![]() That the songs are played with such expert swagger, sounding exactly like the anthems they were likely intended to be, is merely the icing on the cake, and songs like “Shakermaker,” the sludgy, Faces-recalling “Cigarettes and Alcohol,” the slinky groove of “Supersonic,” “Slide Away” (reportedly written on Johnny Marr’s guitar and, in spite of being the favorite Oasis song of many fans, Paul McCartney included, surprisingly passed over as a single) and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” all demand your attention, while “Live Forever” became an unlikely American hit and helped to bring Brit-rock back to alternative radio in a big way. radio market still very much consumed by grunge at this point. But Oasis set itself apart from the competition with its greater emphasis on guitar, a distinct fondness for classic rock, and distinctly sunnier, less cynical lyrical content (initially, anyway) if the band could occasionally sound derivative, they at least had the good taste to draw heavily from all the right bands, and Noel Gallagher, much like his idol Paul Weller (of The Jam and Style Council fame) has a gift for recapturing the sound and feel of the best music of the ‘60s yet still making it feel oddly and distinctly contemporary in a way that made it much more at home on Top 40 radio at the time than it would seem to on paper, even in a U.S. ![]() Easily one of the best debut albums of the ‘90s, this spunky and confident landmark album – and the band’s only disc with original drummer Tony McCarroll – would make seismic waves in the U.K., where the band was instantly heralded as a Britpop rival to the likes of Blur and Pulp. ![]()
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