Editing Definitely Maybe (section)

== Cover art ==
The photograph on the front cover of the album was taken by rock photographer [[Michael Spencer Jones]] in guitarist Bonehead's house in [[Didsbury]], Manchester.<ref name="NME/Oasis">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/oasis-the-stories-behind-their-cryptic-album-and-single-sleeve-art-1424210 |title=Oasis – The Stories Behind Their Cryptic Album And Single Sleeve Art |magazine=[[NME]] |date=18 August 2015 |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170427163505/http://www.nme.com/photos/oasis-the-stories-behind-their-cryptic-album-and-single-sleeve-art-1424210 |archive-date=27 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The image was inspired by the back cover of [[the Beatles]]' 1966 compilation LP ''[[A Collection of Beatles Oldies]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/30-iconic-album-covers/ |title=30 iconic album covers|publisher=[[The History Press|thehistorypress.co.uk]]|access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706123748/https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/30-iconic-album-covers/ |archive-date=6 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and, in the positioning of Liam on the floor, by a visit Spencer Jones had made to the [[Egyptology]] section at [[Manchester Science Museum]].<ref name="NME/Oasis"/> In a 2019 interview, Spencer Jones said that the idea to photograph the band at Bonehead's house came from Noel, who originally wanted the band to be seated around Bonehead's dining table; Spencer Jones instead suggested shooting in the lounge, facing a [[bay window]]. He also said that he asked Liam to lie on the floor to draw attention away from the room's [[wood flooring]], which he felt would make the picture look like an advert for [[varnish]]. The wine glass to Liam's right was filled with diluted [[Ribena]]; although an [[urban legend]] suggests that this was used because the band could not afford wine, Spencer Jones explained that it was actually because red wine often turns out black instead of red on pictures.<ref name=guardian>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/06/michael-spencer-jones-oasis-definitely-maybe-album-cover |title=Michael Spencer Jones's best photo: Oasis's Definitely Maybe album cover |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=6 February 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |last=Yates |first=Henry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206233437/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/feb/06/michael-spencer-jones-oasis-definitely-maybe-album-cover |archive-date=6 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Spencer Jones asked the band to bring objects of personal value to them to the shoot.<ref name=guardian /> Cannon drew inspiration from [[Jan Van Eyck]]'s [[Flemish Renaissance]] painting ''[[The Arnolfini Portrait]]'' (1434) for the way it is "littered with visual metaphors", and applied the same significance for the objects on the ''Definitely Maybe'' sleeve.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dean |first1=Jonathan |title=Noel Gallagher on 30 years of Definitely Maybe |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/oasis-reunion-definitely-maybe-noel-liam-gallagher-p3wdh7q5b |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=4 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827154809/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/oasis-reunion-definitely-maybe-noel-liam-gallagher-p3wdh7q5b |archive-date=27 August 2024 |date=27 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Simon |title=Oasis Definitely Maybe artwork 'will live forever' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39kljz3y01o |website=BBC |access-date=4 September 2024 |date=25 August 2024}}</ref> The television is showing a scene with actors [[Eli Wallach]] and [[Antonio Casale]] from [[Sergio Leone]]'s film ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''. A still of actor [[Gian Maria Volonté]] from another Leone film, ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', is visible on the television on the back cover.<ref>[http://www.maxcaratulas.net/caratulas/Audio/letraO/originalimages/oasis%20-%20definitely%20maybe%20(back).jpg oasis – definitely maybe (back).jpg (1181×921)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311072948/http://www.maxcaratulas.net/caratulas/Audio/letraO/originalimages/oasis%20-%20definitely%20maybe%20%28back%29.jpg |date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> According to Spencer Jones, this was Noel's favourite film.<ref name=guardian /> A picture of footballer [[Rodney Marsh (footballer)|Rodney Marsh]] playing for [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] (the football team of the Gallaghers and McGuigan) is propped against the fireplace. A photograph of footballer [[George Best]] can be seen in the window at the behest of Bonehead, a [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] fan.<ref name=guardian /> A poster (actually the inside of a [[gatefold|gatefold sleeve]])<ref name=guardian /> of [[Burt Bacharach]], one of Noel's idols, is also shown leaning against the side of the sofa on the lower left-hand side of the cover. Bonehead's [[Epiphone]] Riviera, which he used on every Oasis recording and gig during his tenure in the band, is propped against the wall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/1025/bonehead |title=Bonehead: "Leaving Oasis Was The Right Thing For Me To Do" |last=Wilson |first=Lois |date=2013-08-12 |website=Mojo |publisher=Bauer Media Group |access-date=2020-08-11 |quote=My most treasured possession... after my family, is my guitar. It's an Epiphone Riviera from the '80s and I played it on every Oasis record and played it at every Oasis gig.}}</ref> Some writers believe that Oasis were trying to pay homage to the album cover of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[Ummagumma]]'' (1969) by placing Bacharach's picture in the same prominent position used for the soundtrack of [[Vincente Minnelli]]'s film ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' on ''Ummagumma''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKJU6CegkogC&q=Ummagumma+cover+art&pg=PA298 |title=Burt Bacharach, Song by Song: The Ultimate Burt Bacharach Reference for Fans, Serious Record Collectors, and Music Critics |last=Dominic |first=Serene |publisher=Schirmer Trade Books |year=2003 |isbn=0-8256-7280-5 |page=298 |access-date=24 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428050959/https://books.google.com/books?id=TKJU6CegkogC&pg=PA298&dq=Ummagumma+cover+art&cd=3 |archive-date=28 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>