Noel Gallagher has told Nuts magazine that Oasis had 66 songs ready for their next album, but that they resisted the temptation to release a double CD in case they inadvertently gave too much to their record label Sony. Gallagher: "The album's finished.
We recorded it three times. It's been a major pain in the arse but it's come out really good. We've written 66 songs between the four of us and I think there's 11 or 12 on the album. We were going to do a double album, but we don't want to give Sony too much 'cos it's our last one, so fuck 'em."