One of the biggest bands of the nineties and beyond – Manchester’s very own icons Oasis have been revealed at having two of the most streamed albums from the nineties.
The band have teamed up with National Album Day to celebrate their career and era-defining first two albums, ‘Definitely Maybe’ and ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ which have been revealed as the two most streamed albums of the 1990s.
Taking the top slot was ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ closely followed by their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ which took the second spot.
In celebration of this stupendous achievement and to commemorate National Album Day tomorrow (October 14) the band have released a brand new lyric video for their song ‘Listen Up’.
This brilliant track was never released as a dedicated single, but was a very worthy and somewhat underrated B-side to ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ which was released on the 10 October 1994 as the final single from their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’
The track (complete with lyric video) has been taken from the forthcoming 25th Anniversary Edition of Oasis’ iconic B-sides album ‘The Masterplan’, will be available to view exclusively on the National Album Day website here from 10am for 24 hours.
Intrigued by what other albums made the cut?
Make sure you tune into Steve Wright’s radio show on BBC Radio 2 this weekend where the legendary presenter will take his listeners through an exciting countdown of the top 40 most streamed albums from the 1990s during his BBC Radio 2 show this coming Saturday 14th between 1pm and 3pm.
Oasis fans will certainly want to ‘Listen Up’ as both Noel and Liam Gallagher will be sharing their thoughts on what it means to them to hold the two top spots with Oasis’ first two albums.
Sharing his thoughts on this monumental achievement, Noel Gallagher commented that:
“I’m thrilled, but I wouldn’t say I was that surprised that ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ has been voted the most streamed album of the 90s – I still do have my faith in the taste of people in this country.
I mean if you’ve got Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back In Anger on an album, you’re gonna be all right aren’t ya… For certain people, it’ll be bringing back memories of their youth in the 90s and that brilliantly amazing decade we all lived through and then for the young people coming to it now, the songs deal with just the universal truths of life, and they will always be timeless…
You know, of love and loss and heartbreak and friendship and the weather. All the universal things that we that we live through on a day-to-day basis that we don’t really notice. So thanks to everybody!”
You can’t really top that, but it’s no real that their debut and their sophomore album has taken the two top slots. Without doubt, Oasis defined the nineties and beyond both musically and culturally and their influence continues to be felt today.
His brother, Liam during the radio show commented:
“All right, this is Liam G and I’m here to congratulate Definitely Maybe for being the second most streamed album of the 90s. Love that record, without it god knows where I’d be and god knows where we’d all be! I’ll be celebrating it in my own way next year by doing some gigs, so stay tuned and listen out for details in a bit.”
Originally released in 1994 as the B-side to ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’, ‘Listen Up’ has gone on to become one of the bands most popular B-sides.
You can buy your own copy of a limited-edition collectors item of ‘The Masterplan’ via Big Brother Recordings Ltd on November 3rd which celebrates the silver anniversary of ‘The Masterplan’ on CD, cream cassette, and limited-edition double vinyl formats (heavyweight silver, green and black marble and black).
The new formats feature remastered audio, taken from the ‘Chasing The Sun’ reissues are now available for the first time as one collection.
The album includes several landmark Oasis songs, tracks like ‘Acquiesce’, originally found on the ‘Some Might Say’ CD single, ‘Half The World Away’, from their ‘Whatever’ CD single, which later found fame as the theme tune to the much-loved comedy series ‘The Royle Family’ – not to mention the epic title track, which originally appeared as a fourth bonus track on the ‘Wonderwall’ CD single.
Noel has often described ‘The Masterplan’ as one of the best songs he has ever written. The original album charted at No.2 in the UK Official Album Chart UK selling almost 122,000 copies in its first week of release in 1998. ‘The Masterplan’ went on to be certified triple platinum and has sold over three million copies worldwide.
Pre-order formats and listen to the album HERE.
Watch the album trailer HERE.
Band photo credit: Jill Furmanovski
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