Stop the Clocks EP — Oasis

It's the sound of the 90s without the radio-edit filter, just pure grit and swagger.

A high-octane blend of working-class frustration and stadium-sized arrogance.

Released in 2006 to promote the career-spanning 'Stop the Clocks' retrospective, this EP serves as a curated look at the band's formative power. Unlike the main compilation, which focused on the definitive studio versions, this release highlights the 'work-in-progress' and 'in-the-moment' aspects of the band. The inclusion of the 'Cigarettes & Alcohol' demo provides a rare glimpse into the early Noel Gallagher production style before the massive compression of the later albums took hold. The live recording of 'Some Might Say' from 1995 is particularly significant, capturing the band at the height of 'Oasismania' just as they were transitioning from indie darlings to global superstars. It functions as a bridge between their raw beginnings and their stadium-filling future, emphasizing their roots in working-class social commentary and psychedelic rock influences.

Put this on for

pint in hand while the jukebox plays the hits rain hitting the bus window on a grey Tuesday cranking the volume to drown out a dead-end job shouting lyrics with friends in a kitchen at 2am that specific feeling of 90s youth returning for a moment pacing the room with restless energy and nowhere to go

Moments worth waiting for

The raw, unpolished guitar crunch at the start of the Cigarettes & Alcohol demo.

The roar of the 1995 crowd as the first chords of Some Might Say ring out.

Liam's voice cracking slightly during the high notes of the live performance.

Sounds like

2006s production with a 1990s soul

Sits beside

The Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur, Elastic Plastic - Elastica, Definitely Maybe - Oasis, Attack of the Grey Lantern - Mansun

Lyrical territory

social_commentary, nostalgia, addiction