The Most Defeatist Album In The World...Ever?

Has there ever been a more blatant admission that your best days are behind you than "Stop The Clocks," the new Oasis Best Of?

Of course, everyone knows that the band haven't been of any relevance since shell-suits were seen as the height of fashion but you wouldn't really expect them to admit it too. Yet one look at the tracklisting of the forthcoming compilation and you'll see that a staggering 14 out of the 18 songs are singles, album tracks and B-sides from the Definitely Maybe/ What's The Story...Morning Glory era.

So despite having four more albums of material to choose from, they chose more than two thirds from their first two albums. So there's no room for #1s D'You Know What I Mean, All Around The World or The Hindu Times, no room for Roll With It, a song responsible for the biggest chart battle of the 90s, and no room for arguably their best single, Whatever.

So what is the point exactly? They've completely alienated the casual buyer who wouldn't think of buying a studio album, but would consider buying an album with all the hits. And if you did want these songs, you'd probably be better just buying the first two albums, which are always pretty cheap anyway.

The album title says it all. They obviously wish they could have stopped them back in 1996.