Oasis
[Reissue] Time Flies . . . 1994-2009
Big Brother/Columbia
[Three and a half stars]
Jul 10, 2010
The brawling kings of Brit pop peaked early as an album band, on 1995’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? But this two-CD set of UK singles (with an LP-only ringer on the U.S. edition, ”˜Champagne Supernova’) affirms the Gallagher brothers’ T Rex-riff and metallic-Beatles guile on 45 all the way. ”˜The Hindu Times’ and ”˜Lyla,’ from the last half of the ride, have the same crunch and gumption as early knockouts such as ”˜Supersonic’ and ”˜Live Forever’ ”“ if not quite as much conqueror’s glow.
