Not really that difficult to answer. They are poles apart in style and output so they simply don't compare. Therefore it comes down to an assessment based on taste and subjective judgement, than one of a particular band being superior to another. I liked them both for this reason and listened to either of them dependent on mood. The closest they get to each other is perhaps a comparison of 'This is a Low' by Blur and 'Don't Look Back in Anger' by Oasis. If the former had been released as a single (I'll never understand why not), it too would have been a no1 hit single. Yet still, these tracks are poles apart - though one would argue they are both ballads and their sentiments occasionally dovetail.
It was a great time for commercial British music, speaking as someone who tends toward the more obscure as most chart material is dire. Pulp, for me, produced one of the albums of the decade with 'Different Class'. Supergrass, Ocean Colour Scene and Suede were examples of true UK talent and musicianship too, which made the charts almost listenable for a while. It was the closest I ever came to being 'a sheep' in my adult life.
I still listened to prog a hell of a lot more though!
