Call it a success of fused influences, the Gallagher brothers’ arrogant gift-of-gab autohype in nearly every interview, or their ability to make wishes into reality by acting the part but Definitely Maybe was a blasting debut album. By being a less rollicking (and undeniably more straight in all senses) early 70s glam group for two decades on, Beatles and Neil Young loving in equal measure, Oasis delivered up both mouthy anthemic singles like “Supersonic” and “Live Forever” as well as some solid album cuts like the yearning power of “Slide Away.”

– Ned Raggett