Oasis "Definitely Maybe" (1994)
I had a bit of a fail. Got mixed up and listened to "(What's the Story)
Morning Glory" instead (I had thought it was odd that this album would
be omitted from the list). I'll put my write up of that one aside for when it does
turn up here.
Onwards and upwards though, and the things you learn. For a band
synonymous with the Gallagher brothers, neither of them was in Oasis
when it first started (originally under the name the Rain). Liam was
invited to sing for the group and, after watching a show, Noel managed
to convinced them to not only let him join, but to let him become sole
songwriter.
The band set about recording their first album, but the first attempt
was deemed a failure even after attempts to tweak the results in post-production. The band
tried again, recording in the same room as each other to give
everything an 'as live' feel and then overdubbing the heck out of
things. The record company still weren't happy and eventually the
recordings were handed to engineer/producer Owen Morris. Morris was
given more or less free reign and managed to shape the album into the
brash piece of rawk-n-roll it is.
The album is a lot less poppy than the band's later offerings, though "Live Forever"
and slightly out-of-place acoustic closer "Married With Children"
provide a bit of melody. There's a lot of the standard rock recipe of
excesses here with the band even going so far as to title one track "Alcohol and
Cigarettes". Liam kind of goes overboard with nasally stretching out
of his sung vowels. Luckily he seemed to rope that in a bit in
subsequent albums.
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