There was a song called "Stop The Clocks", which you've probably heard of, that Noel wrote within the past year or so for this album. Supposedly it was the best tune he had ever written. He played it to some friends who, in the mid nineties, had told him they thought Wonderwall was average, but they were amazed by this song. For some reason however, it's not on this album (I think he just said it didn't 'fit').

But I remember this happening on Heathen Chemistry as well: he supposedly wrote a great tune that for some reason wasn't on the album, I think it was called "Shout It Out Loud."

Then I remembered a really, really old interview before Morning Glory where he talked about another song he had written - the "Hey Jude of britpop" - two days after he wrote Supersonic, although this turned out to be All Around The World, which has obviously already been released; but this just demonstrates the fact that Noel does stockpile what he thinks of as being great tracks for future albums.

Also I remember him saying, prior to the release of Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants that the first three albums were Oasis Mark I, and that ...Giants would mark the start of the second trio of albums, Oasis Mark II, now culminating in Don't Beleive The Truth. Maybe the idea is that Oasis Mark III will start off with another bona fide classic?

Plus, his public songwriting output hasn't been as prolific as it was in the nineties, but he has a reputation for constantly writing songs: where are they?

Furthermore, we all know Noel isn't the type to just rush into things - he'll spend years crafting what he sees as a perfect album, like with Definately Maybe, before releasing it - maybe he has had another classic in the works for years, releasing any good songs that don't fit on it as other albums such as Heathen Chemistry and SOTSOG in the meantime!

Ah well, the new album looks set to be their best since the mid 90's, anyway. Until their next album. Which will be better than Definately Maybe multiplied by Morning Glory. Because that is what Paul McCartney says if you play Wonderwall backwards. And it says it in the morse code on Do you Know What I Mean?