Reviews
Ranked #79 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", 5 stars out of 5 - "While their debut was an up-tempo pop roar, this one showed that they were just as talented with rock ballads...", Ranked #61 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "The heady bravura of the Britpop era still resonates in the album that elevated Oasis to superstar status.", Ranked #8 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...A wonderful, often beautiful album, which single-handedly spoke for a generation of slobbishly dressed inarticulate men. It was a complete album...", Tied for #7 in the 1996 Critics' Poll., Ranked #5 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", 7 (out of 10) - "...their second LP...sends them off in an altogether different direction; away from the conscience-free overloaded hedonism towards an understanding of its consequences...", Ranked #10 in the Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll., Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s.", Ranked #3 on Melody Maker's List of 1995's `Albums of the Year.', Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995-"...A Latter-Day Classic...", "...An earnest, relaxed undertaking that is less about making a splash and more about making a point." - Rating: A-, "...the first truly convincing rock'n'roll album of the '90s....You liked the first album? Then you'll love this one....This is the business, the real thing....it's bloody great.", Ranked #2 in Nme's `Top 50 Albums of the Year' for 1995., "...as exciting and chock-full of insta-classics as their wake-up call of a debut....Clever production tricks and chord changes are Noel Gallagher's passions. His lyrics flit between inane and ingenious...but every last one fits snug as a puzzle...", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Oasis...borrow shamelessly from...artists like the Rolling Stones, T. Rex, the Kinks, Small Faces and, especially, the Beatles without losing their own snide identity..."
