Leng credits Wonderwall Music with having established Harrison as "a pioneer in fusing global music",[REF] and Madinger and Easter similarly describe the album as "an early example of what would eventually become known as 'World Music': the mixing of Western music with other types from around the globe" [REF].
Clayson writes of the album's influence on mid-1990s Britpop acts such as Oasis, Supergrass and Ocean Colour Scene [REF].