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Erupting from Burnage loaded with attitude, self-belief and huge tunes, their monster hits like Wonderwall, Some Might Say, Live Forever and Don\u2019t Look Back In Anger were the soundtrack to millions of lives.<\/p>\n
This re-jigged 1998 collection celebrates the B-sides of their singles which, like The Jam\u2019s and The Sweet\u2019s, were a treasure trove of quality.<\/p>\n
Half The World Away from 1994 is easily as indelible as the A-side top three hit Whatever and lives on in our memories as the plaintive theme tune to earthy blue-collar BBC sitcom The Royle Family. Like The Animals\u2019 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place a decade earlier, the lyrics were about escape.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to leave this city, this old town don\u2019t smell too pretty,\u201d sings Noel who dreams of leaving our blighted island and booking himself into \u201ca soul asylum\u201d.<\/p>\n
Fade Away, the nearest the warring Britpop stars came to punk, was almost thrown away as one of three tracks on the B-side of their 12-bar rocker Cigarettes And Alcohol, along with a live version of The Beatles\u2019 song I Am The Walrus, also included here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Headshrinker is a tough reminder of their classic sound \u2013 brattish rock with strong hooks and Liam\u2019s trademark whine.<\/p>\n
All these tracks date from the band\u2019s golden era \u2013 1994 to 1998. They\u2019re not uniformly great. The Swamp Song, B-side of 1995 smash Wonderwall, is a messy blues jam unlikely to feature in any fan\u2019s top 20 Oasis numbers.<\/p>\n
And Going Nowhere does precisely that. But opener Acquiesce is better than its 1995 A-side, Some Might Say, a dense, driving celebration of a brotherly bond sadly ripped apart.<\/p>\n
Fix that and they\u2019d make a generation happy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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