Definitely Maybe, which brought Oasis fame and fortune, is a celebration of “Cigarettes & Alcohol” swaggering with hooks nicked from the Beatles, Bowie, T. Rex, the Sex Pistols, and practically everyone ever. Brilliantly crafted, appropriately grandiose, emotionally rousing, Definitely Maybe ... 

 (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, by all the laws of U.K. rock stardom, should have been the flop followup. Instead, it’s a triumph, full of bluster and bravado but also moments of surprising tenderness, such as the offhand love ballad “Wonderwall,” the majestic “Some Might Say,” and... 

 And then what happened? “I know where we lost it,” Noel once observed with customary tact. “Down the drug dealer’s fuckin’ front room is where we lost it.” Be Here Now was Oasis’s version of Elton John’s Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, a concept album about how long a... 

 At this point, Oasis was recording more top-drawer tunes than it could cram onto its albums; the fantastic B-sides and outtakes collected on The Masterplan include “Listen Up,” “Talk Tonight,” and “Fade Away.” Fans should chase down the definitive acoustic “Fade Away” on the 1995 ... 

 Familiar to Millions is a live album about as exciting as its title; Heathen Chemistry is a studio album nowhere near as exciting as its title, though “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” is a great one and Liam’s tambourine playing has definitely improved.  

 Noel quit drugs, shuffled the band lineup, and promised the sequel would be better. It wasn’t. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants was the nostalgic mush Oasis-bashers had always accused the band of peddling, complete with sitar, mellotron, and lyrics like “Life is precocious/In a most peculia... 

 Familiar to Millions is a live album about as exciting as its title; Heathen Chemistry is a studio album nowhere near as exciting as its title, though “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” is a great one and Liam’s tambourine playing has definitely improved.