The Masterplan
★定义90世代英国摇滚之唯一救世主,1998年B-side精选专辑 ★专辑登上全英金榜No.2,发售首周销售就超过12万张,获得三白金唱片,全球累积超过三百万张销售纪录 ★收录自‘Definitely Maybe’ (1994), ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ (1995) 以及‘Be Here Now’ (1997)三张专辑之B-Side单曲,包括乐团创作首脑Noel Gallagher自评最杰出作品的‘The Masterplan’,以及‘Acquiesce’, ‘Half The World Away’, ‘Talk Tonight’等精彩单曲 全英国最屌、也是最有本钱屌的乐团-Oasis,不但连续两年连得全英音乐奖及英国重量级音乐杂志“NME”年终读者票选“最佳团体”、“最佳专辑”、“最佳歌曲”等超级大奖;步入歌坛以来所推出的三张专辑还张张跃登全英专辑榜榜首。虽然团员们-尤其是主唱Liam-私底下倨傲不恭的态度颇受争议,但不可讳言的,Oasis的音乐的的确确为英国摇滚乐团在美国及其他世界各地重新打下一片江山,说他们是继The Beatles之后在国际上最成功的英国乐团,一点也不为过。Oasis上继The Beatles、The Who等前辈的坚实摇滚精神,又接著融入Sex Pistols的叛逆质疑元素,进而加入Y世代的大胆直陈作风,为当今英式摇滚打下基本发展模式。 与大部份叱吒今日乐坛的摇滚乐团一样,Oasis也是从酒吧驻唱乐团出身。乐团创作中枢Noel的丰沛创作能力是当今乐坛鲜少有人可以匹敌的,往往一些未及收录于专辑中的遗珠之憾,照样可以叫好又叫座;一些只收录在单曲唱片B-Side的作品,其实也都是相当精緻的佳作。本张专辑“The Masterplan”即为Oasis迷一解耳馋,一举收录所有Oasis 之前未被收录在专辑裡,却十分受到乐迷与乐评欢迎的歌曲,包括有:挟带“Wonderwall”气息的“The Masterplan”、重唱The Beatles名曲的“I Am The Walrus”、Brit-Rock模范作品“Acquiesce”...等等。整张专辑的选曲标准是透过 Internet上Oasis网站的歌迷票选,以及团员们自己的意见共同融合而成。在这些作品裡,Oasis迷可以体认到Oasis在无商业压力考量下所作出的更贴近真实创作精髓的感觉,感受到更真实的Oasis。 The Masterplan is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis, comprising B-sides which never made it onto an album. The album was originally intended for release only in areas such as the United States and Japan, where the tracks were only available on expensive European import singles. It was first released in late 1998. The Masterplan reached number 2 in the UK where it went platinum, and number 51 in the United States. However, it did reach the Top 20 in various charts around the world, going on to sell two million copies. Four songs from the album (Acquiesce, Talk Tonight, Half the World Away and The Masterplan) appear on the 2006 compilation album Stop the Clocks.