The Masterplan
by Oasis
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The Masterplan is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Oasis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Oasis is (What's The Story) Morning Glory? which is ranked number 57 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,829.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Masterplan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Masterplan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 20 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/20 | 5 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 13 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/13 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Pastiche | Top 23 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/23 | 5 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Greatest Albums 101-200 | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 13 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/13 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 25 Music Albums of 1998 | 19/25 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 13/46 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 63 Music Albums of 1998 | 29/63 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Manchester, so much to answer for | 19/58 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 182 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,210 | |||
The Masterplan collection
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The Masterplan ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 12:08 |  Taka | 1,094 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2026 01:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,246 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 11:28 | zrommeke | 43 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.
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The Masterplan forum mentions
neilgee 09/26/2026 17:14 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetisView latest topic →
BestEverAlbums 12/04/2024 21:00 in Album of the day (#5099): The Masterplan by OasisView latest topic →
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The Masterplan comments
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jojoexile 04/30/2011 19:34 | #20903 | TOP COMMENT
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b-sides,smee-sides...who was their A&R man ?...Noel is the best writer of his generation...all apologies to Cobain,Vedder and Grohl...and there hasn't been a better song written by anyone since "the masterplan",maybe...
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/06/2018 12:20 | #204714 | TOP COMMENT
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THE best B-Sides and Other compilation ever , none compares . It was at this point I started to 100% believe the Oasis hype and was well and truly on that train . Unfortunately history would tell a different story but in this album the boys nailed it .
AlvaroIesus 10/12/2021 09:52 | #274895 | TOP COMMENT
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Could have been their 3rd A+ studio album. Solid tracks. (Edited)
Rockin Chari, Masterplan and Acquiesce are maybe the best songs by Oasis. Love it
letty 12/12/2017 21:16 | #203028 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a great album and it makes me think of happy times, but I think there were a few b-sides more deserving at the time: Round Are Way [sic], Cloudburst, Step Out, The Fame. Any of those could replace Swamp Song and Going Nowhere and in my opinion make a better album.
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