Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Oasis - Acquiesce - Non-Album Tracks (1995)

I just posted an Oasis stray tracks album that mostly collects their best 1994 B-sides. This is basically the same deal, except it's 1995 B-sides.

As I mentioned in that last post, the stray tracks Oasis did in the 1994 and 1995 era are some of the best songs they ever did. But just as I like their 1995 album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory" more than I like their 1994 album "Definitely Maybe," I like their 1995 stray tracks slightly better than their 1994 ones.

As it so happens, every single song here was officially released as a B-side in 1995. And that's remarkable, because so many songs deserved a better fate. That's especially true for the first song, "Acquiesce," which many consider one of the band's best songs. The band's main songwriter Noel Gallagher later admitted they messed up releasing so many excellent songs as B-sides in this time period. He said he assumed that the songs of that caliber would continue to come fast and furious for him. But unfortunately, they didn't.

The songs here make for a 44 minute-long album. If you like the band at all, you should have these songs.

01 Acquiesce (Oasis)
02 Talk Tonight (Oasis)
03 Headshrinker (Oasis)
04 It's Better People (Oasis)
05 Rockin' Chair (Oasis)
06 Step Out (Oasis)
07 Underneath the Sky (Oasis)
08 Round Are Way (Oasis)
09 The Swamp Song [Instrumental] (Oasis)
10 The Masterplan (Oasis)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15259188/Osis_1995_Acqsce_atse.zip.html

For the album cover art, I found what looks like the cover to a single for the song "Acquiesce." However, that song never was released as an A-side. I think it was a promo single released around the time of "The Masterplan" compilation album, because the art is very similar to that. In any case, it works perfectly for me, and I didn't have to change a thing.

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