Definitely Maybe

I’ve never listened to Oasis before. I was kind of surprised that I enjoyed the album.

Mostly liked how the sound is reminiscent of wonder wall. It was fine though

6/10. To be fair I may have to relisten as I was dealing with Aycen a lot of the album but overall it felt pretty bland when I was listening. Seemed to be decent tempo and flow together well but I’m not super motivated to give it a better listen.

Still tired of brit pop Listenable at least

Uncompelling rock Radio friendly product Guitar solos shine

Prima, maar niet super

Ещё один кактус для меня. Возможно, я просто недостаточно indie girl для Оазиса

Sounds sound kind of similar. And aaaaa aayyee day eh? Maybay

It was alright, there was one familiar song and the rest was a bit generic-sounding nowadays

Titled appropriately, I listened to it 3 times and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Although I liked the instrumentals, I didn't like the instrumental parts at the end of almost every song, they get too repetitive

didnt like it super much but I liked the vibe if the oasis album with wonderwall is on this list I will probably like it

Nice album, but not my style.

Vettafaen albumet var så generic

Good album. Not their best, though.

I liked the guitar sound and drum grooves.

no geral é um álbum bom. comecei a gostar mais quando começou ''live forever'' e depois ficou meio monótono de novo mas ai veio ''supersonic'' que eu amei.

It was good, a lot of the songs sounded the same.

I thought I was going to know this whole album but I confess I only really knew the hits. "Live Forever" always makes me feel really sad. Never understood the Blur/Oasis South/North rivalry - both great in their own very different ways

Besser als erwartet

I'm not the biggest fan of Oasis but they are worthy of a listen. A lot of similarities to other albums so I feel the boys were satisfying their album deal with tracks from their repertoire and tapes with this one.

Not bad.

Я люблю эту группу! звучит так, будто они были в полном беспорядке, но мне нравится то, чего они добивались. Мне нравились подобные группы, когда я был молодым.Сверхзвук звучит как прямой лифт Нирваны.

I can see why people like Oasis, but I did not particularly enjoy this album. The songs feel slow and largely uncreative instrumentally, so they rely on the whiny voice of the lead singer which I just don't enjoy too much. That said, it has some decent songs and none of it was god-awful.

Man. A whole can of worms with Oasis. It helps being a gen z American, to view this band outside of the social context they existed with in the UK in the 90’s. So there is some positives to this album and oasis in general. I think this was probably the baby boomers last time they ‘got’ the sound of pop radio music. Because this album definitely has some Beatles, classic rocknroll structure to it. And the songwriting at its core is really solid - it’s fleshed out pop and rock. But maaaaan. Did this really push pop music forward in any significant way? Does oasis even function as a gateway to anything else besides a look back at the rock that influenced them? Is that important? The sonic choices are so plain and polished to the extent that it washes away a lot of the impressive songwriting aspects about it. It makes you appreciate the Billie Eilish’s or Lady Gaga’s of the world that pushed their way into pop radio with great songwriting AND unique, forward thinking artistic/musical aesthetics (at least for pop standards). Really torn on oasis, always. Hard to separate how huge they were from a social standpoint, with how down the middle their music was

Kinda whiny, very Oasis. I liked it well enough but it's not like I'm gonna enter any of the songs into my personal rotation.

aight

Very bland

I know Oasis more from the drama around them than the music. My hope was that this album would change that but unfortunately it hasn't. While not bad none of the tracks were memorable. The album is a bit better than meh but not worth 4 stars.

Energetic. Like What’s the Stiry Morning Glory better

I am not a big fan of Oasis. It was great to listen to a whole album, as I think I only heard them in a video or perhaps on the radio.

I much prefer what's the story, but it's still enjoyable isn't it! Just not quite so banger filled

90's Alt rock not bad not amazing.

Music to drink Stella to

not too bad.

No thanks

3+

Not my favorite album from Oasis, but still high quality. The songs in this one blend together more so and on the other albums I've listened, though.

Like Oasis but LOVE the album after this. This is just ok.

I liked his voice but the majority of the songs did sound like he was going to break out singing “Wonderwall”. 6/10

Oasis has a sound that I do enjoy but even thought they're more of my speed/genre preference I don't keep many of their tracks in rotation. There is one song on here that stays on my playlists and it's no wonder it's one of their biggest songs. Overall a fine listen. 5/10

Some pretty solid tracks, even if it sometimes feels like there isn't a lot happening. There's some amount of filler, but nothing too egregious.

It was fine.

Oasis was forbidden music when I was growing up. My older brother had a sticker on his guitar that said "Oasis are shit", so this is what I believed. Definitely Maybe is the energy of my feelings about this album. It's fine. Not shit. I know I'll like the other one.

Highlights: Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Supersonic, Cigarettes and Alcohol. In a nutshell: in Noel’s words, sung by brother Liam “You’re not down with who I am. Look at you now, you’re all in my hands tonight”. Decent debut but it doesn’t have that “it still sounds as awesome as it did thirty years ago” feeling for me. Overall: 6/10

Good easy listening.

Decent start with shakermaker, falls off but ends with the 2 strongest songs. Overall ~meh

not oasis's best work but a solid album

I didnt like it too much, it wasnt awful, but I listened to the whole thing anyway.

everything sounded the same. It's not bad by any means but nothing is jumping out on first listen

Some good songs! First exception of British singing bad not being constantly droning so far Would listen again

feel free to take my english card away but this was my first time listening all the way through to this album and oasis finally clicked for me. without all of the posturing, the showbiz headlines and bad press about the brothers, the guitar tones and parts sounded incredible. slightly nostalgic because my friend lewis picked live forever as his funeral song and his coffin entered the church. i had a little chuckle when it come on. i really, really enjoyed this and felt like it made me understand my culture and the cult of oasis more

It was ok!!!! pretty good but not my fav. cool debut but none of the hits!

Meh

I had never heard of them, listened for a bit, and lost interest. They had some skills but it did not engage with me, that's all.

Great straightforward rock record with tons of memorable hooks. All songs are at least good but Live Forever, Slide Away and Supersonic really stand out to me. Oasis haven’t quite hit their peak at this point but for a debut album this is extremely impressive. Very strong 3 stars here, much closer to a 4 than a 2.

Fine

My first review in my 1001 albums, so I’m going mid ground to calibrate my ratings. Great album - I did listen while working so it became upbeat background music.

Quintessential 90's rock. No surprises but steady beats help the album flow from beginning to end. I felt they saved the best song for last

Finde die vocals nervig, letzter Vokal immer ewig lang gestreckt. Ansonsten ok, aber nichts besonderes. 2,9.

About average. Nothing really wowed me.

Definitely maybe a good album

A solid album. I liked every song but didn’t particularly love any

so mittel

Not a bad debut. A little derivative. Song writing got way better on their next album What's the Story Morning Glory.

High production value, but most songs sound very similar. Didn’t really notice as the album played on - felt like one long, overdriven, basic power chord rock. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Was ok - didn’t know any of the songs on the album. Kinda a sleeper but didn’t have the urge to press skip either. Good background for putting away groceries.

Memories of my freshman year of college. Supersonic was the jam. I like the album overall but it doesn't hit as hard now as it used to.

Oasis hit the scene during my college years. They had several hits, but they also had tremendous egos. It’s part of the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. I didn’t mind except that they were nearly blasphemous in their desire to outdo the Beatles. Secretly, I did enjoy their music. This albums got plenty of classic guitar riffs. I find at my advancing age, it actually gets a little loud. I don’t even necessarily main volume, just noisy. Overall, pretty good stuff.

90 rockki ,, pehmeä rokki ja peukkua pystyssä minulla, peukut pystyssä.. vituttaa sen verran sanon... britpp indiea. hyvin lähellä että voisi antaa puhdasta, helppoa ykköstä rintalihakseeen tikaten.. mutta cracker bändi taittaa tästä kuunneltavan kokemuksen. ei missään maailmassa kuitenkaan ansaitse mitään vitos ympyrärunkkailua.. hohhoijjaa sanon live forever

Ya know I liked listening to this album but no 👍s. Still could sit back and listen to it though.

Perhaps go to the concert in Belfast? Bangers on this album, though some songs are misses, and the mixing is a bit muddied. Might be good with bigger speakers. Seems to be a raw album

Listened to lots before. 90s Brit Pop classic

Not as good as the last one

Not bad

Classic tracks just a shame I find it duller than dishwater

Pretty not bad album.

It's no Morning Glory

Está bueno la verdad, Vico dijo que sonaba a melancolía. Lindo himno Married with children

This isn't my favorite offering from Oasis but it seems like it's a foundational album for the band. You can hear a more raw version of what their sound would become on the follow up "What's The Story Morning Glory?". Some strong songs on the album but again, it really seemed as though they were finding their sound on this one with a couple misses in the mix. Standout Tracks: Rock 'n' Roll Star, Live Forever, Supersonic, Cigarettes & Alcohol

Je pense qu'il y a une raison qu'Oasis est le band de britpop le plus populaire, mais ça reste un son tellement safe et peu original. C'est super bien produit, mais j'ai toujours l'impression c'est un peu la même chose. 6/10

Hooky but not landing as well as I hoped lacking a little bite and dragged on a little. An album where I liked the deeper cuts a bit more than the singles. Definitely concocted by a couple of bell heads. (Don't google that) Maybe fairly decent in places. 6/10

The songs sound pretty similar, but it's a good first album

Definitely maybe not needed on this list (2.5/5)

Fav song: live forever

3/5. I really enjoyed the first few songs, but I found the album to be too repetitive thereafter.

7/10 - Good rock album - Alternative in parts but decent acoustic jams

Oasis is the best band since the Beatles! I listened to this one in the car from Austin to Boerne on low-volume while my child slept. While I couldn't turn it up to review the mix or listen as intense as I could have.. I will say the band is very much the same as the album Morning Glory, which is the one I'm more familiar with. I suppose this was the British counter to Kurt Cobain since its 1994. A response to grunge. Best Track: Supersonic

I remember when everyone was saying that Oasis was going to be the next Beatles. Not a chance. But although not Beatles-worthy, this album isn’t bad. It also isn’t as good as their next one.

I definitely liked the album, maybe

I was a bit dismissive of Oasis at their peak, possible teen prejudice against the mainstream. Since then I have really appreciated some of their work. The opening of this album is full of the dross that turned me off as a kid, droning jangly treble soaked guitar and monotonous lyrics that I'm mostly disinterested in. I guess the magic happened on their second release. Blur FTW!

catchy

3.7

Not the most dynamic band. Most songs sound exactly the same. Still some good nostalgia from this record though.

Known before: Band/some songs Standouts: Live Forever; 5.5/10

Known before: Band + some songs Standouts: 03. Live Forever Rating: 6.0

Known Before: Band/Some songs Standouts: 3. Live Forever 6. Supersonic 6.0

Album has a whole lot of a psychadelic Beatles vibes. Sort of a lack of diversity in the sound but can tell how influential it was for bands like the vines, fratellis, Arctics, we are scientists etc. Cool sound that was existing at the same time as grunge in US.

Definitely not (to my taste).

Not my favorite oasis album, a little too whiny for me but supersonic is a classic

Okay 5/10

Rock N’ Roll Star - 8.5/10 Shakermaker - 8/10 Live Forever - 9/10 Up in The Sky - 8.5/10 Columbia - 8/10 Supersonic - 8.5/10 Bring it On Down - 8.5/10 Cigarettes & Alcohol - 8/10 Digest’s Dinner - 8.5/10 Slide Away - 8.5/10 Married with Children - 8/10 TOTAL - 84/110

beetje gay

I'm feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic. Leuke teksten, beetje gay stem zoals Louis zei maar dat vind ik wel iets hebben. Gelaagd debuutalbum.

Grey and dreary. Not for me.

#19. I'm glad we were getting Alice in Chains and Nirvana in the 90s while the Brits were stuck with Oasis and Suede and such. Because you could listen to grunge and 90s alternative on repeat until forever. And while this is fine or whatever, no one wants to listen to Oasis on repeat. This is grocery store music at its most inoffensive peak. 3/5: acceptable

Product of its time - nostalgic

Guitars sound like pudding, production is just splash splash splash turn it up to 11, the borrows from T Rex, George Harrison and the New Seekers - its a muddy, derivative album but there's something in this rock and roll swagger and attitude that captures the imagination and you can see the appeal of this Don't Give A Toss attitude from the Gallaghers - no art school graduates here. Definitely (maybe?) feels this captures a particular time, atmosphere and mood and perhaps with time, the shine has dulled the impact the album once had - and arguably, their second album was their finest.

Not bad, I can see how it's on the list but it's not going to be one of my favorite. It's got a very unique sound and the energy is undeniably great. I think "positive grunge" is just has some innate dissonance baked into it.

Good but not that good

Pas mal mais un petit peu trop homogène, toutes les tounes finissent par se ressembler

But what about morning glory ?

Not quite as good as What’s the Story, but some good tracks. The mix feels over compressed, sometimes bordering on shoegaze with its “Wall of sound”.

6.5/10 Energetic, dense, predictable Highlights: - Rock n Roll Star - Supersonic

Will still defend this as a good album. Northern brashness and defiance after years of Thatcher and the Tories. It'll never sound as good as it did then, and obviously it's heavily derivative, but for a while it made it sound new and full of scornful energy.

Such a simple, easy album. It's reminiscent and inspiring at times. I won't Lauren often but it's good every 10 years or so.

Oh look, it’s everyone’s favourite whiny pop rock singalong group! It really is nothing special, Coldplay with attitude

Such a piece of very specific sonic time.

Not my cup of tea, but pretty cool for 94. Arctic monkeys sounds like this

Pretty good rock album, definitely sounds like oasis which is not my favorite in general

If What's The Story was much better than I remembered, Definitely Maybe was much worse. Some good heavy riffs but the lyrics are terrible. I wouldn't be bothered about revisiting.

Just okay.

Hated them, loved them, largely indifferent to them now. This is their best record. Heard this through other people's speakers far too many times now, but skipping through the opening of each track I count only Digby's Diner as filler, which no doubt someone would retort that it is the mystical key to their magical cabinet. …yet after a track and a half I felt too bored to continue.

Some good rock here. Nothing fancy but not terribly exciting or engaging either.

I never got into Oasis because they're whiny assholes and were a bit before my time. Big influencers and an album that should be in the project, but it just doesn't really go anywhere. It was... fine. None of the big Oasis hits I know of, but still well put together musically. There's a lot more complexity to it than it leads on, but the whole album feels like it was made to be nonchalant in the epitomic British way. Can't believe some people are willing to vote for this as the best album of all time

Some good songs but it’s hard work

A classic. It rocks, it rolls, not much else to say. I think if I was a teenager in 1994's England this would easily be among my favorite albums of all time, but I'm just a different demographic. I never noticed how Liam Gallagher says MAYBEEYYYY in Live Forever the same way as he says it in Wonderwall.

1st listen -- Rock N Roll Star very generic, Shakermaker more to my taste but a bit repetitive, Live Forever easy listening, cool, Up In The Sky originally sounding very American, Columbia a bit different, cool, Supersonic alright, like the chorus, Bring It On Down cool guitar, Cigarettes & Alcohol too American, Digsy's Dinner more English, upbeat, cool, love the sound and piano is interesting, Slide Away sounds a bit like Dire Straits at the beginning but not sure, love the vibe, Married With Children sounds like a bit of Cobain (Lithium etc)

I've never listened to anything by them beyond their radio hits, and surprisingly I didn't hate this.

Heard one or two songs you've heard em all, but yknow not bad Oasis is Oasis

Meh. British pop rock. Didn't stand out to me.

Easy to see why Oasis became had such a strong breakthrough with this album. Many simple yet well crafted songs for an audience that want something new to listen to but nothing too bold and daring. Personal preference but the album is far less interesting than a lot of the work that came before from numerous other bands on Creation Records

Good alternative rock muddied by Liam Gallagher's annoying as hell voice. I'm not saying I don't like any bands with subpar vocals but the overall compositions don't stand out enough for me to totally look past it

Oasis not quite at the top of their game. You can see hints of what's coming with their sophomore release, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Best cuts: Rock 'n' Roll Star, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Side Away Worst cut: Shakermaker

Although it was good, this was a tad too long and a tad too generic. At some point my attention was lost. This entire spectrum of '90s rock is easily my favorite realm of music, but there are plenty of records that are better than this debut. I know that more of Oasis' hits are in the latter albums, so let's see if those records meet the hype. They should, because Noel and Liam talk too much smack for guys who make middling music with the ocassional banger. Standout tracks are Live Forever & Supersonic.

Yeah. It's an Oasis album. I've never really been a big fan, but I get why people like it.

It’s no What’s the Story but it has its moments.

Enjoyable enough until you realise its all the same song (with one or two exceptions) and gets very boring.

Some awesome songs on here so it was a good listen all the way through

fine but a bit one note innit?

Honestly I couldn’t really get behind his voice. I love the rock aspect, it’s been a long time since I have had that, but his voice is just so monotone and hard to ignore. Replace him and very good.

Hate the singers voice. Album is all right though.

Not the best Oasis album but there's some decent tracks.

It's good but doesn't leave me dying to go back for another listen. Oasis' vocalists have always kind of annoyed me

They're good but this album is nowhere near as good as What's the Story

avg

unfortunately this is another example of a Band I really like and they have an album I love front to back .. but this wasn't the album. So the whole time I'm thinking to myself, it's ok I guess but man I'd love to hear those other songs. This album was meh for me.

If I had to pick a British pop rock darling's debut record that shamelessly steals from the Beatles, I would much rather have listened to Flyte's The Loved Ones. That being said it's certainly not a bad album by any stretch, it just doesn't resonate much with me. When a song started I'd be like "oh that's new" but by the time it ended I couldn't remember how differed at all from what I'd previously heard. The songs have pretty accessible hooks though, and there's a great energy/momentum to the whole thing, thinking especially of the track sequencing (more cohesive than WTSMG), muddy guitar tones and overall production. Just like with Death Cab for Cutie, with a different, less nasal vocalist I think I'd probably like Oasis a lot more. In fact know that's true cuz Jet's Get Born a decade later is arguably derivative of Definitely Maybe in places and I don't have the same qualms. Here I have trouble understanding what Liam's saying half the time cuz he can't resist turning every vowel into a diphthong - over the roar of the guitars it's a total wash. I do think it's worthwhile in general to have the debut albums of wildly successful bands on the list, even if their creative peak is still to come. Here for example it was cool to learn how self assured they were about their sound, right from the jump. Would be a 3.5 if I could, as its better than average, but no true standouts for me.

i will always maintain they have the exact same appeal as AC/DC, songs with great tone that are really fun to chant in a stadium, not much more. this shit just isn't moving idk, maybe i just think the gallaghers are wankers

Oasis was formative or me, but I prefer "Morning Glory" to this album.

They’re kinda cheesy, but boy do I have a soft spot for this era. 3.5/5

I don't particularly like Oasis although my teenage self was known to belt out Wonderwall in the clubs. I listened to this a couple of times to see if I was missing something but I thought it was just okay. Fairly non offensive but boring Brit Pop. Highlights: Live Forever Supersonic Cigarettes & Alcohol

This was a lot of fun, but I don’t think it’s aged particularly well. This band’s lyrics are pretty silly and it’s just not that interesting to me anymore. Of course, my opinion is probably tinted by getting too many Britpop bands from this list, already.

Oasis has one good album and this isn’t it. Personally, I’ve just always preferred Drive Shaft so maybe biased.

Not maybe, that’s definitely Oasis

When they said I should feed my head, that to me is just a day in bed.

Oasis on aina ollu mulle ihan ok, mut ei sen enempää. 3/5

pretty good overall with some great singles. a+ instrumentals. not a shocker that this is one of the things that propelled guitarpop back into UK charts

Good to finally hear this album after hearing the name so many times over the years, thought I would know a song on it but alas I didn't, which Is a bit of a disappointment in that regard but the songs were overall good, might have to come back to it after some time to see if it changes my opinion.

Kinda longwinded but I do like it. Not as quintessential as what's the story morning glory but in some ways better; songwriting is sharp and whole thing sounds together. best tracks: rock n roll star, supersonic, married with children.

3.5

Definitely maybayyyyyyyyyyy Yo this album is LOUD.

Solid britpop album that’s surprisingly hard-rocking and guitar heavy. It’s a nice album to listen to but I didn’t really hear anything special about it. I would listen to it again but it seemed too paint-by-numbers to be on this list.

ok. Good pop

I have never been a big Oasis fan, and this album changes nothing about that. While I like the opener Rock'n'Roll Star quite a bit, the remaining songs (except for the acoustic closer Married With Children) bring nothing new to the table and leave a lot to be desired in the variation department - especially absent are memorable melodies. This album, then, is just OK ... ish. 2.5/5

Gives me nostalgia about pretending to like them to be cool in high school. But some songs genuinely do hit lol

Oasis did a great job on this one

Another one that didn't grab me as expected. Weirdly only just had a Blur vs Oasis discussion with someone on the weekend. They claimed that the first two Oasis albums top anything Blur ever put out which I think is total bullshit.

Quite a catchy sound and good, clean alt-rock guitars. Not a big fan of the singing. 3/5

Britpop was not something I got into when it came out. Grunge was in its last throes (weird as I write this, it's the anniversary of Cobain's death...). I watched a documentary on Britpop, and saw it was basically Blur vs. Oasis. I didn't know this album was such a big impact on the scene. Critics were looking for the next big thing, and this was so bright as opposed to the stuff from Seattle, characterized by doom and gloom. The problem at first for me was I couldn't separate the band from the dysfunction, so it took a few songs for me to get into the music. But I did come around after a while, even though the band was (for the most part) homaging so many other works. One song I gravitated towards was "Cigarettes & Alcohol". In Wikipedia, Alex Niven typified "Cigarettes & Alcohol" as a "twelve-bar blues rock song" and "a classicist boiling-down of the Rolling Stones' rebel rock archetype". But I mean... come ON. It is so obviously "Get it On" bt T-Rex. Even so, I don't think of it as them ripping them off, I think of it more as an homage. Because really the whole album is that, an homage to those great bands that came from Britain in the 60s and early 70s, but with a new shine on it. Everything old is new again. Anyway, I liked the album a lot more than I expected to ("what, no Wonderwall?"). And many of the songs were pretty catchy to me. But they weren't very distinct. They still had a bit of that 90s sheen to it. It didn't feel like they were loosening up until the end with songs like "Cigarettes & Alcohol" and "Married with Children." But that might just be me.

On the plus side, this album RAWKS. On the minus side, Liam Gallagher's voice and his behavior annoy the crap out of me. Not to mention all the "second coming of the Beatles" over-hype crap makes me automatically want to knock this down a point or two. Funny thing is I wrote almost the same thing for their second album. At least they're consistent. 3.

Hard rock. I liked it- I think I need to listen to it more to give it a higher rating. I personally felt this its just a bit too hard rock- if it wasn’t so loud I think i would have liked it better. I personally don’t like that mid to late 90s sound of harsh drums.

There's some great songs, but also some songs that could be more catchy. 3.5/5

Great! I prefer "What's the Story (Morning Glory)", but this album is wonderful as well.

Definitely...Maybe.. good - I haven't been much of an Oasis fan for most of my life, but now hindsight makes me appreciate them much more. This record is not as good as others - despite having some great tracks here, it does not feel like one that I would revisit. Good, but not their best.

If sneering had a voice it would be this. If all the instruments were tuned down slightly Liam Gallagher would probably be in tune, but unfortunately they weren’t so instead it just sounded like someone had plonked a peg on his nose.

eh it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t really especially good or anything.

The only song I know off this album is Supersonic but I ended up really liking it so I hope the rest of the album is as solid. I honestly really enjoyed Cigarettes and Alcohol, the message behind it was super dark but the way he says sunshine in the chorus really annoys me. Digsy's Diner was really good too, and no annoying pronunciations set me off while listening so that's cool. I also thought Married With Children, from the first couple riffs I started to think, "Wow this is pretty cool." I still think my favorite is still Supersonic but we'll see if anything changes.

This rocks more than that its successor, which I gave 4 stars a year ago, and in my memory this album was the better album out of the two. But today the vocals are irritating like hell. Together we flyyyyyyy blah blah. To be fair, on a different moment, I might enjoy it again, so 3 stars.

Rimelig godt, men også med et par 'meh' numre.

I saw Oasis in a tiny pub when their first single was released. They were crap. I feel warmer towards them now but they do magpie a lot of stuff. The swagger is good.

Pretty Mid. Glad I made it this far in my life without listening to an entire oasis album. Probably would’ve liked it more if I was younger.

The instrumental are great but the vocals sucks

Amazing in 1994, feels a bit one-note now, the follow up was more interesting

Banco oasis la vdd 7/10

A man said "sUnShyiiiiien" Never really been an Oasis fan but was pleasantly surprised. Fave track - Supersonic

Songs are quite long and a bit repetitive favs - Supersonic Digsy Dinner Married with Children

Banger

3.5 - It’s like drinking some national lager, like a Budweiser or a Carlsberg or a Heineken - satisfying enough though neither interesting nor memorable. At best it provides a backdrop for good times with friends.

Didn’t hold up as well as I hoped, although I admire how liam can get so many syllables out of the word “shine”

Another Oasis album? I gave Morning Glory 5 stars, how much more fucking pandering do the Brits need?!? How the hell haven't I heard any Beatles yet? For the first two tracks, I liked the familiar Oasis sound but a little grittier. I was thinking I hadn't heard any of this music before until Live Forever came on and an omnipresent 'uuuggghhh' surrounded me. Gonna live forever. Right, forgot about that one. Supersonic is a fine song, but I'd like to hear it faster and tighter. Overall this album is pretty good. Nothing stands out too much, just consistent. I love the spirit, but maybe the song craft is not quite developed. I just never got hooked by this. Maybe it's a bit dated. It is interesting to hear the seeds of what Oasis will become though.

I can't say I like these guys as individuals or understand their status as superstars. It's OK but it's their swagger I don't like.

Not their best album. Middle-of-the-road Britpop.

not that keen on vocals; but the lush guitars and cheery pop tunes are enjoyable. Actually, the vocals are mildly irritating. typical white man whine at the end of every long note really gets on your nerves. no lyrical standouts, but god the instrumentals are fantastic. faves: live forever,

3/5. A fairly good rock album but some songs do not hit. They seem like pop songs forced onto rock songs.

- I feel like Oasis was the Coldplay of the 90’s

Okay--I vaguely recalled some of these songs, and thought it was pretty good, then wondered, "Wait, who's Oasis?" So I looked at their top songs--which are all from their later album and include... Wonderwall. Of meme fame. And Champagne Supernova, etc. I like this older album a bit better, it was more cluttered and had scratchy edges which I enjoyed. Overall though? This just isn't long-term-love music for me. It's good alt rock.

I was really hoping to give this a low score. I hate Oasis. All of it. I listened to this album a year ago and hated it. So why don't I hate it now? This is bearable now, perhaps due to my slow appreciation of noisier rock and electronic music. The vocalist is whiney and the instrumentation is too loud and busy, but not in an aesthetically pleasing way like many shoegaze bands I'm into. More than any other Britpop band, Oasis takes inspiration from the Madchester movement; I'm hearing a lot of Happy Mondays and Primal Scream. It relies on the same repetitive formula of conflicting swirly and groovy guitars and woozy drawn-out vocals. It's not as versatile or interesting as bands like Ride. A lot of fans obsess over this album. Has a ton of hits that were big in the UK, in addition to the fan favorite "Slide Away". They're dispersed well to keep audiences engaged. For me, the only standout is the pop hit "Live Forever", it's catchy and full of energy, and I like the jangly guitars. The only issue is the solo is a bit on the generic side. I can see why this record was so influential with middle-class anthems like "Cigarettes & Alcohol" but besides the hooks and cheery instrumentation, it feels unnecessarily busy, as if it's trying to say a lot without actually saying anything. On the other hand, it was hard for me to hate any of the tracks. And trust me, I tried. "Bring it On Down" is out-of-place, starting out with a Joy Division-like gothic intro and then turning out to be pretty forgettable. Many songs start to get annoying by the half way point due to the extensive lengths, but this is the worst with "Shakermaker". I could see the appeal of "Slide Away" which probably has his best vocal performance and powerful guitar chords to emotionally impact audiences, but it still felt empty to me. This might be a grower. Favorites: Live Forever, Up in the Sky, Digsy's Diner

3+

I didn't quite get it but I could with more listens i think

It's good, but "whats the story morning glory" is better. It was their first album, it was definitely different than the mid-90s grunge music.

dizem que são copia de beatles, não sei como me sinto sobre essa afirmação ja que a esse ponto quem não copiou algo dos beatles provavelmente não fez sucesso algum. pra ser sincero essa primeira, rock and roll star me lembra mais david bowie do que beatles. up in the sky lembrou rain so que com distorção. é um bom album, nada de mais na minha opinião, harmonias mais complexas do que o normal mas nada surreal, linhas de baixo simples, letras abstratas interessantes e arranjos legais mas realmente nada que explodiu minha cabeça. eu aprecio o fato de ser um album de 50 minutos com musicas de 5-6 minutos e não ter ficado chato em momento algum. cigarretes & alcohol e digsy's dinner são minhas preferidas pela pegada mais rock and roll. slide away tambem é boa, bem catchy e ativa aquela bobeira adolescente.

I think this means we are officially done with Oasis since there are only two well known albums. Enjoyed this one about as much as the last one. Just a couple of guys jamming in a small apartment by the looks of the cover. After listening to the whole thing, I think I liked their other album more, nothing really stood out for me on this one.

Really didn't expect that we'd get a second album from Oasis after getting the one with "Wonderwall" AND "Champagne Supernova." There are a few tracks on here that I liked, and I especially enjoy the chord progression of "Slide Away," but I can't help but think of other albums that deserve a spot here instead of another from these guys. I mean, they're pretty good, but this isn't "1001 Pretty Good Albums," a list like that could be made at random. Decent album, but it's on the chopping block. Favorite tracks: Slide Away, Live Forever, Supersonic. Album art: Guys sitting around, laying around in a flat I presume. Brainstorming on their next pretty good rock album. Title's perfectly wishy-washy too. 3/5

3+

I always gave my son shit about this band, saying they were nothing but a modern Beatles. I know that statement is not true, but still doesn't make me a big fan. Also, those guys have the most punchable face in music. I'd like to beat the shit out of both of them. Pretty sure I could take both, at the same time no less. But I'd buy them a beer after I kick their ass..... Rock n Roll star was first song and probably my favorite song on the Album. Know Live Forever and Supersonic from the radio and enjoyed both. Songs that surprised me and enjoyed, Up in the Sky and Married with children. Overall, wasn't a bad listen. I'll say a 3, but really a 2.5 because these guys just look like they should get their ass kick anytime they show their face

Some good hits but not as solid as their first album

Knowing them only from “Wonderwall”, this was pretty good. At its best made me think about underwater cities, which is a winner for me. iirc there’s like a fan feud between them and Blur? going off this, I think I’m probably Team Blur

Mediocre and muddy

Je m'attendais a plus on dkraot, ce n'est pas le meilleur mais c'est quand meme trrs oasis. 3.5

Pretty good vibes going on. Certainly sounds like the 90's

Needs a relisten but I like the rough sounds

Definitely OK

Some nice British 90s rock. Honestly pretty good if you forget they are the band that made wonderwall.

It's fine. Oasis is fine.

Pretty ok, finally some not metal.

Not their best album - that would easily be What's the story morning glory'. Some great tracks on this but in retrospect it sounds a bit unsophisticated in both the production and arrangement..

Some bangers with the rest being kind of annoying

So now it's time for the less known album of one of the most overplayed bands in history (in commercial radio and whenever someone has a guitar in hostel). There is a lot of controversies around the group, especially Gallagher brothers, but I think the quality of music talked louder than other non-artistic excesses they provided to tabloids. The only one I was interested in was their rivalry with Blur, which died pretty early on. Definitely Maybe is a proper example of the brit pop/rock genre that started afresh in 90s, but the album was still leaning into a little bit heavier tunes, taking some pages from grunge and even late punk. The record has fewer of the big hits Oasis produced on later albums, which makes this one really consistent and very equal all around. The songs flow from one to another In a cohesive way, making it easy to listen to, but also making it a little too predictable and overall uneventful. It is very easy to listen to the whole album on autopilot, just forgetting something is on in the background. The two supposedly highlights of the record, "Supersonic" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol" don't have that magic yet, as they would achieve with Wonderwall, for example. Overall its a very nice album, just lacking any spark, but clearly showing that the band is capable of much more in the future.

I can’t seem to find the words for this album. Maybe this is a product of its time, preaching to the youth of the 90’s. Maybe it’s the overwhelming sound they produce. Maybe it’s the bias from the Gallagher Brothers inevitable falling out and impressive feats of being C*nts. Maybe it’s the fact that you can visually identify a diehard Oasis fan from how much of a moron they are. Maybe I can find the words to describe the general ambivalence towards this album. Yes, definitely maybe.

A'ight

I was more team Blur back in the day. But I did still appreciate the musicality of the Oasis camp. This album was better than I remember it and very polished. Don’t quite understand how the Gallagher brothers managed it.

I understand there is a loyal following for this band. This album has a good sound but, for me, there was something missing, something sterile...or hollow maybe, that left me a bit empty.

Great to hear how it all started. Not one I'll go back too

Nice, classic 90s British pop sound. Fav track: Live Forever

Good album. Can't believe I've never heard it.

Wasn’t horrible. Like some of the music. Would listen to it again but wouldn’t add to playlist or spend money on it.

Powerful, straightforward rock and roll, with a lot of that English flair that Oasis specializes in. To me, they are an obvious extension of the Madchester sound of the 1980's with a cleaner and more powerful vibe.

Overplayed and a bit whiny in places

I liked Live Forever and Cigarettes & Alcohol, but to me a lot of the album got repetitive and just sort of background music.

The first album from Oasis. I've got to say that the second one, (What's the story) Morning Glory, is a lot better. There's a few good songs on this album such as Live Forever and Supersonic but overall every song just blends together and there's not really anything that sticks out.

Was zwischen 3 und 4. Tendiere zu 3, da es irgendwann immer das selbe Prinzip vom Songwriting her ist. Hat aber definitiv ein paar gute Momente.

Nostalgia. I remember it being better.

Some solid tracks where the whine was dialed down. Overall, their best moments were overshadowed by their worst.

Not as good as Morning Glory, but pretty good album 4 "Live Forever" was the early wonderwall. 3

I like that old style of genre. Beginning of the album is a time stamp to that era

One of the better Britpop albums that I’ve had the misfortune of coming across on the generator so far, which isn’t saying much really. File under: another one of those albums that I know is objectively great but doesn’t do much for me personally.

Like most things to do with Oasis, this is over rated. I can see why it stood out in the early 90's though.

Great rock energy on this album but if you played a song I couldn’t tell you if it was on this album or not.

It just feels like an inferior version of the revolver album by the Beatles, just 30 years later

I definitely maybe want to hear this one again and again. 3/5

Definitely dated.

Never been an Oasis fan

I thought it was fine. The classic sound of the 1990s. The group definitely helped to inspire a entire generation of music like this, so full credit there. The album itself doesn't really thrill me; it's not bad, just not spectacular or exciting. Not an album that I will come back to often, but I do understand the iconic nature of the album and the heavy influence it has had on the industry. Fave tracks: Shakermaker, Cigarettes & Alcohol

samey

Sounds like Oasis.

I never really thought this album was all that great when I first heard it ages ago. It's not terrible but I never understood the hype. Live Forever is pretty terrific but outside of that its a lot of songs ranging from "listenable" to "good" with a couple annoyances thrown in "Shakermaker", I'm looking at you. I think they got better with the next album. I actually think Be Here Now might be overall more enjoyable than this one as well. Now that's a hot take!

Prefer this over Morning Glory. It's alright I guess. 6-7/10

Much, much less interesting than Morning Glory

solid, not as good as I remembered.

Jusy super standard. Not awful, but not for me

Heaps of Merseybeat, psychedelic and pop trivia. Nevertheless, the album set a sales record for a debut album. (6/10) FT: Live Forever, Up In The Sky

I'm struggling with this one. It just completely faded into the background on both listens. When reviewing the track listing I was like "huh Supersonic was on this, Cigerettes & Alcohol" no recollection at all. Maybe because nodoby is home and I decided to play this on my speakers instead of using headphones?

I wanted to like this album more than I ended up liking it. "What's the Story Morning Glory" is much more my style. A lot of these songs blurred together for me, so nothing stood out, but it was a fine enough listen. I'll give it a 3.5, rounded down to 3 for this scale's whole-number system.

Samey by the time you get to track 3.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis (1994) I was intrigued to read (Wikipedia) that in a 2005 BBC poll, this record was #4 on the list of most overrated albums ever, but in a 2006 NME poll, it was voted the #1 best album of all time, finishing just above Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1967). Are you kidding me? What’s going on here? Don’t get me wrong. This album is good, but clearly there’s a divergence of opinion. I just note this in passing. Lyrics here fall into a pattern of fizzling at the end of each song, unraveling into repetitive poetic codas before the demands of musical closure. This, on top of the standard weakness of superfluous phrases being used to fill out the metrical scheme renders these lyrics mildly clever at best. And the message of the weirdly out of place closing track “Married with Children” will make you not want to be. The music is good, with electric rhythm guitar recorded using heavy sustain, and nice chord progressions that are easy on the ears yet with enough variety to keep the listener engaged. This the central feature of everything that’s good about this album. And it’s also the most ‘American-sounding’ feature. Sorry if that disappoints the blokes on the other side of the pond, but there it is. Lead guitar stylings by Noel Gallagher are ok, but not flashy or soulful. There’s a nice drum groove by Tony Carroll in the opening bars of both “Live Forever”and “Bring It on Down”, but elsewhere the percussion is merely standard. And Paul McGuigan’s bass playing is usually just ‘in there somewhere’. Lead vocals by Liam Gallagher are consistently characterized by this cloying, exaggerated, drawn out rounding of vowels which, I suppose, serves to compensate for a very limited range and a very deficient timbre. [Picture this: Wouldn’t it be fun for four guys to sit down in an Italian ristorante in Brooklyn and all together order lasagna the way Liam Gallagher repeatedly pronounces it on “Digsy’s Dinner”? They’d be thrown outta da place.] And his falsetto is really bad. This band would sound a lot better with a different lead singer. But if you like the multi-layer rock rhythm guitar textures that you’ll hear on this album (and I do) it’s quite satisfactory. 3/5

I can see the appeal. It isn’t bad, it’s enjoyable but not ‘great’.

A lesser outing as compared to the masterpiece of 'Morning Glory' that would follow in '95. That being said, this isn't a bad album by any means - one can hear the slow churn of early grunge mixing in with Britpop, even if the two disparate genres still seem a little at odds.

I thought Wonderwall was on this album?

Like it more than I expected. Is it just more or is this mix very muddy though?

Oasis songs all sound pretty similar, but with that, it is easy listening. Solid album

I remember this being released, fairly sure it was played many times where I worked but a good chunk of this still seemed unfamiliar. Supersonic was played everywhere and maybe, because of that, was one of my least favourites on here. Shakermaker and Married With Children are ones I would come back to.

Better than 'What's the Story Morning Glory', this one has a few tracks I genuinely quite like but on the whole it's still not a brilliant album - Oasis just not super my thing

I can absolutely see why some people love this. It's catchy, fun, uplifting, and energetic. But its also not very tight, samey through and through, and personally Liam's vocals really get to me after a while. I still liked it, but definitely no more than that.

This very much reminds me of the mid-90s: overblown and bland.

This was ok, Sunsheeeeiiiiiinnnee

A tad rudimental, no? But for all that, effective rock 'n' roll. My views on Oasis have mellowed with age, and I've come to appreciate the idiosyncratic vocal delivery pitched halfway between John Lennon and Johnny Rotten. A nice, stompy collection of of big rock numbers that delivers subtlety like a smack around the chops - and all the better for it.

Bland and boring and sounds like everything else bland and boring, or at least it spawned its own brand of bland and boring (which they do very well, mind you). In either case, no thanks.

I looked supersonic but not enough to want to listen to this album again.

Fine rock album.

Siblings always produce really good music when they hate each other. 3.5/5.

Ihan hyvät rallattelut. Omaan korvaan ehkä turhankin puhki soitettu bändi eikä vuosien tauonkaan jälkeen tunnu mitenkään raikkaalle.

Ehtaa Oasista

Oh wow. So Oasis ISN'T just Wonderwall. Yeah this album is much better than Wonderwall. But nothing really stands out on it's own imo. It's just okay.

Ég átti „Wonderwall“ plötuna en kannski kom þessi í safnið seinna. Ég var alltaf meiri Blur maður þótt ég heillaðist alveg aðeins af þessu hráa. Alvöru plata, 52 mínútur.

This is better than 901 of the albums on this list. Oasis is fantastic. However, their two big hits on this album sound very similar. Starts off with slow drums, followed up with guitar riffs, etc... Very Oasis, which is not a bad thing. You can probably get your Oasis fix with "(What's the story) Morning Glory" and be fat and happy. I don't think this album adds anything that Oasis hasn't achieved with the other album on this list.

Not a huge fan of Oasis but it is ok I guess.

I had very low expectations going in. Never really liked their radio stuff. But I was pleasantly surprised. Didn't blow me away, but there are some very good tracks on this album. 3.5 stars.

I don’t think I ever listened to Oasis for a protracted period before and honestly wasn’t that impressed. A monotone and kind of grating guitar sound, pretty dull drum and bass, and lyrics that are superficially glib but not really saying much. Workmanlike rock but is there any real innovation?

Meh. It was OK.

Sounds super 90s and really dated. Songs go on way too long and probably could have cut a bunch of them. First time listening to Oasis and probably first time I've ever heard a full song by them and I'm not impressed. I'd give it 2.5/5 but I'll round up to 3 since for the Wonderwall meme and guitar players.

This is fine. It was fine when I listened to it in 1994. Never understood the massive hype around this band.

Wow. NOT what I was expecting. I’ve listened to a ton of Oasis and love them but I’ve not listed to this specific album lots. Some gems, but a lot is frankly not good.

Mixed feelings. Some hits on here, a LOAD of nostalgia as a Manchester lad, but it's not a great album to listen through. The production is just so aggressive that the snare rattles my teeth, also the plodding tempos are tiring. Columbia was a nice surprise though. I don't think I've knowingly heard that before. Good for what it is, but not a killer.

Introduction to Oasis. Pretty good band. Pretty good album. Don’t know if this album is worth introducing the world to Liam and Noel.

Oasis just not my tempo. I have no nostalgic connection to this album (which seems to fuel a LOT of the praise in these ratings), it all sounds a bit samey, and every song could have a good 60-90 seconds shaved off.

Well, I felt throughout the listening that this album met me at the wrong age. (Also, pop songs were used to be so long )

Third favorite oasis album out of Be here now and Morning Glory but still pretty fun. Enjoyed live forever

What I just heard is probably one of the best summarization of the '90s alternative rock tsunami. Unfortunately, that's what "Definitely Maybe" seemed to only do, it just summarized rock sounds of its time. They did it well though, but focusing on the sound for almost an hour? It gets tiresome after a while. I only knew Oasis as the "Wonderwall" boys. It was narrated that their name was used to be "Rain", after the Beatles song released almost three decades earlier. Apparently, Oasis based their sound on the mentioned track. But while one can hear The Beatles's "Rain" in it, the sound of "Definitely Maybe" is heavily grunge-like. The grunge and alt-rock songs of '90s and even the '00s can be heard in these rock songs driven by the deliciously hazy guitars. It's so '90s rock. Unfortunately, this makes the album generic. But it's still fun nonetheless. At least in small doses. It's interesting how it went from this to "Wonderwall". Even the chill closing track is different from it. Perhaps they're still finding their sound here.

Hatsikidee 3 punten. Als ik mijn allergieën opzij zet dan is het een best aardig album

Niet zo leuk als de plaat die ze hierna uitbrachten, maar goed aan te horen. Al zit de zang hier regelmatig wel tegen het nasaal zeurderige aan....

Listening to the remastered version. It sounds good, the songs are nice but I don't really connect with them as I would 10 years ago. Some of these songs will definitely go on a playlist of mine.

It is Oasis - Has Slide Away, so that is nice.

Decent but forgettable

I could have sworn I liked oasis but this album really didn't do it for me.

enjoyable. but not too much

7/10

A generous 3 for nostalgia reasons. Definitely reminds me of being a 90s child.

6/10

Good songs but not a lot of them catch my attention or stick out as really good to me. I really enjoyed Live Forever and the last three songs: Digsy's Dinner, Slide Away, and Married With Children. I've loved Married With Children for a long time now and have never heard anything else from this album so I was surprised to hear that it sounds completely different from all the other songs. The production is stripped back and the vocals gentler. All the other songs kinda sound the same to me with the songs I mentioned sounding the best. I'll listen to them more in the future and maybe give the album another listen. Sometimes albums really grow on me after another listen.

Enjoyable. Kinda feel like you had to be there though. Lots of nice guitar