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Favorite Songs ByAuthor: Nicole Prutch & Kit Atkinson
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Oasis
Episode 10
Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
Today we're talking about our favorite songs by the Manchester lads who went on to become the biggest rock stars in the world - that's right listeners, today we're talking about the bad boys of Britpop - it's OASIS! Famous for songs 'Wonderwall', 'Live Forever', 'Don't Look Back In Anger' and 'Cigarettes and Alcohol', the band started in 1991, when Noel Gallagher joined his brother Liam, Paul Bonehead Arthurs, (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass guitar), and Tony McCarroll (drums). The band was called The Rain before Noel joined, but they swiftly changed the name to Oasis. With various lineup changes over the years, the Gallagher brothers remained the core members throughout. Signing to Alan McGee's Creation Records in '93, they put out what's been often labelled as one of the best debut albums ever - Definitely Maybe. Lined with hits like 'Live Forever', 'Supersonic' and 'Cigarettes and Alcohol', they become overnight rock'n'roll stars, with their chaotic antics filling front pages of the tabloids. Their second album took them to a whole other level. Replacing drummer Tony McCarroll with Alan White, they embarked on What's The Story (Morning Glory), which was released to much hype and expectation in 1995 at the peak of Britpop rivalry with Blur,. Although at first receiving negative reviews in the press, the album went on to become one of the highest selling albums of all time, and the biggest selling UK album of the '90s. Declaring themselves 'bigger than God', they then put out one of the most hyped albums in history, 'Be Here Now', which, despite it's lavish Rolls Royce in a mansion's pool album cover and initial critical acclaim, failed to live up to expectation. Disbanding in 2009, Oasis ended up releasing 7 studio albums, and remain one of the highest selling bands of all time, with eight UK number one singles, and eight UK number one albums, as well as three platinum albums in the US - not to mention a swag of awards including 6 Brits and 2 Grammys. Let's roll with it, don't look back in anger, and stock up on cigarettes and alochol, because its time to to discuss our favorite songs by Oasis.
