1. Definitely Maybe
2. High Flying Birds
3. Dig Out Your Soul
4. Be Here Now
5. BE
6. Heathen Chemistry
7. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
8. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
9. Don’t Believe the Truth
10. Different Gear, Still Speeding

Interesting question.. for now I'd go

1. Definitely Maybe - hard to beat the brilliance, urgency, and downright confidence they had on this album. I didn't even hear it until about 2006 and it was still breathtaking, and it still is now. Rock n Roll Star, Live Forever, Columbia, Supersonic, Bring It On Down, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Slide Away...they are simply brilliantly flawless songs and no other band, including Oasis, would repeat the raw brilliance of those tracks. The sound of a band that is trying to smash the door down. 9.8/10

2. Be Here Now - loud, long, and mental. I love this album. The only part of the album I dislike is the chorus of Magic Pie which is pretty poor, but the first minute and a half of that song is one of the best pieces of music Noel has written and performed. The rest of the album is just the sound of a band who HAS smashed the door down and know how good they are, and are just pissing about. And it's brilliant. I like or love every song on this album. 9.3/10

3. What's The Story Morning Glory - I love this album, and unquestionably one of the best albums of the last 30 years. It is an album that can take your breath away but I have heard it sooooooooooooooo many times I don't play it as often as the top 2 which are more recent to me. So it's just a personal opinion, but when a song from that album does pop up, chills are always there. 9.2/10

4. Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants - criminally slated and awesome production. Fuckin' In The Bushes is one of the best post-00s songs, as are Go Let It Out, Gas Panic, Where Did It All Go Wrong and Roll It Over. There are some shit songs but I love Oasis when they are being dark and moody. 7.8/10

5. Dig Out Your Soul - first 5 tracks are stunning. The rest of the album is listenable, without being memorable. Falling Down and Soldier On are worth a mention as well, definitely a good album overall. 7.5/10

6 = Don't Believe The Truth - with The Importance of Being Idle my favourite tune, this will always be up there for me. The production suits the songs, but Liam's vocals are probably his worst on any album he's sang on. I can't stand the vocals on Keep The Dream Alive or A Bell Will Ring. But still, some other good tunes on here - Turn Up The Sun, Mucky Fingers, Guess God Thinks I'm Abel. Decent album, not the storming comeback people sometimes call it. A collection of 'tunes' sums it up well. Noel's verse on Let There Be Love is simply brilliant as well. 7.0/10

6 = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - this rises above BE because it has 1 or 2 more memorable 'single-worthy' songs such as Everybody's On The Run, If I Had A Gun, The Death of You and Me, but it is a plodder and sorely misses Liam's vocals. The production is shite as well. 7.0/10

6 = BE - it's early, but if this had a knock-out single it would be comfortably ahead of HFB. Unfortunately, despite sounding fresher and more interesting than HFB, without a song or two that blow you away, it's hard to put it above Noel's album. Every song is a 7/10 sort of territory with a few lower. 6.8/10






9. Heathen Chemistry - these two albums get their own zone because all the albums above I consider at least good. This album is average, and that's only because it has 3 or 4 good songs with the rest being highly forgettable. Absolutely dreadful production as well, when The Hindu Times should blow you away in the chorus it just does nothing. Such a flat and boring record without HFB's strong few songs. 5.5/10

10. Different Gear, Still Speeding - same as above, but only about 2 or 3 good songs, 1 or 2 okay songs, the rest is forgettable and the production is equally as poor. 5.0/10

MG
DM
BHN
HFB
DOYS
DBTT
SOTSOG
HC
BE
DGSS

Although I disagree with many of your scores I dig your unbridled enthusiasm on this matter.

Hmmm this is hard. Other than 1st place, and to a lesser extent 2nd, the others all interchange. I'd probably answer differently in 6 months....especially as BE could conceivably rise or fall.

But here goes

1. Definitely Maybe - possibly the greatest album ever. Perfection.

2. Morning Glory - suffers from being so played out in the mainstream that you don't need to listen to it yourself to hear the bulk of the songs regularly. Liam should have sang DLBIA and Roll With It is the kind of song Beady Eye would be castigated for if they came up with it now but it's hard to find too many actual faults with this album. Morning Glory itself is probably my favourite Oasis song.

3.Dont Believe The Truth - Noel's second peak began here and it clashes with the others peaking as writers within Oasis. From start to finish this is a belter. My only concern is that the same as on the later releases, Liam was left off too many tracks but its at its most noticeable here as he only sings half of Let There Be Love. Would probably drop Mucky Fingers or Part of the Queue for something sang by Liam, or just get him to sing Mucky Fingers. Came out at a real happy time for me as well which always helps.

4. Heathen Chemistry - probably the most shocking aspect of joining this forum was discovering how many of you disliked this album I had been in love with for a decade. I don't dislike any of the songs and the high points are spectacular. A really feel good album for me and also the tour was amazing. They had been my favourite band for years but this probably took me onto another level.

5. BE - was tempted to put it higher, then lower, then leave it out for now. But I've not listened to anything else for the past week and its still getting better. I love second bite but that may be the weakest track. Liam sounds incredible, some of the guitar playing is just on that perfect level, the extra sounds and what not add to the songs without them becoming all about the production. A really, really good album.

6. High Flying Birds - currently suffering from the same problem every oasis related album does in the second year of its life for me, and that's that I've played it so damn much I need to ease off a bit. It's a really good album though. I don't like soldier boys but everything else is stellar. Having my first dance to If I Had a Gun at my wedding in 3 months...love the feel of the album.

7. Dig Out Your Soul - been on heavy rotation for me of late. Another one I feel you lot under appreciate although I do, in this case, share the opinion that the track selection was poor. If Andy Bell really did offer some of his DGSS tunes and Noel preferred nature of reality then he must have been on drugs again. High Horse lady is just pointless. But the other 9 tracks are stellar...throw in a Liam-sung Record Machine and/or Boy with the Blues, and one of Andy's superior efforts and you have an album that for me challenges for 3rd place. The Noel writing Liam singing songs are all too rare and yet show that it is still the optimum way for music to be made. Would be a shame if we never had it happen again tbh. Oh and I love To Be Where There's Life, though I am coming round to the popular opinion that the remix is better.

8. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - an album that definitely aged well. Three songs which are career highlights (the opening two and Gas Panic!), but also some of Noel's laziest efforts. Leaving Lets All Make Believe off makes you think that maybe he shouldn't have given up drugs after all. Could have been a great album with that, Carry Us All & Full On - though Liam would have had to sing them both. If they'd done this we might never have got the songwriting democracy in Oasis - who knows really - and I don't necessarily think that would be a good or a bad thing but this album changed the game. Still love it, though.

9. Be Here Now - the worst oasis album but that's only like being the poorest billionaire in my eyes. I still love it. Just too many guitar tracks kill the great tunes underneath at times. And Magic Pie, oh fuck off will you. Should have put Angel Child on there as the token Noel vocal. D'You know what I mean, I hope I think I know, fade in-out and the first six minutes of all around the world all sit comfortably near the top of my favourite oasis song lists. Any of the songs in isolation (Magic Pie aside) are great in fact, but listening to it collectively just blurs things into one a bit. Sum is less than the parts.

10. Different Gear, Still Speeding - has recently re-emerged from the same thing Noel's album is suffering from. I love it but listening to BE makes me realise how much more they were capable of. The high points are worthy of the Oasis brand - Four Letter Word, Wigwam, The Morning Son. I personally love For Anyone and Wind Up Dream. There's nothing here I actively dislike but some of it is a bit throwaway which again makes it less of an album and more a collection of songs. Will still be something I'll go back to regularly though, and it's great live.

Hand on heart there's probably only about ten songs released by Oasis or their successors that I genuinely don't like so the result is ten albums I enjoy deeply. Hey, they are my favourite band for a reason.

Masterplan would probably slot in in third but not for certain.

1. Definitely Maybe - between this and The Stone Roses début for best album ever
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Not too far behind DM, One of the Greats.
3. The Masterplan - Proof that whatever Noel wrote turned to Gold in the mid 90's period
4. Don't Believe the Truth- Unfair on the other albums to call it a return to form but definitely the closest Oasis ever got to return to the heights of their mid 90's heyday
5. Be Here Now - Really is a great record just not quite as good as what came before it. Probably just a little too much of the white stuff involved in the making of this record.
6. BE - Stands up very well against Later period Oasis. Proves that Liam, Andy and Gem certainly have the ability to make a very good especially with the help of a World Class Producer
7. Dig Out Your Soul - The First half of the album is truly great and personally I find the second half a lot better than people say it is.
8. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - Really Love the feel of this album, gets across the fact that Noel and the band were in such a dark yet interesting place at the time.
9. High Flying Birds - Some Great songs on this album but production is truly dreadful and it's such a safe album. Much prefer a lot of the demo tracks than the finished versions of these songs.
10. Different Gear, Still Speeding - Again shit production, decent songs. Loved this album when it first came out but rarely listen to it now.
11. Heathen Chemistry - Nothing bad about this album but many of the songs a just too weak compared to other Oasis releases. High point is that this is when Liam first proves he can be a rather good songwriter with two of his songs.

I used excel.
1st is 10 points, 2nd is 9points... and lowest ranking is 1 point.
opinions from 42 people
not include MP

DM - 9.4
MG - 8.7
BHN - 7.3
DBTT - 5.5
SOTSOG - 5.0
DOYS - 4.54
BE - 4.53
NGHFB - 4.51
HC - 3.3
DGSS - 1.8

This is interesting!
I had felt that L4E member evaluate HFB more than BDI and late Oasis ever.

I put BE as second because after WTSMG is the album which I skip the least..

Flick of the Finger,
Second Bite of the apple,
Ballroom figured
Iz rite
Soon come tomorrow
shine a light
dont brother me

No other album contains so many songs which I can listen to without skipping which pisses me off when I see it isn't selling as well as it should just cos some people don't like the Band (personally, not musically)

The introduction in "better" musicianship also gave way to worse songwriting which, in my opinion, was the beginning of the end of Oasis.

When DGSS came out there were plenty of people putting it right behind WTSMG in terms of rankings. If I remember right most people around this time with DGSS put it ahead of DOYS, SOTSOG, HC, and DBTT.

I agree with Let It Bleed. I think as time goes on BE will fall on a few rankings. Not to the bottom like DGSS did, but I think it may fall behind an album like HC or DBTT.

THE MASTERPLAN is NOT an album.

I can't see how, every song on it has the exact sound of when it was recorded, there's no cohesion on it and Liam's voice sounds very different from one song to another. Like fade away sounds like DM and The masterplan or underneath the sky sounds like WTSMG and so on. I've made a list on my itunes with every bsides, bonus outside the masterplan, it doesn't make it an album either.

 It's a compilation end of it. STC and Times flies are too, The masterplan is NOT an album by an means.