- Audio CD (Nov 3 1998)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B00000DHR1
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (145 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #47,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Product Details |
Track Listings
| 1. Acquiesce |
| 2. Underneath The Sky |
| 3. Talk Tonight |
| 4. Going Nowhere |
| 5. Fade Away |
| 6. The Swamp Song |
| 7. I Am The Walrus (Live) |
| 8. Listen Up |
| 9. Rockin' Chair |
| 10. Half The World Away |
| 11. (It's Good) To Be Free |
| 12. Stay Young |
| 13. Headshrinker |
| 14. The Masterplan |
Product Description
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Following a British rock tradition initiated by the Beatles and lovingly inherited by the Jam and the Clash, Oasis is the only band of the CD era to offer fans extra tracks on their singles that are often as good as, if not better than, the hits. Rather than saving his new songs for the next full album, Noel Gallagher prefers immediacy. Thus, this compilation of those various "B-Sides"--many available as nonimports for the first time--works just great as a listening experience, offering metallic rushes ("Acquiesce," "The Swamp Song") and absolute melodic beauty ("Talk Tonight," the marvelous "Rockin' Chair"), while conjuring up the ghosts of Mott the Hoople, T. Rex, the Fab Four, and Slade, although Oasis's "Cum On Feel the Noize" is sadly absent. --Bill Holdship
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NOT the Beatles
Jun 23 2004
Format:Audio CD
All of you out there who feel Oasis are the 2nd coming of beatles are wrong. Though influenced (and which major rock/pop band isnt) by the beatles, Oasis stands for evrything the beatles didnt. Rocking Chair, Listen Up, Going Nowhere, Fade Away, Stay Young, Half the world away, All great songs musically, but if you step inside the lyrics, you find views expressed formally in punk rock. Like wanting to be great in a town where average is expected. These kids from Manchester hated the town, had a poor childhood, and found that there only outlet to their depressing lives was music. As heard in Fade Away- "While we're living, the dreams we have as children fade away." Perfect. Buy the album while theres some left.
To be sung by the gods of Uranus for the next 5000 aeons
Jun 6 2004
Format:Audio CD
Oasis' true power has always been showcased in their B-Sides being just as good, and often better than their A-Side. The vocals alternate between Liam and Noel Gallagher, which helps keep this album fresh. Besides a few worthy titles being missed out on this disc, such as 'Its Better People' and 'D'yer Wanna Be A Spaceman', 'The Masterplan' is superb.
The first five tracks of this album are the album's best highlight, with the mega anthem 'Acquiese' starting off the pack. 'Underneath The Sky' is an overlooked piece, with a wonderful melody and piano bridge. 'Talk Tonight' is what acoustic concert-goers long for in it's beauty, while 'Going Nowhere' feeds your dreams of escaping your dead end town. 'Fade Away' has a massive kick of electric guitars and riffs, accompanied by a sneering Liam vocal.
Unfortunetly, the one low point in this disc is the following two tracks. 'The Swamp Song' is decent, but doesn't belong with such gems as the tracks before. And despite many Oasis fans claiming otherwise, 'I Am The Walrus' is by far the worst song Oasis have ever recorded, much less their worst cover. The aural quality is horrible, and it's one of the few times that Liam's vocals leave something to be desired. Luckily for you, you have the power to skip to 'Listen Up'
Ah, 'Listen Up'. Lovely opening riff, even better melody. The epic of the album, filling you with the pride that only Oasis can. 'Rockin Chair' and 'Half The World Away' are two more acoustic sparks that show Noel's power as a massive guitarist/songwriter. '(It's Good) To Be Free' is decent track perfect to sing along with. 'Stay Young' is loud and fun while 'Headshrinker' knocks your head off with its power.
"The Masterplan' is indeed a fitting end to a lovely disc, with a gorgeous outro that wraps up everything you've just heard.
This album is Oasis' grandest achivement, and while we wait for them to finish their sixth album, we have this and many other grand albums to relish in.
Yes, I said relish.
Remember When?
April 20 2004
Format:Audio CD
Oasis is the only recent British rock band to make an impact in America, if you don't account for groups like The Corrs. Also The Progidy. The horrible musical decade of the 1980s came and went, and we were left with a bunch of arrogant baggy bands from Manchester that nobody really wanted to like. Then Nirvana happened. As we were all doing figurative heroin in tribute to Kurt, finally Suede and Pulp came and took the UK by storm, while here, we where nodding off after Kurt's death. Then came Blur, Radiohead, The Verve, and finally Oasis, what we always wanted. These were songs to get excited to and be inspired. No self-indulgent naval gazing. All about getting high, driving in a jaguar, feeling the sunshine, having an E.... Whatever. Definitely maybe. Noel Gallagher was the best songwriter since (insert name here). Liam was a god and the best frontman since.... Ian Brown!!! Noel was into The Beatles, The Jam, and Bacharach (?). Take a commercial or a Marc Bolan rift and there you have a great song. Number one, mate! For two albums, Oasis were the best, the greatest, and deserving of all our attention (now being spent on Monica Lewinsky!). But then came Be Here Now. Even those who were life-long Oasis fans, had to admit that OK Computer was a fine album. But all along we knew that Noel's B-sides were better than Blur's entire pretensious output. Now all us Oasis fans can walk down the street with a fist in the air, and a copy of The Masterplan in the other. We know damnit! The cover has a picture of Noel as a boy telling a bunch of music professors how to write a song. With the exception of "Swamp Song" and a Beatles cover, this album is nigh perfect. It rocks and has the rightgeous tunes that makes me forget how painful it was to listen to Be Here Now with a straight face.
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Oasis needs to find their way out of the desert.
Looks like Oasis are still lost in the desert and are still trying to find their own identity. Comparing OASIS to one of the greatest groups of all-time is idiocy. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2007 by Vader
Impressive Collection of B-Sides
The album sleeve says that the band "believe a B-side is no excuse not to care," and they mean it. Read more
Published on April 6 2004 by Matt J. Craven
What a piece of work.
I will never understand why this songs were b-sides. Aren't b-sides supposed to be covers and experimental stuff? This songs are..art, in the purest meaning of the word. Read more
Published on Mar 27 2004 by H. A. B. Muņiz
The Rutles
Naaah, I'll have to pass on this one. Neil Innes writes much better Beatle songs then these guys. At least he realized what he was doing was a joke.
Published on Nov 22 2003
B-sides!
While some people write off b-side collections as a "contractual obligation" album i tend to see them in a diffrent light. Read more
Published on Sep 29 2003 by K. Tucker
Greatness
Noel is a genius. This is easlily the greatest Oasis cd. In an interview, Noel said that the song The Master Plan IS his greatest composition, adn he's correct. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2003 by Justin Fogarty
Essential B-Side Comp
At the peak of their power, even Oasis' B-Sides were better than most bands A-Sides. That renders "The Masterplan" essential. Read more
Published on Sep 2 2003 by Ben Dugan
I give 'em a Milky Way rating (infinity stars!!!)
First off, I've been a fan since I was 10 years old. And frankly, 10-year-olds know their music. I can listen to this album straight through, hum every chord, and sing every song... Read more
Published on Aug 13 2003 by Kat C
Some great stuff but some poor
These are some of the rejects from the oasis collection. If you put every oasis song that has been put on some kind of cd (album,ep's,lp,s etc) you will find this to be the best... Read more
Published on April 24 2003
A lot of goodies missing for USA fans! (why??)
Oasis released a truckload of EP/45's in the UK but because of Epic's lousy promotion of the band, USA fans never got a chance to hear these B-sides. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2002
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