Oasis: Criticized In America, But Loved
Anyone familiar with music magazines will notice a common method used by most music critics: comparing artists to one or more of their peers. In most cases this method is critical to the review, especially if the readers have never heard the artist being reviewed. It gives them a point of reference, and if they like the artists being compared, they might buy the album. Such comparisons can work for or against an artist, but for one band in particular it has been incorporated into almost everything ever written about them.
Oasis were in the hands of the media right from the beginning. In a review of their first album, Definitely Maybe, Stuart Maconie referred to them as “manna from heaven in a slow newspaper week.” He gave almost as much attention to the rivalry between the two brothers and core members of the band, Noel and Liam Gallagher, as he did to the music itself. He pointed out that the music was nothing new and cited the Sex......
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