 to about 1997.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The line "All your dreams are made, when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade" from "Morning Glory". It's just a really nice way of saying the narrator of the song has a cocaine addiction.

After the success of their first album, ''Definitely Maybe'', the bar was certainly raised high. After being recorded in just 15 days, it was released on October 2, 1995, to such success that it was reported that one copy was being sold every two minutes. It has sold over 4.5 million copes in the UK and is currently the fifth-best selling album of all time there.

Alongside {{Music/Blur}}'s ''{{Music/Parklife}}'', {{Music/Suede}}'s SelfTitledAlbum and Supergrass's ''I Should Coco'', it has been hailed as a defining album of the {{Britpop}} era in British music, ranging from 1992 to about 1997.

Alongside {{Music/Blur}}'s ''Parklife'', {{Music/Suede}}'s SelfTitledAlbum and Supergrass's ''I Should Coco'', it has been hailed as a defining album of the {{Britpop}} era in British music, ranging from 1992 to about 1997.