A survey of 40,000 music amatuers around the world were selected by NME magazine to rate the albums of the 1990s.
Definitely Maybe was recorded for less than $160,000 US. When it was released in 1994, it sold very rapidly, earning more than $7 million in one week.
Oasis knocked out the previous first-place holder, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Here are the top ten albums according to the survey:
1. Definitely Maybe, Oasis
2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, The Beatles
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. OK Computer, Radiohead
5. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
6. Nevermind, Nirvana
7. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
8. Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
9. The Queen Is Dead, Smiths
10. The Bends, Radiohead