Definitely Maybe is the debut studio album by the English rock band Oasis,released on 29 August 1994 by Creation Records. The album features Noel Gallagher on lead guitar,backing vocals and as chief songwriter,Liam Gallagher on lead vocals,Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs on rhythm guitar,Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan on bass guitar and Tony McCarroll on drums.
Oasis are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher,Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar),Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll (drums),with Liam asking his older brother Noel Gallagher to join as a fifth member a few months later to finalise their formation. Noel became the de facto leader of the group and took over the songwriting duties for the band's first four albums. They are characterised as one of the defining and most globally successful groups of the Britpop genre.
William John Paul Gallagher is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Oasis,which he co-founded in 1991. He fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2009 to 2014,before starting a successful solo career in 2017.
Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician,singer and songwriter. Gallagher is the primary songwriter,lead guitarist and a co-lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis. After formerly leaving Oasis,he formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Gallagher is one of the most successful songwriters in British music history,as the writer of eight UK number-one singles and co-writer of a further number one,as well as the sole or primary writer of ten UK number-one studio albums. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential songwriters in the history of British rock music,cited by numerous major subsequent artists as an influence.
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records,it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album was a significant departure from the band's previous album,Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses,with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album. Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White,who replaced Tony McCarroll.
Paul Benjamin Arthurs,known professionally as Bonehead,is an English musician. He is best known as the co-founder,rhythm guitarist,and occasional keyboardist and bassist of the rock band Oasis.
"Wonderwall" is a song by English rock band Oasis,released by Creation Records on 30 October 1995 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Described by lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher,who wrote the song and co-produced it with Owen Morris,as being about "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself","Wonderwall" reached the top ten in 15 countries;it topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand,peaked at No. 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart,and reached the top ten in Canada and the United States at No. 5 and No. 8,respectively,thus becoming the band's sole top-40 entry on the latter country's main Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single was certified septuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and 12-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Its music video,directed by Nigel Dick,won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards.
"Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by Noel Gallagher,the song was released as the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe (1994) on 8 August 1994,just prior to that album's release. Gallagher began writing the song in 1991,before he joined Oasis.
"Cigarettes &Alcohol" is a song by the English rock band Oasis,written by Noel Gallagher. It was released on 10 October 1994 by Creation Records as the fourth and final single from their debut album,Definitely Maybe (1994),and their second to enter the UK top ten in the United Kingdom,peaking at number seven,eventually spending 79 weeks on the charts. On 13 March 2020,nearly 26 years after its release,the song was certified Platinum,indicating 600,000 sales.
"Supersonic" is a song by English rock band Oasis,released as their debut single on 11 April 1994,and later appeared on their debut studio album,Definitely Maybe (1994). It was produced by the band and Mark Coyle,their live sound engineer. The single was accompanied by two music videos,one directed by Mark Szaszy and the other by Nick Egan.
"Shakermaker" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher,the song was first released as the second single from their debut studio album Definitely Maybe on 20 June 1994. The single peaked at number eleven in the UK. It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013,having previously been their only single of the 1990s not to be certified in the UK. As of 2021,it remains the only single from the band's first two albums not to reach at least platinum status in the UK.
"Don't Go Away" is a song by English rock band Oasis from their third album,Be Here Now (1997). Written by Noel Gallagher,the song was released as a commercial single only in Japan,peaking at number 48 on the Oricon chart,and as a promotional single in the United States and Canada. The track reached number 35 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and number 15 on the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart in late 1997.
"Champagne Supernova" is a song by English rock band Oasis,written by Noel Gallagher. It is the closing track on the band's second studio album,(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995),and was released as the sixth and final single from the album in Australia and New Zealand on 13 May 1996 by Helter Skelter. Paul Weller appears as a guest guitarist and backing vocalist on the track. A music video for the song,directed by Nigel Dick,was released in 1996. The single was not released in the United Kingdom.
"Acquiesce" is a song by English rock band Oasis,written by Noel Gallagher. The song originally appeared as the B-side to Oasis' first UK number-one single,"Some Might Say",in 1995. Its popularity led to it being included on the B-sides compilation album The Masterplan,released in 1998,after being voted for inclusion by fans of the band on their official website.
Live by the Sea is a live video recording by the English rock band Oasis,released on DVD,VCD,and VHS. It features Oasis' gig at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion on 17 April 1995,as well as the videos for "Rock 'n' Roll Star" and "Cigarettes &Alcohol". The title is a pun on a line from the song "(It's Good) To Be Free".
Live Demonstration is a demo tape made by English rock band Oasis in 1993,prior to their rise to fame. The tape helped secure a recording contract with Creation Records,with most of the tracks ending up on the band's first batch of releases,including their debut album,Definitely Maybe.
Stop the Clocks is a compilation album by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 20 November 2006 by Big Brother Recordings. The "retrospective collection" is an 18-track double album with the featured songs chosen by Noel Gallagher. It was certified 5×Platinum in the United Kingdom.
"Slide Away" is a song by the English rock band Oasis,taken from their debut studio album Definitely Maybe (1994). It was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and serves as the tenth track on the album.
"The Shock of the Lightning" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It is the fourth track from the band's seventh studio album,Dig Out Your Soul (2008). The song was released as the first single from the album on 29 September 2008. It received its first airplay on 15 August 2008 on multiple UK and Irish radio stations including the Ian Dempsey Breakfast show on Today FM in Ireland,BBC 6 Music by Shaun Keaveny,and by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1. Moyles was joined by Noel Gallagher on 15 August 2008 to make a remix.
"Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It was written by the band's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher,and produced by Gallagher and Owen Morris. Released on 19 February 1996 by Creation Records as the fifth single from their second studio album,(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995),it became Oasis's second single to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart,earning a quintuple-platinum sales certification in the UK. It was the first Oasis single with lead vocals by Noel,who had previously only sung lead on B-sides,instead of his brother Liam. Noel would later sing lead vocals on six other singles. The music video was directed by Nigel Dick,featuring the band performing at a mansion where a large group of women appears.
