Oasis (and solo) album-by-album thread

This isn't wrong, at least as far as the last two Oasis records. And "What A Life" is certainly a cousin to "Falling Down," but I found "Death Of You And Me" more musically interesting and developed than anything he did in the last 5 years of Oasis, even if it did use that "Importance Of Being Idle" feel again. I wish the HFB stuff rocked a little more, but I find the overall quality of songs to be a significant step up from the end of Oasis.

 

Mmmm, barely. Even then, that isn't saying much, as The Strokes ripped off many a riff, themselves.

 

Noel should have saved this for his debut solo album:

 

I find Dig Out Your Soul a plodding album with mostly uninspired singles. Every other Oasis album I immediately connected with the songs; it took hearing live versions to develop some appreciation for this batch of songs.

It's the one Oasis album I rarely pull out to play these days. My favorite songs from this period are the stuff that didn't make the album. As many have said, it's not hard believing that Noel knew this was it for Oasis and saving his best material for his upcoming solo career.

 

Yeah Noel definitely knew Oasis was coming to an end. I think most of the songs on his debut album had been written by now, and he was either saving them up for a solo album or planning to trickle them out slowly in Oasis.

 

I’m Outta Time is a classic for me and the best song Liam has wrote, might be the best song he ever writes.

 

Anyone put together a best-of Liam compilation with his strongest Oasis, Beady Eye and solo tunes?

 

I actually really like Dig Out Your Soul. It's not perfect, but it has a lot of really great songs on the album, and only a few cuts toward the album aren't great. in particular I love the one two punch of Bag it up and the turning, I feel like their best since morning glory. I think this was a really solid album to go out on.

 

Top 5 songs
1. Shock of the Lightning
2. Bag it up
3. I'm outta time
4. the turning
5. Falling Down

 

Boss man weighs in on some things...

 

I shall do once we reach "As You Were"... but for now here's the first few tracks I would use:

1. Songbird
2. Love Like a Bomb
3. Pass Me Down the Wine
4. I'm Outta Time
5. I Believe in All

 

I forgot all about Bag It Up. Maybe it should have been a single instead of Falling Down? (Except Noel probably wanted to sing at least one single per album by this stage)

 

My top 5 songs:

1. The Shock of the Lightning
2. I'm Outta Time
3. Bag It Up
4. Falling Down
5. To Be Where There's Life

 

Considering we have just come to the end of the Oasis albums and are about to start the solo albums, now seems like a good time for me to do some Oasis rankings and lists (which am I kind of obsessed with)

Studio albums from favourite to least favourite
1. (What's the Story) Morning Glory
2. Definitely Maybe
3. Don't Believe the Truth
4. Be Here Now
5. Dig Out Your Soul
6. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
7. Heathen Chemistry

Top ten singles
1. The Importance of Being Idle
2. Don't Look Back in Anger
3. Some Might Say
4. Live Forever
5. Wonderwall
6. D'You Know What I Mean?
7. Supersonic
8. Cigarettes & Alcohol
9. Go Let It Out
10. The Shock of the Lightning

Top ten album tracks
1. Champagne Supernova
2. Rock 'n' Roll Star
3. Slide Away
4. Morning Glory
5. Gas Panic!
6. My Big Mouth
7. Don't Go Away
8. She's Electric
9. Married with Children
10. Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Top ten B-sides
1. The Masterplan
2. Half the World Away
3. Acquiesce
4. Let's All Make Believe
5. Talk Tonight
6. Rockin' Chair
7. One Way Road
8. D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman
9. Stay Young
10. Fade Away

 

My ranking of the official album releases

1. (What's the Story) Morning Glory
2. Definitely Maybe
2a. Don't Believe the Truth
3. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
4. Heathen Chemistry
5. The Masterplan (This would have been higher if Whatever had been included on it as well)
6. Be Here Now
7. Familiar To Millions
8. Dig Out Your Soul

 

Different Gear, Still Speeding (2011)

Track listing:
1. Four Letter Word (Andy Bell)
2. Millionaire (Andy Bell)
3. The Roller (Gem Archer)
4. Beatles and Stones (Liam Gallagher)
5. Wind Up Dream (Gem Archer)
6. Bring the Light (Liam Gallagher)
7. For Anyone (Liam Gallagher)
8. Kill for a Dream (Andy Bell)
9. Standing on the Edge of the Noise (Gem Archer)
10. Wigwam (Liam Gallagher)
11. Three Ring Circus (Gem Archer)
12. The Beat Goes On (Andy Bell)
13. The Morning Son (Liam Gallagher)

 

Bring the Light (2010)

Released: November 22, 2010

Track listing:
1. Bring the Light
2. Sons of the Stage (Gordon King/Tony Ogden)

 

Four Letter Word (2011)

Released: January 17, 2011

Track listing:
1. Four Letter Word
2. World Outside My Room

 

The Roller (2011)

Released: January 23, 2011

Track listing:
1. The Roller
2. Two of a Kind

 

Millionaire (2011)

Released: May 2, 2011

Track listing:
1. Millionaire
2. Man of Misery

 

The Beat Goes On (2011)

Released: July 15, 2011

Track listing:
1. The Beat Goes On
2. In the Bubble with a Bullet

 

I was very excited about the first Beady Eye album, as the first post Oasis Oasis record.

The end result was very disappointing. It's rare that I get rid of a record I own because I just plain don't like it, but I am afraid that was what happened here. Predictably retro and dull, but with a ghastly digital sheen to the production.

I still can't believe that Liam put out a song called Beatles and Stones.

 

I know that Noel has done way more than his share of riff pinching, but I'm not hearing this one at all.