It's hard to take many later Oasis singles seriously when considering them in light of Definitely Maybe. You start to realize the degree to which they obsessively and determinedly rehashed old melodies in the hope of making a hit. You can even hear flashes of Definitely Maybe songs as early on as What's The Story. For this reason I think their best singles ought always to be seen as their earliest album work. Much of what was to follow was really good all the same, though.
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