History Music / DefinitelyMaybeAlbum

* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes. (There's a bit of ComicallyMissingThePoint: The title "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was taken from Cobain's deadpan response to a journalist who asked him how he was feeling, and the lyrics of that song are about how ridiculous it is to whine about stupid things. Then again, [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Cobain later shot himself]].):

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable:

The album finally debuted that summer to rave reviews from critics on both sides of the pond. Praising its heavy guitar sound, optimistic lyrics, and impressive vocals, it sold over 80,000 copies in its first week and peaked at #1 and #58 on the British and American album charts, respectively. It has since been placed at #9 on Pitchfork's "50 Greatest {{Britpop}} Albums" list, regarded as the 10th-greatest album on ''Magazine/{{NME}}''[='=]s [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list]], and was voted the 42nd best debut album of all time on a list by ''Magazine/RollingStone''. It is currently the 93rd-most-acclaimed album ever according to Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compilation of various critics' lists]].

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---> ''You need to {{be yourself}}, you can't be no one else''

* ShoutOut: "Shakermaker" is based around the melody of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)". Yes, that song from the vintage Coke commercial in TheSeventies.

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle:

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!! 1996 Mexican Release Bonus Track
# "Whatever" (6:21)

The album finally debuted that summer to rave reviews from critics on both sides of the pond. Praising its heavy guitar sound, optimistic lyrics, and impressive vocals, it sold over 80,000 copies in its first week and peaked at #1 and #58 on the British and American album charts, respectively. It has since been placed at #9 on Pitchfork's "50 Greatest {{Britpop}} Albums" list and was voted the 42nd best debut album of all time on a list by ''Magazine/RollingStone''.

! "I live my life for the tropes that shine":

* MoodWhiplash: The light-hearted novelty tune "Digsy's Dinner" is in between the hard-rocking "Cigarettes & Alcohol" and the sprawling, anthemic ballad "Slide Away".

* OneWordTitle: "Shakermaker", "Columbia", "Supersonic"

Yeah, I know it's allright.''

* {{Sampling}}: "Shakermaker" samples "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)". Yes, that song from the vintage Coke commercial in TheSeventies.

* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes. (There's a bit of ComicallyMissingThePoint: The title "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was taken from Cobain's deadpan response to a journalist who asked him how he was feeling, and the lyrics of that song are about how ridiculous it is to whine about stupid things. Then again, [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Cobain later shot himself]][[invoked]].):

* MoodWhiplash: The light-hearted novelty tune "Digsy's Dinner" is sandwiched between the hard-rocking "Cigarettes & Alcohol" and the sprawling, anthemic ballad "Slide Away".

* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes. (There's a bit of ComicallyMissingThePoint: The title "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was taken from Cobain's deadpan response to a journalist who asked him how he was feeling, and the lyrics of that song are about how ridiculous it is to whine about stupid things. Then again, [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Cobain later shot himself]].):

!! "I live my life for the tropes that shine":

---> ''You need to be yourself, you can't be no one else''

* EpicRocking: "Columbia" and "Slide Away" each exceed six minutes.

* MoodWhiplash: The lighthearted novelty tune "Digsy's Dinner" is sandwiched between the hard-rocking "Cigarettes & Alcohol" and the sprawling, anthemic ballad "Slide Away".

* SplashOfColor: During the black and white scenes in the "Live Forever" music video, the only color that is shown is the green in the bushes and plants, [[FauxSymbolism although it doesn't appear it's supposed to mean anything important]].

* LoudnessWar: [[DownplayedTrope While not nearly as bad as]] ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory'' and ''Music/BeHereNow'', this album is definitely one of {{LoudnessWar/the worst offenders}}, for sure.

* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the Music/{{Nirvana}} song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes. (There's a bit of ComicallyMissingThePoint: The title "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was taken from Cobain's deadpan response to a journalist who asked him how he was feeling, and the lyrics of that song are about how ridiculous it is to whine about stupid things. Then again, [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Cobain would later shoot himself]].):

[[caption-width-right:350:''You can have it all, but how much do you want it?'']]

! '''''I live my life for the tropes that shine''''':
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: "Rock 'n' Roll Star":
--> ''I need some time in the sunSHEEYINE''

--> ''I heard the shEYINE's gone out of your life''

--> ''I could wait for a lifetime\\

* PepTalkSong: "Live Forever"
--> ''I think you're the same as me\\

--> ''You need to be yourself, you can't be no one else''

--> ''Whatever you do\\

* TakeThat: "Live Forever" was written in response to the song "[[Music/{{Nirvana}} I Hate Myself and Want to Die]]"; although Noel Gallagher admired Music/KurtCobain, he found the song too depressing for his tastes:
-->"''At the time . . . it was written in the middle of {{Grunge}} and all that, and I remember Nirvana had a tune called 'I Hate Myself and Want to Die', and I was like . . . 'Well, I'm not fucking having that.' As much as I fucking like him [Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain] and all that shit, I'm not having that. I can't have people like that coming over here, on smack, fucking saying that they hate themselves and they wanna die. That's fucking rubbish. Kids don't need to be hearing that nonsense.''
** ComicallyMissingThePoint: The title "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" was taken from Cobain's deadpan response to a journalist who asked him how he was feeling. The lyrics are about how ridiculous it is to whine about stupid things. [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Then Kurt shot himself.]]

* PepTalkSong: "Live Forever".

The album finally debuted that summer to rave reviews from critics on both sides of the pond. Praising its heavy guitar sound, optimistic lyrics, and impressive vocals, it sold over 80,000 copies in its first week and peaked at #1 and #58 on the British and American album charts, respectively. It has since been placed at #9 on Pitchfork's "50 Greatest {{Britpop}} Albums" list and was voted the 42nd best debut album of all time on a list by Rolling Stone.

* WordSaladLyrics: "Shakermaker". [[LineOfSightName Noel wrote it by sitting down in front of the television one day and just jotting down whatever words or phrases came on.]]

Noel Gallagher joined his little brother Liam's band in 1992. They worked on demos and played numerous live gigs. They finally released their first song, "Columbia", in late 1993. Much to their surprise, it started getting played. The band then decided it was time to record an album. After two ill-fated attempts and going through a few producers, the band finally settled on producer Owen Morris and recorded the album in a few weeks. Prior to the release, they sent out two singles: "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker".

The album finally debut that summer to rave reviews from critics on both sides of the pond. Praising its heavy guitar sound, optimistic lyrics, and impressive vocals, it sold over 80,000 copies in its first week and peaked at #1 and #58 on the British and American album charts, respectively. It has since been placed at #9 on Pitchfork's "50 Greatest {{Britpop}} Albums" list and was voted the 42nd best debut album of all time on a list by Rolling Stone.

[[caption-width-right:350:''You can have it all but how much do you want it?'']]

!! ''Definitely Maybe'' provides examples of:

* LoudnessWar: [[DownplayedTrope While not nearly as bad]] as ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory'' and ''Music/BeHereNow'' are, this album is definitely one of {{LoudnessWar/the worst offenders}}, for sure.
* MoodWhiplash: The lighthearted novelty tune "Digsy's Dinner" is sandwiched between the hard-rocking "Cigarettes and Alcohol" and the sprawling, anthemic ballad "Slide Away".

* OneWordTitle: ""Shakermaker", "Columbia", "Supersonic"

Noel Gallagher joined his little brother Liam's band in 1992. They worked on demos and played numerous live gigs. The finally released their first song, "Columbia", in late 1993. Much to their surprise, it started getting played. The band then decided it was time to record an album. After two ill-fated attempts and going through a few producers, the band finally settled on producer Owen Morris and recorded the album in a few weeks. Prior to the release, they sent out two singles: "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker".

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: "Supersonic" was written half an hour before it was recorded.

''Definitely Maybe'' is the debut studio album by English rock band {{Music/Oasis}}, released on August 29, 1994.

# "Rock 'n' Roll Star" 5:23
# "Shakermaker" 5:10
# "Live Forever" 4:38
# "Up in the Sky" 4:28
# "Columbia" 6:17
# "Supersonic" 4:44
# "Bring It on Down" 4:17
# "Cigarettes & Alcohol" 4:50
# "Digsy's Dinner" 2:32
# "Slide Away" 6:32
# "Married with Children" 3:12

* {{Sampling}}: "Shakermaker" samples "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing". [[TheSeventies Yes, that song from the vintage Coke commercial.]]