01: Acquiesce
02: Underneath The Sky
03: Talk Tonight
04: Going Nowhere
05: Fade Away
06: The Swamp Song
07: I Am The Walrus (Live)
08: Listen Up
09: Rockin' Chair
10: Half The World Away
11: (It's Good) To Be Free
12: Stay Young
13: Headshrinker
14: The Masterplan
Release Date: November 2nd 1998
Highest Chart Position: Number 2 in the UK
The Masterplan is a compilation album from Oasis, comprising B-sides frpm singles 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 on November 2nd 1998. The Masterplan reached number two on the Official UK Album Charts in the UK.
Four songs from the album appear on compilation album Stop the Clocks.
Trivia
The versions of Listen Up and I Am The Walrus are edits of their original releases on the Cigarettes & Alcohol single. Listen Up has eight bars removed during the guitar solo (4:3–4:39). I Am The Walrus, with a fade-out, finishes at 6:25, whereas the original runs fully to a natural conclusion at 8:14.
I Am The Walrus was given its correct recording location and date on the sleevenotes. On its original release on the Cigarettes & Alcohol single, the location listed was the Glasgow Cathouse, in June 1994. However, in promotional interviews for The Masterplan, Noel revealed that it was actually recorded at the soundcheck for a gig at a Sony Music seminar at Gleneagles, Scotland, in February 1994. He said the credit was changed because he thought "recorded at a Sony seminar" would "look shit".
Chris Griffiths of The Real People was given a co-writing credit for Rockin' Chair. On its original release on the Roll With It single in 1995, Noel Gallagher was credited as the sole songwriter.
Acquiesce was released as a radio single in the United States, and a promotional video was created for this purpose. It consisted of a live performance of the song from Manchester's G-MEX, recorded on December 14th 1997, with various behind-the-scenes footage of the band on tour. For the video, both Liam's and Noel's vocal tracks were overdubbed over the originals recorded live in Manchester.
All of the B-sides from the Cigarettes & Alcohol and the UK version of Some Might Say singles appear on this album.
Tracks 1, 3 and 13 taken from the Some Might Say single.
Track 2 taken from the Don't Look Back In Anger single.
Track 4 taken from the Stand By Me single.
Tracks 5, 7 and 8 taken from the Cigarettes & Alcohol single, but track 7 is 1:50 shorter here and track 8 is 18 seconds shorter.
Tracks 6 and 14 taken from the Wonderwall single.
Track 9 taken from the Roll With It single.
Track 10 and 11 taken from the Whatever single.
Track 12 taken from the D'You Know What I Mean? single.
Photography By – James Burns
Design, Art Direction – Brian Cannon
Design [Assistant], Art Direction [Assistant] – Matthew Sankey
Sleeve Notes – Paul Du Noyer
