Oasis - Definitely Maybe (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1994/2024) [Official Digital Download]

Definitely Maybe begins with a statement of aspiration, as Liam Gallagher sneers that "tonight, I'm a rock & roll star" – the words of a bedsit dreamer hoping he'd break out of those four walls and find something greater. Maybe all he could muster is a fleeting moment of stardom as he sings in front of a fleet of amps pushing out power chords, or perhaps he'd really become a rock & roll star; all that matters is he makes the leap. This dream echoes throughout Oasis' debut, a record which takes the dreams of its listeners every bit as seriously as those of its creators. Both the artist and audience desire something greater than their surroundings, and that yearning gives Definitely Maybe a restlessness that resonates. Certainly, Oasis aren't looking to redefine rock & roll here; they'd rather inhabit it. They scour through the remnants of the past three decades to come up with a quintessentially British rock & roll record, one that swaggers with the defiance of the Rolling Stones, roars with the sneer of the Sex Pistols, thieves from the past like the Happy Mondays, and ties it all together with a melodicism as natural as Paul McCartney, even if Definitely Maybe never quite sounds like the Beatles. All the Fab Four comparisons trumpeted by the brothers Gallagher were a feint, a way to get their group considered as part of the major leagues.

TRACKLIST

Disc: 1
1 Rock 'n' Roll Star (Remastered)
2 Shakermaker (Remastered)
3 Live Forever (Remastered)
4 Up In The Sky (Remastered)
5 Columbia (Remastered)
6 Supersonic (Remastered)
7 Bring It On Down (Remastered)
8 Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)
9 Digsy's Dinner (Remastered)
10 Slide Away (Remastered)
11 Married With Children (Remastered)

Disc: 2
1 Rock 'n' Roll Star (Monnow Valley Version)
2 Shakermaker (Monnow Valley Version)
3 Live Forever (Monnow Valley Version)
4 Up In The Sky (Monnow Valley Version)
5 Columbia (Monnow Valley Version)
6 Bring It On Down (Monnow Valley Version)
7 Cigarettes & Alcohol (Monnow Valley Version)
8 Digsy's Dinner (Monnow Valley Version)
9 Rock 'n' Roll Star (Sawmills Outtake)
10 Up In The Sky (Sawmills Outtake)
11 Columbia (Sawmills Outtake)
12 Bring It On Down (Sawmills Outtake)
13 Cigarettes & Alcohol (Sawmills Outtake)
14 Digsy's Dinner (Sawmills Outtake)
15 Slide Away (Sawmills Outtake)
16 Sad Song (Mauldeth Road West Demo, Nov' 92)



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