Time Flies... 1994–2009

Time Flies... 1994–2009 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.

Time Flies... 1994–2009
Greatest hits album by Oasis
Released	14 June 2010
Recorded	1993 (1993)–2008 (2008)
Genre	Rock Britpop
Length	133:45
Label	Big Brother
Producer	Oasis Owen Morris Dave Sardy Mark Coyle Dave Batchelor Mark Stent
Oasis chronology
Dig Out Your Soul (2008) Time Flies... 1994–2009 (2010) Knebworth 1996 (2021)

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;^[1] 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.^[2] It has been certified 6× platinum in the UK with the equivalent of 1.8 million sales. This is the most of any Oasis album since their third studio album Be Here Now also went 6× platinum.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
NME	8/10[5]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[6]
PopMatters	8/10[7]

Time Flies... 1994–2009 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".^[3]

Track listing

Disc one

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Supersonic"	Definitely Maybe (1994)	4:44
2.	"Roll with It"	(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)	3:59
3.	"Live Forever"	Definitely Maybe	4:36
4.	"Wonderwall"	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	4:20
5.	"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"	Heathen Chemistry (2002)	5:03
6.	"Cigarettes & Alcohol"	Definitely Maybe	4:51
7.	"Songbird"	Heathen Chemistry	2:09
8.	"Don't Look Back in Anger"	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	4:50
9.	"The Hindu Times"	Heathen Chemistry	3:53
10.	"Stand by Me"	Be Here Now (1997)	5:59
11.	"Lord Don't Slow Me Down"	Non-album single (2007)	3:20
12.	"Shakermaker"	Definitely Maybe	5:10
13.	"All Around the World"	Be Here Now	9:41
Total length:			62:35

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except "Songbird" by Liam Gallagher

Disc two

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Some Might Say"	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	5:28
2.	"The Importance of Being Idle"	Don't Believe the Truth (2005)	3:42
3.	"D'You Know What I Mean?"	Be Here Now	7:44
4.	"Lyla"	Don't Believe the Truth	5:12
5.	"Let There Be Love"	Don't Believe the Truth	5:26
6.	"Go Let It Out"	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)	4:38
7.	"Who Feels Love?"	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants	5:44
8.	"Little by Little"	Heathen Chemistry	4:53
9.	"The Shock of the Lightning"	Dig Out Your Soul (2008)	5:04
10.	"She Is Love"	Heathen Chemistry	3:13
11.	"Whatever"	Non-album single (1994)	6:20
12.	"I'm Outta Time"	Dig Out Your Soul	4:09
13.	"Falling Down"	Dig Out Your Soul	4:25
14.	"Sunday Morning Call" (hidden track beginning 2 minutes after "Falling Down")	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants	5:14
Total length:			71:13

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except "Whatever" by Noel Gallagher and Neil Innes, and "I'm Outta Time" by Liam Gallagher

Disc two: Japan release version

No.	Title	Original album	Length
14.	"Don't Go Away" (Including aforementioned hidden track)	Be Here Now	12:03

Disc two: United States release version

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Champagne Supernova"	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	7:32

• "Champagne Supernova" is listed first track on Disc 2 of United States And Canada version. The United States And Canada version does not contain "Sunday Morning Call" as a hidden track due to time limitations.

Disc 3: DVD

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.

Disc 4: iTunes Live: London Festival

No.	Title	Length
1.	"F*ckin' in the Bushes"	1:44
2.	"Rock 'n' Roll Star"	5:20
3.	"Lyla"	4:58
4.	"The Shock of the Lightning"	5:06
5.	"Cigarettes & Alcohol"	4:08
6.	"Roll with It"	3:45
7.	"Waiting for the Rapture"	3:25
8.	"The Masterplan"	4:53
9.	"Songbird"	2:12
10.	"Slide Away"	6:05
11.	"Morning Glory"	4:39
12.	"My Big Mouth"	4:24
13.	"Half the World Away"	4:01
14.	"I'm Outta Time"	4:21
15.	"Wonderwall"	4:10
16.	"Supersonic"	5:01
17.	"Live Forever"	5:25
18.	"Don't Look Back in Anger"	5:06
19.	"Champagne Supernova"	7:20
20.	"I Am the Walrus"	8:32
Total length:		94:35

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except "I Am the Walrus" by Lennon–McCartney and "Songbird" and "I’m Outta Time" by Liam Gallagher

Notes

• All tracks recorded live at the iTunes Festival in the London Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, Camden Town, London, England on 21 July 2009.
• Tracks 1, 7, 12 and 20 are only available with the iTunes Deluxe Edition.
• Tracks 5, 8, 10, 16 and 17 were previously released as part of the iTunes Live: London Festival '09 EP.

Charts

Weekly charts 2010 weekly chart performance for Time Flies... 1994–2009 Chart (2010) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 63 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 22 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 11 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 22 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 18 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 44 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 45 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 21 Greek Albums (IFPI)[16] 1 Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 3 Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 7 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 2 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[20] 48 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 13 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22] 15 Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 1 South Korean Albums Chart[24] 3 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[25] 20 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 44 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[28] 1 US Billboard 200[29] 131 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 40 2024 weekly chart performance for Time Flies... 1994–2009 Chart (2024) Peak position Irish Albums (OCC)[31] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Time Flies... 1994–2009 Chart (2010) Position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[32] 39 UK Albums (OCC)[33] 38 Chart (2011) Position UK Albums (OCC)[34] 181 Chart (2012) Position UK Albums (OCC)[35] 152 Chart (2013) Position UK Albums (OCC)[36] 183 Chart (2015) Position UK Albums (OCC)[37] 94 Chart (2016) Position UK Albums (OCC)[38] 67 Chart (2017) Position UK Albums (OCC)[39] 35 Chart (2018) Position UK Albums (OCC)[40] 35 Chart (2019) Position UK Albums (OCC)[41] 37 Chart (2020) Position Irish Albums (IRMA)[42] 43 UK Albums (OCC)[43] 24 Chart (2021) Position Irish Albums (IRMA)[44] 47 UK Albums (OCC)[45] 23 Chart (2022) Position UK Albums (OCC)[46] 15 Chart (2023) Position UK Albums (OCC)[47] 18 Decade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for Time Flies... 1994–2009 Chart (2010–2019) Position UK Albums (OCC)[48] 37

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Time Flies... 1994–2009

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[49]	Platinum	50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[50]	Gold	100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[51]	6× Platinum	1,800,000‡
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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• "'iTunes Live: London Festival '09 – EP – product page'". iTunes Store. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
• "TIME FLIES… 1994–2009 – product page". Play. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

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External links

• Time Flies... 1994–2009 at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)