Editing Definitely Maybe (section)

== Legacy ==
{{Music ratings
| subtitle   = Retrospective reviews
| rev1       = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="allmusicreview">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/definitely-maybe-mw0000117851 |title=Definitely Maybe – Oasis |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=15 October 2010 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604050235/http://www.allmusic.com/album/definitely-maybe-mw0000117851 |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2       = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Oasis |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev3       = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev3score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="MojoJun2014" />
| rev4       = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score  = 8.8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19258-oasis-definitely-maybe-reissue/ |title=Oasis: Definitely Maybe: Chasing the Sun Edition |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=23 May 2014 |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523025537/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19258-oasis-definitely-maybe-reissue/ |archive-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev5       = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev5score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Supersonic Youth |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=335 |page=127 |date=June 2014 |last=Doyle |first=Tom}}</ref>
| rev6       = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev6score  = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/definitely-maybe |title=Oasis – Definitely Maybe |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=428 |date=June 2014 |access-date=16 June 2020 |last=Kennedy |first=Jake |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616144453/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/definitely-maybe |archive-date=16 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev7       = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score  = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="RS20140522" />
| rev8       = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Oasis |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
| rev9       = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9score  = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkZox6XK6oAC&pg=PA76 |title=Discography: Oasis |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=24 |issue=10 |page=76 |date=October 2008 |access-date=16 June 2020 |last=Marchese |first=David |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616152622/https://books.google.com/books?id=IkZox6XK6oAC&pg=PA76 |archive-date=16 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev10      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Oasis: Definitely Maybe: Chasing the Sun Edition |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=205 |page=95 |date=June 2014 |last=Bonner |first=Michael}}</ref>
}}

In 1997, ''Definitely Maybe'' was named the 14th greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted by [[HMV]], [[Channel 4]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', and [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]].<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222821/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/channel4.htm Channel 4/HMV best music of this millennium]}}". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2007.</ref> On Channel 4's "100 Greatest Albums" countdown in 2005, the album was placed at No. 6.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html |title=The 100 Greatest Albums |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914065711/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html |archive-date=14 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, ''NME'' placed the album at No. 3 on its list of the greatest British albums ever, behind [[the Stone Roses]]' [[The Stone Roses (album)|self-titled debut album]] and [[the Smiths]]' ''[[The Queen Is Dead]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/22062 |title=NME's best British album of all time revealed |magazine=[[NME]] |date=26 January 2006 |access-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206022644/http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/22062 |archive-date=6 February 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2006 British poll run by ''NME'' and the ''[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]]'', the album was voted the best album of all time, with [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' finishing second.<ref name="NME">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23227 |title=Best album of all time revealed |magazine=[[NME]] |date=2 June 2006 |access-date=27 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812174911/http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/23227 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Q'' placed it at No. 5 on its greatest albums of all-time list in 2006, and ''NME'' hailed it as the greatest album of all time that same year.<ref name="NME" /><ref name="Oasis top best British album poll">{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7249473.stm |title=Oasis top best British album poll |work=[[BBC News]] |date=18 February 2008 |access-date=15 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303071041/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7249473.stm |archive-date=3 March 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2008 poll conducted by ''Q'' and HMV of the greatest British albums of all time, ''Definitely Maybe'' placed at No. 1.<ref name="Oasis top best British album poll" /> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album at No. 217 on its 2020 list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]",<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=No. 217. Definitely Maybe, Oasis. 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020). Rolling Stone.|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/oasis-definitely-maybe-3-1063016/}}</ref> No. 78 on its 2011 list of the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties",<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427 |title=100 Best Albums of the Nineties |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=27 April 2011 |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314190830/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427 |archive-date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as No. 42 on its 2013 list of the "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-143608/definitely-maybe-154874/ |title=100 Best Debut Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=13 October 2013 |access-date=16 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616152235/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-143608/definitely-maybe-154874/ |archive-date=16 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The German edition of ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album at No. 156 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/rs500.htm/ |title=Rolling Stone – Deutsche Ausgabe – Popular Music Best-Of-Lists List |website=Rhein-zeitung.de |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924120008/http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/rs500.htm/ |archive-date=24 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2000, the album was voted No. 44 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book |title=All Time Top 1000 Albums |title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |edition=3rd |year=2000 |isbn=0-7535-0493-6 |page=55}}</ref> In July 2014, ''[[Guitar World]]'' ranked ''Definitely Maybe'' at No. 19 on its list of "50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |title=Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994 |magazine=[[Guitar World]] |date=14 July 2014 |access-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053900/http://www.guitarworld.com/superunknown-50-iconic-albums-defined-1994 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was ranked at No. 160 on ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'}}s "300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/3/ |title=The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014) – 160. Oasis, Definitely Maybe (Epic, 1994) |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=11 May 2015 |access-date=6 August 2015 |last=Unterberger |first=Andrew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616054921/http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/3/ |archive-date=16 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' listed the album at No. 9 on its list of the "50 Best Britpop Albums".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=5 |title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=29 March 2017 |access-date=30 May 2017 |page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602164010/http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=5 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the other hand, it was ranked at No. 4 on the list of most overrated albums ever in a 2005 [[BBC]] public poll.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/overrated/shortlist.shtml |title=Most Overrated Album in the World |publisher=[[BBC Radio 6 Music|BBC 6 Music]] |year=2005 |access-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051111201904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/overrated/shortlist.shtml |archive-date=11 November 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jake|last=Kennedy|editor-first=Robert|editor-last=Dimery|chapter=Oasis: ''Definitely Maybe''|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=[[Universe Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001AlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie/page/n366/mode/1up 732]}}</ref>

Reviewing the 2014 reissue of ''Definitely Maybe'' in ''Mojo'', Danny Eccleston stated, "There's nothing more exhilarating than the feeling that something great is about to happen. It's a force that courses, unmanageably, through Oasis' debut album even today... This is transcendental rock'n'roll music that celebrates the moment, not ''a'' moment."<ref name="MojoJun2014">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/14658/oasis-definitely-maybe/ |title=Sunshee-ine Supermen |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=247 |page=102 |date=June 2014 |access-date=27 May 2014 |last=Eccleston |first=Danny |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522001639/http://www.mojo4music.com/14658/oasis-definitely-maybe/ |archive-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> In his review of the reissue, ''Rolling Stone'' critic [[Rob Sheffield]] said, "Twenty years on, Oasis' debut album remains one of the most gloriously loutish odes to cigarettes, alcohol, and dumb guitar solos that the British Isles have ever coughed up."<ref name="RS20140522">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/definitely-maybe-reissue-20140519 |title=Oasis' Brilliant Debut Turns 20 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=1209 |page=81 |date=22 May 2014 |access-date=23 May 2014 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524093111/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/definitely-maybe-reissue-20140519 |archive-date=24 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, a study of the album by writer [[Alex Niven (writer)|Alex Niven]] was published in [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]'s [[33⅓]] series.<ref name="33.3">{{cite web |url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/oasis-definitely-maybe-9781623566760/ |title=Oasis' Definitely Maybe (33 1/3) Alex Niven: Bloomsbury Academic |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |date=8 May 2014 |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404090819/http://bloomsbury.com/uk/oasis-definitely-maybe-9781623566760/ |archive-date=4 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Niven reviewed the album from a sociopolitical context of Oasis as a working-class answer to four decades of political strife.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/31/aphex-twin-oasis-bjork-j-dilla-headline-new-series-of-33-13-books/ |title=Aphex Twin, Oasis, Bjork, J Dilla headline new series of 33 1/3 books |magazine=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |date=31 August 2012 |access-date=26 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904004823/http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/31/aphex-twin-oasis-bjork-j-dilla-headline-new-series-of-33-13-books/ |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2023, Liam Gallagher announced plans to tour and perform ''Definitely Maybe'' in full, marking the album's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snapes |first=Laura |last2= |first2= |date=2023-10-16 |title=Oasis: Liam Gallagher announces 30th anniversary Definitely Maybe tour |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/16/oasis-liam-gallagher-announces-30th-anniversary-definitely-maybe-tour |access-date=2023-11-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In September 2024, [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] issued a football [[Kit (association football)|kit]] for their 2024–25 season, based on the cover art of ''Definitely Maybe'', in collaboration with Noel Gallagher. The player's numbers are printed using Noel's handwriting. A coordinated range of apparel was also released, under the title "''Definitely City''".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/202425-definitely-city-kit-launch-video-63861680 | title = City and PUMA launch 2024/25 Definitely City kit in collaboration with Noel Gallagher}}</ref>