Oasis Album Covers

3 album covers in our archive

Behind the Covers currently documents 3 Oasis album covers from 1994 to 1997. Read together, the entries show how the artwork changed from release to release, with each story identifying the designers, photographers, source material, and design decisions behind the sleeve.

Cover evolution

Oasis · 1994–1997

  1. 1994
    Definitely Maybe by Oasis — 1994
    Definitely Maybe
  2. 1995
    (What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis — 1995
    (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
  3. 1997
    Be Here Now by Oasis — 1997
    Be Here Now
Be Here Now by Oasis — album cover art

Be Here Now (1997)

Oasis turned the cover of Be Here Now into a deliberately extravagant rock-and-roll tableau: the band scattered around the grounds of Stocks House in Hertfordshire, a white Rolls-Royce sunk into the swimming pool, and an assortment of oversized props arranged by designer Brian Cannon and photographed by Michael Spencer Jones. The famous car began with Bonehead invoking the Keith Moon pool story; many of the other objects were chosen for visual effect rather than a hidden symbolic code.

Label
Creation Records
Designer
Brian Cannon
Photographer
Michael Spencer Jones
Genre
Alternative, Rock
Decade
1990s
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(What's the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis — album cover art

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Two men pass each other on an empty Soho street, and the world assumed they were the Gallagher brothers. They weren't. The story of Oasis's 1995 blockbuster cover involves a DJ, the sleeve's own designer, a producer hiding his face behind a master tape, and a lucky first frame nobody knew was perfect until the next day.

Label
Creation Records
Designer
Brian Cannon
Photographer
Michael Spencer Jones
Genre
Rock, Alternative
Decade
1990s
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Definitely Maybe by Oasis — album cover art

Definitely Maybe (1994)

The living room belonged to guitarist Bonehead's house in Didsbury, and everything you see—from the TV to the champagne bottle—was meticulously arranged by designer Brian Cannon to create rock and roll's most perfectly cluttered domestic scene.

Label
Creation Records
Designer
Brian Cannon
Photographer
Michael Spencer Jones
Genre
Alternative, Rock
Decade
1990s
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