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Definitely Maybe 1994
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Definitely Maybe

When Oasis set out to record their first album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994, the path was not straightforward. They began at Monnow Valley Studio with producer Dave Batchelor, whom Noel Gallagher knew from his time as a roadie. However, those early sessions were not convincing. The band was looking for something, and what was coming out wasn't it. Therefore, in February 1994, they moved to Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, where Noel and Mark Coyle tried to shape it. Even so, things still didn't quite fit. It was then that from Creation Records, Marcus Russell contacted Owen Morris, an engineer and producer who would end up mixing the album in a studio owned by Johnny Marr in Manchester. The album was completed with songs like "Married with Children", recorded in a more homemade fashion on an eight-track Fostex recorder.

Year
1994
Songs
11
Duration
52 min 3 seg
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11 song|s

Song list

# Title Available ⏱
01

Rock ’n’ Roll Star

Guitarra · Intermedio

5:23 02

Shakermaker

Guitarra · Intermedio

5:08 03

Live Forever

Guitarra · Fácil

4:37 04

Up in the Sky

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:29 05

Columbia

Guitarra · Fácil

6:17 06

Supersonic

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:44 07

Bring It On Down

Guitarra · Guitarra · Intermedio

4:18 08

Cigarettes & Alcohol

Guitarra · Intermedio

4:50 09

Digsy’s Dinner

Guitarra · Intermedio

2:32 10

Slide Away

Guitarra · Intermedio

6:33 11

Married With Children

Guitarra · Intermedio

3:12

About the album

Definitely Maybe, according to DoReSol

The impact of Definitely Maybe was immediate in the United Kingdom. It arrived just after singles like "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker", and the success on American modern radio of "Live Forever". The album debuted at number one on the British charts, becoming the fastest debut in British music history at the time. It became a benchmark for the Britpop genre, and over time, publications like NME or Spin included it in their lists of the best albums. It is the only Oasis album to feature the complete original lineup, as Tony McCarroll left the band in early 1995.

The band, formed in 1991 and originally called The Rain, consisted of Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan, Tony McCarroll, and Liam Gallagher. Shortly after, Liam invited his older brother, Noel, to join. Although there was the idea that Noel was coming in to take full control, he himself has said that it wasn't exactly like that. Noel was responsible for writing all the songs on the album, although Bonehead has recalled how he himself contributed the riff for "Up in the Sky" and Noel built the song from there. The overall sound of the album, according to Allmusic, mixes the best of rock and roll, from The Beatles to The Stone Roses.