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So good. Only a couple songs went on a tad too long but only thing keeping from a perfect rating. Rating: 4.9
Doesn't do much for me. Fine but not punchy enough for me.
Solid record.
Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Few notable songs among many that don't stand out from one another.
Stands up pretty well as a full on rock and roll blast of noise and energy. I think I liked this more now than I did then.
Easily my favorite of the 800 or so britpop albums on this list, which only sometimes feels like saying “this pebble permanently lodged in my shoe is surprisingly smooth”
Wasn't super in love with the first few songs but the rest of it grew on me. 3.5/5.
On paper, I should love this, but... i just don't.
I could have swore I already got this album, but then I remembered all of their shit sounds the same. That'll happen when you work the word "maybe" in the hook of every goddamn song.
I tried to listen to this critically and objectively but just ended up singing along
Quite good but not so stand out.
It's fine. It came, it went, it had no impact on me. Middle of the road it is.
Salvo por algunos temas, como el anteúltimo, que son plenamente radio oasis y me parecen un asco, entre con mucho prejuicio y me terminó pareciendo un discazo
Je ne contracte pas
Guitars. I think the guitars themselves have guitars. Solid style. Really good guitars. Good drumming too. But have I mentioned the guitars? In terms of lyrics, it would be great if they broke out of the verse-chorus mode. Or maybe they just need some more guitars. One can forgive a lot with enough guitars.
Solid album 8 /10
Pretty good, I really like married with children
Day100 - a milestone day and i get one of my favorite’90’s artists
ok ...(.)
Favorite Tracks: Live Forever Rock ‘n’ Roll Star Married With Children
A lot of these tracks are OK, and some are even quite adequate.
It's competent rock music. I neither love nor hate it.
- The first time I heard of this website, I entered an email out of curiosity and this album is the first one that popped up. I was admittedly turned off because I did not want my first experience to be Oasis. - Some good tracks on here -- I heard "Live Forever" the first time in preparation for a guitar lesson. I also think "Bring It On Down" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol" are relatively strong and stand on their own. - Second half is better than the first half...but it is still Oasis, which means I can take or leave Gallagher's voice and am never that impressed.
Mira, no
It's very good for a 90's mainstream alternative record which is not a category of music that particularly love
I was not expecting this to rock so hard! I said this in my review of Green Day's "Dookie" that the lyrics are terrible, but they don't need to be good. It's not about the lyrics, they're just a vehicle for the music. This one rocks so hard that I missed an earthquake because I was listening to it with headphones on!
(1001: got kind of spoiled this week with Nirvana and Oasis back to back) Oasis is a great example of why British music just seems to work. I'm not really comparing them to the Beatles exactly, but their easy melodies and vocals make it just nice to listen to. The only really meaningful comparison I can make is that they are British. I definitely prefer the hits on their follow up a bit more so apples to apples I'd give the other a 5 and this maybe a 4.5 and round up, but it's still great. Favorite track "Live forever" 4.5/5
Pretty solid I guess, but I suppose I prefer Blur
Great album, 9/10
Sounds like grunge rock, I like the stretching of syllables and quite a good instrumental still bad genre.
Some good songs but nothing spectacular in any department
I love britpop, and I have always wanted to love Oasis because of that. But I have always been a Blur gal all the way. I have always thought that Oasis are inferior to Blur in every way imaginable. Their music just feels so safe and watered down, like they never try anything interesting or or experimental in their music, and the gain on the guitars sounds so weird like some weird uncanny valley between acoustic and electric. Liam's voice is just whiny and annoying, and each song just drags on for so long which only makes the whiny nature of his voice all the more promenant. At the end of the day, britpop is one of the reasons the 90s is my favourite decade for music, and I get that Oasis are the main band of that scene. But I can't help but feel that they are one of the most overrated bands of all time.
sausages
It’s ok. Not as good as its reputation
Typischer 90er Brit-Pop. Gut zu hören, bekannte Klänge. 4/5
90iger Britpop. Damals schon sehr erfolgreich, überall präsent. Gehörte und gehöre nicht zur Zielgruppe dieses Genres.
The Oasis sound. Beatles influence is very clear as everyone says. Very 90s, progenitor of a lot of other Britpop. Up In The Sky was a bit of a gem but everything else very samey. (And was Up In The Sky just a worse version of Rain by the Beatles?)
At the time this album was released, I was much more hyped about Offspring, Bad Religion and Green Day. I still am, and hadn’t given this album any thought in decades. With good reason. It’s not a bad album at all, but it doesn’t live up to its hype. Of the first five tracks, only Live Forever is something to write home about. Then Supersonic turns things around, and starts the strongest 3-song sequence of the album. The last 3 tracks are also quite good, and salvage the four stars. Good debut, but having the strongest songs on the final half is rather strange
Goede sound, klinkt echt megadik. Paar vette nummers, veel goede nummers
Liked this one
All the sounds of “Morning Glory”, without any of the standout songs. Overall still good. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again
Better than I expected.
Pretty good!
It all just sounds the same, in a perfectly good and reasonable way.
Yes, it's derivative. Yes, it's brash. But I still enjoy it as it was such a part of my music background growing up. This album is undeniably still good.
I listened to it. It was fine. I’ll probably never listen to it again because I’m just not that in to Oasis.
certainly earned its place on the list but i wouldn’t say its even the best oasis album. it has its huge, glaring flaws but it’s undeniably full of bangers.
An average rock-pop album made worse by Mancunian wailing. My listening experience (in bed at midnight) is best described with an excerpt from the final song; "Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night".
Dit album is... niet goed. En dat is niet zozeer slecht, het is namelijk wel heel leuk. Simpele liedjes met grappige teksten. Sowieso vind ik die gallagher broers grappig, en hoe zij zich nu exclusief op twitter tegenover elkaar verhouden. Grappig album, leuk om naar te luisteren. Ik zei eerder dat Nirvana dé alternatieve band van de jaren 90 was, maar als ik de andere reviews mag geloven is Oasis het in het VK.
I said in January that I always preferred (What's the Story?) Morning Glory to Definitely Maybe, and I do, but that doesn't diminish a quality and historic album, and to produce a sound this big and this memorable with your debut effort is pretty staggering. Rock 'n' Roll Star, Live Forever, Supersonic, Bring It On Down and Cigarettes & Alcohol are all the epitome of Oasis, but Shakermaker, Columbia and Slide Away all have the hallmarks of stuff they had the versatility to pull out and would go on to be just as memorable for. I think a couple of weaker tracks in Up In The Sky, Digsy's Dinner and Married With Children stop it getting a 5, but it's the highest of 4s.
This is just such a good debut. Not (quite) as overplayed as What's The Story Morning Glory, but some really good songs on there, and it's a little rougher around the edges (in a good way, definitely compared to where they went later on). And it's only 1994 at this point, you're coming out of grungeland, you've had a bit of the Happy Mondays, and this is just on a whole different planet. Definitely some weak points, but it's still a very high 4.
115 charges.
Oasis write pretty generic songs, but they are really good generic songs.
Hey....it's Oasis.
Best Song: Married With Children. I think I would have preferred a whole album of stripped-down tracks like this. Worst Song: Shakermaker. Every part of the song feels like it overstays its welcome. Overall: A bit slow and plodding. Not bad, just boring. As a non-Brit, the only thing that really stuck out to me was the unapologetically strong accent in the vocals.
My moms boyfriend’s favourite album lol It’s aight, be here now better
perfectly listenable! a bit nostalgic even
Favorite Tracks: Supersonic, Live Forever Glad I gave this one a chance. It sounds almost like a soundtrack album.
Excelente album de Oasis y más siendo el primero.
This one's an absolute classic and one that deserves it's spot in this list. Great album with great tracks. Love that kind of british music.
A fine example for Brit Pop. I like it, but What's the story morning glory was better
Great album!
so what.
well which one is it then
Excellent debut
I like their other album a lot and was hoping this one would be good but it was so bland, just generic 90s rock. I can't believe the outro to Columbia was the same guitar riff repeated for almost 2 minutes. 2.5 Stars
dette ble jo lansert på nytt for ikke så lenge sia
Solid album. Big fan of Oasis, but this isn't one of their best albums. Their followup is a true 5 star album.
Perhaps not the best Oasis album, but to me it is a very worthy debut. It isn’t too often we see a debut album sound as complete as this one. On a side note, Was this the birth of what we now know as Indie rock? Kind of gives me cage the elephant vibes. Yeah yeah. I know there’s a lot of Brit Pop and this may not be stray TOO far off the Brit Pop of its time; but idk- this shit slaps. And that’s coming from someone who’s not super into the genre. Its still crazy to me that this was a 90’s album, I honestly had to check twice because I didn’t believe their debut was ‘94. Slide away is my top track
I’m serious a perfect debut this is up there with Justice and the strokes and wow I mean I love every song and they found their sound immediately I just wanna see the new record
I didn' t care for this music.
Like it! ‘‘Twas fun. Still think what’s the story/morning glory is a better album. Favourite song was married with children
I could maybe be 5/5 if I didn't know that Oasis got better later
not a single miss
Melhor disco dos anos 90!!! Melhor compositor = Noel. Melhor voz = Liam.
3/11/24. Incredible album, still recall the first time listening and couldn't believe how strong each track was. Delivers a punch for sure, and Liam's vocals are memorable.
Hook-laden post-grunge Britpop displaying its influences obviously. The production is massive and the tunes are instantly infectious. I was too cool to like this in 1994 but looking back I think it's great.
I never really got Oasis, largely because they sound sooo derivative. Oh, and Liam Gallagher is a 24 carat prick (with what our German cousins would call a "Backpfeifengesicht". Look it up.). Not totally without merit.
great
ok
Gran irrupción en escena . Vuelven The Beatles??. Estupendas canciones y un sonido particular.
I thought I liked Oasis more than I actually do. This was just okay. 3/5
maybe
Buenas canciones
Really solid album. Supersonic and slide away are great tracks.
Def more a fan of what's the story morning glory
A sick debut album, not as good as the follow up in my opinion but a classic none the less. Live forever is an all time great. Fav songs: - Live Forever - Supersonic - Bring It On Down - Cigarettes and Alcohol - Digsys Diner
Whichever Gallagher does the singing just yells everything. If it wasn't due that I'd like Oasis a lot more.
On my "Top 5 of the 90s" list... a treat to revisit. Still sounds Supersonic.
Expected to love it, but it was just okay. Rock N Roll Star was the highlight. I can officially say that my stance on britpop is Pulp>>>>Blur>Oasis
Love it
Not going to turn me in to an Oasis fan but better than the other album
You can't deny this isn't a classic! Live Forever is one of the best British Indie records ever
Opens with the 'wall of sound' The album is heavier then I would of thought being familiar with the hit. A good album.
I’ve never listened to Oasis before. I was kind of surprised that I enjoyed the album.
Maybe it’s the accents but I’ve always felt Oasis’ sound was a modern day Beatles. Their songs always felt so perfectly mixed to me, the perfect balance of instruments and vocal volume. (What’s the story) Morning Glory was my jam in high school and I’ve never dabbled behind that but this album did not disappoint. I can feel my unibrow growing in with every track.
Pop-rock. Beetje ruis met zang eigenlijk; niet iets wat mijn interesse wekt. Ik heb het gevoel dat ik continu aan het wachten ben op de knaller. **
4.4 Maybe my favourite Oasis? Maybe. Fave songs: Married with Children, Listen up, Live forever, Slide away
I've always been a bit of an Oasis hater, but admittedly, this album blew me away. Just simple but awesome rock and roll. Very fun, very 90s sounding. I understand why it was so popular when it came out.
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.
Best of britpop! I used to listen to this a lot in high-school. Smoked a lot of cigarettes and had lots of alcohol at that time.
Good
Still tired of brit pop Listenable at least
It was good but didn't feel super special. Unclear why anyone thought Oasis was the biggest thing since the Beatles, because there's really not much innovative sound in this album.
Uncompelling rock Radio friendly product Guitar solos shine
Mesterværkets kvaliteter er der nok af her! Men også liiidt langt fra nummere starter, til at sangen går igang, og det samme i den anden ende. Idag var et så langsomt album nok ikke gået. 🤷 Men tæske nem lytte oplevelse.
Det er mig fuldkommen umuligt at anmelde det her album objektivt. - Det er lyden af at kysse Siobhan bag et diskotek i Manchester. Og de mixed-tapes vi årene efter sendte til hinanden - Det er lyden af spillemaskinerne på Hjørnegrillen - Det er lyden af poolbord og øvelokale i ungdomsklubben Det er med andre ord et af de største soundtracks til mine teenage år.
Hrikalega góð plata. Ekki jafn góð og morning glory, en hrárri og ekki jafn commercial. Gallagher bræðurnir eru fávitar en þeir voru huge fyrir manchester soundið og bretabylgjuna seinni. 4.5 stjörnur.
Vitleysingar sem sömdu frábær lög. Ekki alveg jafn góð plata og Whats the story morning glory en fullt af góðum lögum.
The music was shite, it kept me up all night
Uno de los grupos de Rock característicos de los 90's. Un grupo que se le reconoce por la forma en que está grabada la voz. Muy buen disco.
More filler than i recalled. Rock and roll star sucks. Two showpieces live forever and supersonic ironically derive a lot of atmosphere from simple opening beats from a drummer i believe they fired for incompetence. Supersonic constantly hooks, bitch ast Nordic ‘hitmakers’ of today could learn. Hard to tell what is glorious ignorance and what is being British but lyrics are the best kind of ridiculous. As is pronunciations on cigarettes and alcohol
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
I like his sloppy singing attitude. But it just doesn't hold a match to the better stuff of the era
Great rock and roll. Knew a few of their songs from radio, but never heard this collection. Glad I listened to the album several times.
First five songs sound exactly the same (and bad), so I didn't bother listening to the rest.
It was alright, there was one familiar song and the rest was a bit generic-sounding nowadays
Some albums define a stage in your life and evoke such strong happy memories. This is definitely (not maybe) one of those for me. I remember seeing these idiotic brothers being interviewed on a Sunday night MTV show I used to watch in my first house. Check me out - not watching whatever my dad wanted to watch for the first 20 odd years of my life. Their debut album was out the next day and I got to see a few of their tracks being played acoustically in the studio and their first video. I bought the album the next morning and it became the soundtrack to my first year of living alone. Well, my next door neighbour used to sing opera in the morning so she deserved a little fight back! Possibly the best opening track to a debut album ever, and so many anthems throughout. Difficult to pick out a favourite track but Live Forever, Columbia and Slide Away are immense. Still a ‘Go To’ album for me, usually in the car when I crank the volume and sing and air-tambourine and let it all out. So much swagger. Iconic album cover. Great videos. A perfect album.
I was getting rather fed up with all the hype around Oasis by all the media juggernauts of the time. I remember the first grand hyped up play of 'Supersonic' on Radio 1 and felt underwhelmed at the time.i couldn't help thinking j&MC with punk attitude, Is this really McGee's new great white hope for the wonderful iconic Creation Records? (Lets not go there, I'll save some vitriol for their follow up effort, which is bound to appear sometime I'm sure). This album is by far the best thing they made for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it was made before the media expectations grew more than they already had at the time, and secondly, because of the hedonistic direction they decided to take their music with their ghastly follow-up. Some really good songs on here starting with 'Columbia' their best song of their career by far. Also ‘Supersonic’ was their best single. The first minute of ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ is also truly great, but only ruined when Liam opens his mouth. And there lies the problem with Oasis, Liam Gallagher. I admire him and detest him in equal measure. His nasally vocals, at the time of release I did not like at all, but has grown on me since. This album is very good, although I have to ignore the ridiculous nursery rhyme lyrics of 'Shakermaker', genius or plain lazy? But on the whole a solid debut. A mid 4.
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I'm not really sure what to say about this one. It's oasis, it sounds like oasis. A lot of their music kinda blends into one wall of sound for me. Bring It On Down did break it up a bit. It's decent, but never really been my thing. Solidly OK, often more enjoyable a few pints in.
5 songs in and I don't need more. Milquetoast AF
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
I've always loved this album
Did I really have to this?
honestly pretty generic
Good album. Not their best, though.
We're gonna live forever, RIP BJ
I liked the guitar sound and drum grooves.
does not touch me, boring, foreseeable
Typical Oasis; uk rock sound with a twinge of pop/rock? I liked it
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.
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Good high quality rock and roll, uh, music.
Excellent. 4
What better way to celebrate the Oasis tour than to re-listen to an album. Some bands should live forever.
feel like this is another one of those albums I'm not 'supposed' to like, but it jammed and I get the appeal
It was good, a lot of the songs sounded the same.
Having avoided listening to their songs for quite a while (Manc swagger not being my thing) I actually really enjoyed rediscovering what a good album this is and particularly for a debut. Seven out of ten but I'll be generous as I do love a touch of psychedelia and a great outro. I'm still Team Blur in the scheme of things, though.
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
This is one of those albums that if you was there at the time of release it means far more than if you are listening to it for the first time now I'm old enough to have been there and the nostalgia and memories that listening to this for the first time in years invokes means this is a great album. I completely understand why it would not have that effect on other people Albums from the 60s and 70s can have the same reaction from me. While not being perfect this album hits all the right notes for me and is a pleasant reminder of the power of music on the mind
There should be an edict that songs longer than four-and-a-half minutes should be reserved for prog, jazz, dance etc and not for beatles-inspired pop rock
Besser als erwartet
Favourite tracks: rock n roll star; shakermaker; live forever; up in the sky; cigarettes and alcohol; slide away; married with children; bring it on down; supersonic
Tonight/I'm a Rock and Roll Star is just about the most perfect statement of Album one, side one, track one 'We're Here now' possible. Listening to an album that just about every British guitar band has had to relate to in some way over the past thirty years, it's hard to recapture how fresh and brilliant this sounded when it came out. The template for every single Oasis album ever is already in place: four killer singles (here Supersonic, Shakermaker, Live Forever, Cigarettes and Alcohol), some solid album tracks that would be singles on other albums (not least the aforesaid opener), a soaring epic (Slide Away), and a throwaway acoustic number (Married With Children). And lastly, one track that sounds so like someone else's you can't believe they haven't been sued for a writing credit (here Shakermaker = I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing). If all the singles here are scored at 10/10, the great album tracks 9 and the others 8 take one off for each subsequent album, so by the depths of 5th album Don't Believe The Truth it works out at 6, 5 and 4 which sounds about right. Bonus: their B-sides in this period were better than most people's A-sides, and are included in The Masterplan which is better than any other album they did apart from this one and (possibly) the second. Overall 5/5. Lyrics: Noel for No(b)el Prize for Literature. I'll take my car and drive real far/You're not concerned about the way we are. Genius.
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.
Music good. Lyrics annoyingly vapid
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
I guess I’m not a britpop fan
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.
Quintessential '90s alt-rock -- I only knew 'Wonderwall' so it was interesting to hear more of their stuff, but probably not an album I'd come back to in the future.
Meh
A genius debut. One of, if not the best debut album of all time.
A classic which I was already well aware of. Truly one of the best albums of the 90s, if not all time
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.
Another UK centric pick. Jangly bad songs.
Nr. 123/1001 Rock 'n' Roll Star 4/5 Shakermaker 3/5 Live Forever 5/5 Up In The Sky 3/5 Columbia 3/5 Supersonic 4/5 Bring It On Down 4/5 Cigarettes & Alcohol 4/5 Digsy's Dinner 3/5 Slide Away 4/5 Married With Children 3/5 Average: 3,64 Pretty good pop/rock album. Would have appreciated a little bit more musical diversity.
Really solid debut from a band I only know from two songs. Definitely has a well defined sonic identity, namely heavy distortion. It’s fun. Some songs sound a little samey at times. But there’s potential here and the ones that stick out really do. As a side note - I wouldn’t mind moving away from 90’s British bands for a while… (cue a Blur album in ten seconds when I click “vote”). Standout tracks: Rock n Roll Star, Shakermaker, Up in the Sky, Supersonic, Bring it On Down, Cigarettes & Alcohol, …Married with Children
I have to split the fifth star evenly between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, in that order, without whom none of this is possible. It's good company, and the reverence is articulate and brilliantly executed.
Oasis (at least on their first two albums) really had something special. My only real criticism of this album (and Oasis in general), is that the songs kind of all blend together and are a bit too similar. Overall its a great album, and helps explain Oasis’s relevance in music history, but their follow up (you know the one) is an overall better album and more important.
I much prefer what's the story, but it's still enjoyable isn't it! Just not quite so banger filled
It's definitely a banger. I played Rock n Roll star on bass for my GCSE music exam.
Excellent rock and roll from around the last time rock and any cultural hold. Not quite perfect enough to get a 5, but a very easy 4.
90's Alt rock not bad not amazing.
I really hate that there are not any 0.5 stars on this site, but right now, its fine because this is a 4/5, their best material. Hit after Hit. They are awful human beings, but a great album
Say what you want about the Gallaghers, those early Oasis albums are infectious.
Hell yeah (Gallagher) Brother. Columbia, Married with Children, are my favorite non singles.
So, bland. Not the worst, but I was glad to be done with this one.
Music to drink Stella to
When this came out I was too much of an indie snob to appreciate it. Now that I’m older and less cool, I realized I was wrong. This is a great album and deserves all the accolades it has received over the last 2 decades.
Sometimes the dumbest things are the best things. This is one of those times.
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” might be the ballsiest opening track of the last 30 years. It certainly turned out to be prophetic. The swagger, the playfulnesses, the cocksure embrace of stardom well before it’s warranted, all cool conspire to create one of the truly memorable debut records in recent memory. Plus, the brothers Gallagher enter our orbit to put another spin on the ageless archetype of the Rock duo who constantly repel and attract one another. No matter what awful things they would say in future press releases about each other, surely they know they’ve created the best work possible together and the sooner they give the people what they want in some kind of reunion, only then will their superstar legacy will be etched in stone. One criticism too often thrown their way is to dismiss them as too-eager Beatles revivalists, especially songwriting mastermind Noel Gallagher. It’s not that they aren’t revivalists, it’s more that they wear their uniforms so comfortably and their influences so happily on their sleeves. And since they pull it off with confidence and catchy tunes, like the instant classic “Live Forever,” then no wonder people hate on Oasis for that. Nothing worse than a talented braggart who actually pulls shit off—it’s incredibly annoying and pretty amazing to watch happen in real time. Their next record would be their Apollo 11 mission, one that would produce a god-tier modern acoustic classic. But “Definitely Maybe” turned out to be way more definitive than the album title suggests. You did it, boys. You pulled off the heist but quickly made your business legit. And technically, you lasted longer than your idols, The Beatles, so take comfort in that and in the music, even when you can’t take comfort in each other.
Mentholzigarettes
Wonderful debut. All bangers no filler.
not too bad.
Very nice Britpop. There are other albums from Oasis I like more.
very cool shoegaze esk alternative rock vibes, super cool melodies too!
'Slide Away' might be their best song, I could listen to that wall of guitars on repeat forever. That shoegaze-y wall makes the whole thing sound great even if the songs are somewhat basic, but I guess that was their whole appeal, simple stuff but it's damn catchy. Shoutout to the chorus of 'Supersonic' too, the guitar bends in that make me bite my lip a little.
Straight up great rock and roll. No extra stuff, just amazing guitars
Best album so far. Not a single bad song that I would skip plus it has the perfect length
It's like listening to The Rolling Stones with a bit of The Beatles and ELO (I love ELO). For me the album is too noisy and scratchy. The only songs I found ok were "Up in the Sky" and "Married with Children". It's not the type of music I would listen to though.
just a beaut
Is it derivative? Yes it is. Is it fucking magnificent? Yes it is.
I’d rather listen to Bieber. I loath these wankers.
ugh
3 and a half hours
4-
Wayyyyy too repetitive even tho I usually like the Oasis
Definitely maybe? Definitely not! Leave this crap for the sheep.
Nice old times & soft music
The fact that none of Oasis’s popular song on this album made this much more enjoyable! I loved the more classic rock sound. The song felt more real. I was very surprised how much I enjoyed it
No thanks
Ich checks, aber Liams Stimme geht mir nach dem Album echt auf die Nerven
Oasis would have been a good band if it wasn't for the gallagher brothers being such garbage individuals. The music is okay, the vocals are whiney and the guitar/beats are typical.
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
Supersonic was the only standout song. Otherwise most of the songs were good but nothing over the top impressive. 7/10
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
The definitive one hit wonder band. I know I say this a lot but man so many of these songs all sound the same. At one point I thought we were listening to Wonderwall but it was a song that sounded almost exactly like the lead up to chorus of Wonderwall. It’s not terrible but it’s not great kind of just repetitive and forgettable. 4/10
One of the most unique sounds of the 90s, nothing really like it has come since. One of the 1st albums I bought as a kid. 8/10
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.
Good collection of songs, but they all feel samey. I would say Oasis gets repetitive with their releases at times.
It was fine.
great album. Some songs are clearly above the others but upon listen, I find new songs that I enjoy.
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.
Excellent album. From the first song to the last. I had forgot how much I enjoy this type of music.
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
First full album listen of Oasis, on their debut album. Excellent Britpop sound that just checks all my boxes (though I'll have to concede sometimes Liam's voice comes off nasal and sometimes grating). I love Noel's guitar work. All very good songs, but Up in the Sky, Supersonic, and Cigarettes and Alcohol are my favorites.
This might be a big, influential album. But I'm team blur, I'm sorry.
I'm not sure how this was my first listen-though of this album. Songs like Live Forever, Slide Away, and Rock 'n' Roll Star have been mainstays of my alternative rock playlists for more than two decades. Definitely Maybe was such a fucking good debut album! The only thing that makes me sad or have any negative feelings about this listen is that we'll likely never get the Gallagher brothers to kiss and make up for a reunion. I never had the chance to see Oasis perform live. This album deserves all of the praise it's gotten and continues to get. Five stars.
Good easy listening.
First listen, unless you count "Supersonic" and "Live Forever". I have always prided myself on staying neutral during the 90's Britpop wars, on account of neither being British nor alive during much of that time period. However, as much as it pains me to admit, Oasis comes out on top for me. Was going to say the only stinker was “Up in the Sky”, but on subsequent listens I was 100% all for its “Day Tripper”-ness (Tripper-osity?) I've been blasting this album all day. Fuck Oasis. 10/10 HL: "Rock n Roll Star", “Shakermaker”, “Live Forever”, “Supersonic”, “Bring it On Down”, “Digsy’s Dinner” January 16, 2024
Decent start with shakermaker, falls off but ends with the 2 strongest songs. Overall ~meh
It’s fine, I guess. I really didn’t feel anything listening to this. Not even nostalgia, even though I owned it on cassette and listened to it at least several times back in the day.
not oasis's best work but a solid album
I can’t believe I haven’t listened to this album because I’ve listened to their second one. Some bangers (live forever) but also some skips! Feels kinda punky but in a gentle British alt psychedelic way
I didnt like it too much, it wasnt awful, but I listened to the whole thing anyway.
Never liked the Gallagher guys personally, but their music is cult und belongs to the nineties like
everything sounded the same. It's not bad by any means but nothing is jumping out on first listen
not something i loved but there were a few ok songs. i downloaded 5,6,9,10 and 11 (: not bad music at all just not my jam
Classic album. Love every song and it is super nostalgic too. Immediately followed it up with What's the Story Morning Glory and the Masterplan.
Some good songs! First exception of British singing bad not being constantly droning so far Would listen again
Good one
Meh, maybe it needs another listen tho
Gonna see Liam perform this for it's 30 anniversary soon. Looking forward to it. Amazing album
What you get when you mix, Brit pop, Americana, good vibes and ultra singable choruses is “Definitely Maybe”, one of the greatest road trip albums of all time. Honestly, this is such a great debut album. It made me realize how essential Oasis is when looking at music of the 90s. It’s pretty apparent where they drew their inspiration from in their sound, but in the years after their high point, you could start hearing the influence they brought to the scene from The Killers to now Greta Van Fleet. From start to finish, this album is just very good. I wouldn’t be unhappy listening to any of these songs again. The instrumentals certainly aren’t reinventing the wheel, but they don’t need to. It’s catchy and undemanding to listen to. The only qualm I can find is that Liam Gallagher’s voice could get old after a while, but it doesn’t get obnoxious for me here. 8.5/10 Best Track: Supersonic
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
Wow the end of Rock n Roll star is so annoying. First two tracks are not grabbing me. I’m finding the vocals grating. Fuck that was boring.
It was ok!!!! pretty good but not my fav. cool debut but none of the hits!
Grew up listening to What's the Story (Morning Glory) on cassette and I liked how this album had less of a poppy acoustic feel and more rock like the Kinks ig? So British. I love it lol
A local classic, Digsy's dinner is a bit shit
Rock n Roll Star!
To stjerner
All. Time. Classic.
Meh
Five stars for sake of 4 1/2 not being available. But I’m not hatin’—truly one of the great albums of its time, both as a meme and IRL.
I’ve heard of this album but didn’t know a single track. I still don’t. It’s fine but Morning Glory is so much better. I guess this is where Fountains of Wayne got a lot of their inspiration. Does every song have to be 5 minutes or more? Oops. I was wrong. I know and like Married w/Children. One of the two shortest tracks and the most like their better known songs. Tracks added to Spotify: 0
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.
fave track: up in the sky final thoughts: they ate like let's be real crazy that this is a DEBUT
9/10 (im getting annoyed that half stars aren’t a thing on here, get me back in musicboard) definitely my one of my favourite listens since the start of this challenge, i enjoyed the majority of songs on here! there was a very abrasive style of shoegaze used on here, and it definitely aligns with the lyricism especially on tracks like “rock n roll star” - such an amazing opener by the way, it’s been stuck in my head for the past few hours - and “live forever”. i also love the whiny vocal performance on here, adds so much personality! it’s a near flawless debut, my only complaint is that two songs didn’t click with me, but that’s honestly due to personal preference. also i didn’t like how the vocals were drowned out at times by the instrumental, will never like that stylistic choice. however i will be exploring oasis after this haha
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.
Currently listening, but so far so good!
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
One of the better albums before. Did not know Oasis had actually good songs. Only the voice is sometimes too "noel" lig. Wieso schreibe ich eigentlich auf english?
Finde die vocals nervig, letzter Vokal immer ewig lang gestreckt. Ansonsten ok, aber nichts besonderes. 2,9.
All songs sound the same and follow the same pattern, until the last song, but by then it’s a case of too little too late. Overrated band and album.
About average. Nothing really wowed me.
Couldn't listen in Canada
After the third or fourth song, it felt like I had been listening to the same thing over, and over, and over.
Live forever was a good song, next
Apallingly boring. Cannot believe this was what people liked to listen to. No wonder Bill Clinton was president
Definitely Maybe not going to listen to this again. No knocks to Oasis, but questionable inclusion on the top 1,000. It sounds like the other Oasis album, which I like better and has three legitimately amazing songs
Definitely maybe a good album
A solid album. I liked every song but didn’t particularly love any
so mittel
Nice.
Forgot what a banger Slide Away is. What a fun album! Reminded me of when I use to listen to an entire album, beginning to end, in the 90’s/early 2000’s.
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.
Undeniably one of the greatest debut albums in rock history. They came up from nothing from a council estate in Manchester to being one of the loudest and biggest bands in the world. I always feel like I need to defend them for some reason. Why should someone need to defend a band that sold out shows back to back with 250,000 people? The reason this album and WTSMG and the Masterplan are so good is because they have hope entangled in them. There is a purity in this album that doesn’t feel like you had to be there in 1994 when it was released. Noel’s songs Live Forever. They became anthems. He’s not particularly great at guitar. His lyrics are pretty basic. It’s all heart and Liam sings like his life depends on it. For me, that’s all I need.
Always discounted them because of the news/drama story. But that was wrong of me. That was a very solid album. I will continue to listen to this.
Not my taste at all. The last song was the best because it featured more vocal than instrumental.
It sounded very familiar - I don’t remember band names well - so it may have been the same band that it reminded me of. It was ok. Nothing jumped out at me where I thought oh this is great. Although nothing jumped out at me where I thought god I hate this. All the songs seemed very similar throughout the Al I’m.
Bright, bouncing British pop rock done surprisingly well. I was not a fan of Oasis outside of a couple of their hits and expected a sloggish listen, but caught myself really zoning to a lot of the tunes, which are well produced and straightforward in their construction and execution. I will listen again for sure.
Banger
interesting Definitely Maybe lacks a unique sound, nothing sounds daring or sticks out, and the album falls flat overall. Stand outs on the album include tracks such as Live Forever and Supersonic. Other then those, I felt that this album had nothing notable to give and pales in comparison to Oasis' later albums. Definitely Maybe not listening again.
Very boring, by the numbers, rock record. I found the lead guitar extremely annoying. The only good thing to stand out was the hint of nostalgia it gave me for the 90s.
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.
wouldve liked it more as a kid. honestly didnt enjoy anything past the first diddy.
I find Oasis really boring. I don’t particularly enjoy any of these songs or find them catchy. They aren’t upsetting or bad per se, just unintelligibly samey and dull.
Rock n' Roll Star - 7.4 - energetic, pumped-up rock - a bit repetitive Shakermaker - 8.2 - great vocals and guitar Live Forever - 8.6 - awesome solo, great lyrics; want a bit more variety Up In The Sky - 5.9 - repetitive guitar with boring lyrics; vocals are amazing Columbia - 9.5 - incredible Supersonic - 8.9 - love the guitar and chorus especially. not a big clap guy Bring It On Down - 8.1 - great guitar and lyrics, chorus is meh Cigarettes & Alcohol - 7.6 - vocals are weird, but guitar sounds great Digsy's Diner - 5.3 - too upbeat, too british, and too much lasagna Slide Away - 8.3 - great guitar and verses, corny chorus Married With Children - 9.0 - love the acoustics and vocals
It may not be original or pushing any artistic boundaries but, madden my ferret, this album has energy and attitude. Almost 30 years old and aping music from 30 years before that, but still fresh and brilliant. Rock 'n' Roll Star - what an opener. It encapsulates the feeling of the entire album. Live Forever - a stone cold classic. Supersonic - Yes! Cigarettes and Alcohol - so good it doesn't matter that its a T Rex rip off. Slide Away - what a vocal! I used to love this record, and listening again for the first time in years, I'm equally surprised and delighted that I still do. A council estate masterpiece. Rating: 5/5 Playlist track: Rock 'n' Roll Star Date listened: 28/12/23
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
Debütalbum der Lieblingsband...wir müssen glaube nicht mehr sagen
Rock 'N' Roll Star Live Forever Supersonic Cigarettes & Alcohol Slide Away
I can't describe the hatred I feel for this basic drivel
Best thing they have ever done!
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
Meh
Listened to lots before. 90s Brit Pop classic
I love this record. Definitely there is a heavy amount of nostalgia in there for me but I think it is also objectively a great record and also an interesting time capsule. Cigarettes And Alcohol is probably my favourite track on here but every track is good.