Morning Glory is better than Be Here Now. That is a fact. That is also why more people bought it (18 million vs 7 million).

Even if someone only bought it for Wonderwall, that song alone stands up against the entire Be Here Now album.

Be Here Now was NOT experimental.

Morning Glory has better songs, lyrics and production.

Be Here Now has only 2 good songs:- "Don't Go Away" and "Stand By Me".

Let's look at them by comparing relevant tracks the winner in bold:-

DYKWIM vs Wonderwall
Use almost the same chords, DYKWIM is way to long. Wonderwall is much easier on the ears.

Stand By Me vs Don't Look Back In Anger
Both great songs. Overuse of guitar in SBM. DLBIA is reminicient of the Beatles and Noel sings sweetly as an angel.

Champagne Supernova vs All Around the World
Big epic end of album tracks. AATW may be lyrically superior, but it is a song that gets boring quickly
(what I like to call a pop song). If you ever see the music video you will hate the song even more (fucking yellow submarine). Champagne Supernova is a beautifully crafted and produced song that goes through a mellow tropical beach at sunset (what some might consider to be an "oasis") feel, to a massive in your face rock assault.

Be Here Now vs Morning Glory
Both the title tracks of the respective albums. Morning Glory is a fast paced rocker that makes you feel like strutting down the street like Liam. MG is also quite an underated song. BHN is just odd and has really crap lyrics (eg: Your shit jokes remind me of Digsy's).

Don't Go Away vs Cast No Shadow
The more down beat songs of the respective albums. DGA reminds me of Slide Away. It is like a ray of hope in an otherwise mediocre album. DGA is an emotional and heart felt song. CNS is a bit bland, and good production helps it out. Good lyrics though and an overall good song.


The rest:-
My Big Mouth, Magic Pie, I Hope I Think I Know, The Girl In the Dirty Shirt, Fade In-Out, It's Getting Better (Man!!)

vs

Hello, Roll With It, Hey Now, Some Might Say, She's Electric

Although some of the BHN tunes are quite catchy, they fail to rise above their mediocrity. Also the song titles are way to long, and so are the songs themselves. Fade In-Out stands out among them because it is different from any other songs they've done and is what you'd more likely expect from a southern American band, with all the slide guitar.

The remaining Morning Glory tracks are all quite nice to listen to. They include the excellent first single Some Might Say, and the blander second single Roll With It. Also included is the catchy and quirky little tune She's Electric. Hey Now isn't up to much but Hello is a great opener.

Let's face it, if Oasis was an unknown band who went to a record company with the songs from Be Here Now, but without the guaranteed success due to the strength of Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory, then Be Here Now would never have been released.

If you didn't quite understand that then what I am saying is, people only bought the album because they knew the first two albums were good.

So there you go, PROOF (for anybody who has listened to both the albums and has an I.Q. of over 70) that Morning Glory is better than Be Here Now. Even the title is better.

Q: (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

A: A big erection you get in the morning when you wake up, that won't go away.