- Creator Backlash: Liam is not a fan of "Digsy's Dinner". This is believed to be the result of the rather quirky lyrics (about the titular Digsy inviting a girl he likes for dinner), which contain lines such as "Your friends will all go green for my lasagna", and overally appears to have been made only to hear Liam pronounce words such as "lasagna" in his distinctive singing style.
- Creator's Favorite Episode: Noel named "Supersonic" as his favourite single and has performed live following the band's breakup.
- Cut Song: "Whatever" would have been included on the album, but the band couldn't afford to hire an orchestra.
- Revival by Commercialization: Inverted; "Shakermaker" ripped off the famous Coca-Cola jingle "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)", and they were sued. Noel then joked that "Now we all drink Pepsi." This was then parodied by the Oasis tribute band No Way Sis, who covered the Coca Cola jingle in Oasis' style. Then, quite amazingly Coca-Cola used "Whatever" in the 125th anniversary commercials.
- Throw It In!: Liam whispers "Oh yeah" right before the drums kick in during "Live Forever".
- Troubled Production: Production proved very troublesome, owing to the band’s general inexperience.
- The initial Dave Batchelor-produced sessions from late 1993 were a disaster. Creation Records - still reeling from My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless going insanely over-budget - were forking out at £800 a day for use of Monnow Valley Studios and it had resulted in just one useable recording - ‘Slide Away’ is the only track on the final album from those sessions. Noel ultimately got rid of Batchelor, and having tried one last time to salvage the music already recorded, decided there was no choice but to take another crack at recording the album.
- In January 1994, the band decamped to Sawmills studios in Cornwall with Noel and Mark Coyle producing and Anjali Dutt, a veteran of the Troubled Production of Loveless, handling engineering duties. Despite Noel taking a far more active role in things, the sessions still went nowhere and Liam still hadn’t recorded any vocals yet. It was left to Owen Morris, whose services had been offered to the band prior to starting recording only to be turned down, to salvage the situation. Firstly he impressed everyone by getting some first rate vocal takes from Liam, and then was able to take the existing recordings and turn it into the album most people know and love. The album went on to become one of the most acclaimed debut albums ever made by a British group.
- What Could Have Been: According to Noel, "Slide Away" was considered as a fifth single, but he ultimately refused, arguing, "You can't have five [singles] off a debut album."
- Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: "Supersonic" was written half an hour before it was recorded.
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