Time Flies... 1994âÂÂ2009 is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis. Released on 14 June 2010 by Big Brother Recordings, the album contains all 27 UK singles released by the band between 1994 and 2009, including "Whatever" and "Lord Don't Slow Me Down", which had previously never appeared on an Oasis studio album. "Sunday Morning Call" is not listed anywhere on the artwork but appears as a hidden track on track 14 of the second disc.
Five different versions of the album were released, the two-disc CD version, DVD, the deluxe box set, five-LP box set and the iTunes deluxe edition. A box set featuring postcards of the sleeves of every UK Oasis single was released concurrently with the album.
In Japan, Time Flies entered the charts at number 2, with first-week sales of 59,348 copies; while in the United Kingdom, it entered the charts at number 1, with first-week sales of 101,297. It was the 900th album ever to top the UK Albums Chart. It has been certified 8ÃÂ platinum in the UK with sales of over 2.4 million. This makes it the group's third best-selling album in the UK after (What's the Story) Morning Glory ? and Definitely Maybe.
Time Flies... 1994âÂÂ2009 received generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised score out of 100 to ratings from publications, the album received a mean score of 76 based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
The DVD includes all the music videos from "Supersonic" to "Falling Down", and in addition, previous unreleased live video versions of "Gas Panic!" and "Little by Little". Also included is commentary on the music videos by both Noel and Liam Gallagher.
Two iTunes Live Festival videos of "Half the World Away" and "Slide Away" are only available with the iTunes Deluxe Edition.
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