Every track here is a winner and the loud, noisy production only adds to the proceedings. "Rock N'Roll Star" starts the album out with a bang, one of the better opening album tracks of recent memory. The tracks "Shakermaker", "Up In The Sky", "Digsy's Diner", and especially "Live Forever" all have great hooks and memorable melodies that stay in your head long after you've heard them. The hard driving "Bring It On Down", the T-Rex soundalike "Cigarettes and Alcohol", and the dirty groove of "Supersonic" sound like they were made for the concert stage. Other strong tracks here include the mid-tempo rockers "Columbia" and "Slide Away", and the acoustic closer "Married With Children" which sounds reminiscent of the Beatles' mid-60's work. If you like great rock n'roll with attitude, you'll enjoy this.

Great CD
Oasis has made an awesome debut. I love this CD. It isn't the best that Oasis has made, but it's not the worse. It contains hit like Rock N' Roll Star, Live Forever, Up in the Sky, Supersonic, Digsy Diner, Slide Away, Married with Children, and on some cds the single Sad Song.

Supersonic is probaly my favorite song on the CD. It's guitar is catchy and will have the melody stuck in your head.

Married with Children is another one of my favorites off of it. I love the acoustic guitar in the set. It's beautifully written and sung.

Live Forever is another great song. It's a ballad that will last forever.

Noel Gallagher is an awesome songwriter. I'd say he is the best in the music business. I wish Oasis spent more time in the U.S. I honestly believe these guys could be a modern day Beatles, if they did like the rest of the music world and sold out to MTV. I'm glad they haven't. Come listen to the roots of Oasis. They are a lot more than Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, and Don't Go Away. Go and buy Definetly Maybe. If your an Oasis fan, you'll Definetly like it.

Auspicious outrageousness and Oasis at their rawest!
Hands down the greatest debut album released by any artist, ever. Musically, this is Oasis at their rawest, hungriest, rather than sophisticated and musically advanced. The tracklist reads more like a greatest hits lineup as almost every track is memorable and unique. 'Rock 'n' Roll Star' is a fantastic beginning, and tells people to reach for their dreams. 'Shakermaker' is a Coca-Cola ripoff, but a damn good song. 'Live Forever' put Oasis on the map and remains one of their finest songs. "Up In the Sky" is the one song that's different than any others on the album , and it's a good one too. 'Columbia' is one of my personal favorites, simple lyrics and great execution musically. 'Supersonic' is one of the most popular Oasis songs till this very moment and their first single ever, solid drum intro until Noel tickles the Gibson. 'Bring It On Down' rocks harder than any song on the album, and Noel busts out the Gibson again for an amazing guitar solo in the final frame. 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' is about rock star excess, and still one of their best songs lyrically. 'Digsy's Diner' is the first in a line of bouncy late album tracks (She's Electric, Be Here Now) and it has very nice Liam vocals. Speaking of nice Liam vocals, 'Slide Away' is ten times better, and still one of the most heartfelt Oasis song, "Let me be the one/That shines with you/In the morning/When we don't know what to do" Noel pens and Liam pleads. Album ender 'Married With Children' is a mellow number, and it discusses discrepancies between lovers.

Overall, a fantastic album, and there is nothing like Oasis when they were young, very hungry, and also very talented. Not to say they're not talented now, but the raw energy that comes from reckless youth is induplicable (is that a real word? it is now!), and their music is far more mature and couth now so there is no use comparing apples and oranges. "Definitely Maybe" has definitely stood the test of time, and continues to do so. Oasis is hated, and highly underrated in the States but our English speaking buddies across the Atlantic know what's up, and they know and believe Oasis is a great band. "Definitely Maybe" is very highly recommended.

The Best Ever
Almost made a two word review: "Slide Away" The best vocals ever

other great tracks:
-Rock n' Roll Star
-Live Forever
-Columbia
-Supersonic
-Bring it on Down
-Cigarettes and Alcohol
-Maried With Children

Only complaint: They didn't include "Cloudburst"

Totally Mad Fer It
With this album Oasis made British rock n roll cool again. After the demise of fellow Mancs, The Stone Roses, the British rock scene grew stale. Definitely Maybe reignited it with cocksure arrogance accompanied with a pop friendly beat and rip roaring anthems. The working class had a band to answer "student" groups like Radiohead. Living in the "black economy", Oasis gave the rest of the world a glimpse into their lives much like Gangsta Rap gave white America a glimpse of inner city life. Songs like "Bring it on Down", "Supersonic", and "Cigarettes and Alcohol" spoke of a drug fueled existence. While "Rock N Roll Star" showed their self assured attitude. "Live Forever" is the stand out track and sums up the whole Brit Pop period so much so it was chosen as the title for a movie on the period. Noel Gallagher writes the songs but vocalist Liam Gallagher takes it and makes it his own, he could be the Ronald Reagan of 90's music scene. One of the best rock albums of all time I highly recommend it for any serious music fan.
With the swaggering chords of the opening "Rock'N'Roll Star," Oasis announced that big, brash Brit rock was here to stay--at least for a few years. They wore their rock & roll with an angry young sneer, a Mancunian petulance wedded to a vision of cathartic release. Their supersonic two-guitar attack took them "Up in the Sky," where they would "Live Forever" or burn out in a blaze of alcoholic glory. Noel Gallagher's songs weren't subtle--or shy of overt plagiarism--but, spat out in the Lennonesque snarl of little brother Liam, they took on a venomous power that had millions of young Brits taking them at their own arrogant word. In the U.S., meanwhile, the response was more Maybe than Definitely. --Barney Hoskyns