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Post by masterplan200 on Apr 19, 2005 18:30:26 GMT -5
OASIS
Don’t Believe The Truth (Big Brother Recordings)
Britpop bores are all mouth and no trousers
THIS sixth album had a nightmare gestation, beginning as a collaboration with dance producers Death in Vegas, being binned three times, taking in a terrible headlining Glastonbury slot and coming out 18 months behind schedule.
As ever, there were rumours of a rift between the grouchy Gallaghers, but both contribute tracks to the album, as do Gem and Andy Bell. The result doesn’t look promising. The band’s increasingly desperate leader has compared the new songs to everyone from Elvis, The Who and Bob Dylan to Soundtrack of Our Lives on Skol. What, no Beatles?
Despite Noel’s bluster, the first single, Lyla, has already been given a rough ride by fans. It gets an average rating of 2.5 out of 10 on XFM’s Oasis message board, where one fan suggests the chorus sounds a lot like Mona by Craig MacLachlan.
Note to Noel: throwing in a swirling siren sound isn’t enough to make a song exciting. Still, there are signs that a back-to-basics approach to writing lyrics might find favour with old fans. Part of the Queue, featuring the Cuban percussionist Lenny Castro, is apparently about waiting to buy a pint of milk, while the Liam-penned Love Like a Bomb, inspired by Julie Christie and described as a wistful follow-on from Songbird, should be worth a listen.
Andy Bell’s title track borrows its intro from Midnight Cowboy, although his other contribution, Keep the Dream Alive, inspired by David Essex in Stardust sounds like one to give short shrift.
They say “Our best record since Definitely Maybe. We stuck it out; we stuck to our guns and we pulled it off.”
We say Don’t believe the hype.
Verdict Don’t buy. Save your money for the DVD of this summer’s eagerly awaited live shows.
Released Single on May 16; album on May 30. A Polish DJ has leaked Lyla to the net. LV
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Post by TheFoolOnTheHill on Apr 19, 2005 18:31:31 GMT -5
already read   |
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Post by wankinginthebushes on Apr 19, 2005 18:34:39 GMT -5
Id rather wipe my arse with a brick then take any kind of a music review from the times seriously  |
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Post by nyr401994 on Apr 19, 2005 19:01:30 GMT -5
guys, guys! the fans will decide sooner than later  |
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Post by NoelandMeMay29 on Apr 19, 2005 23:56:13 GMT -5
Well what was the review last week (the sun or something??) I live in U.S.
That was good right?!!
If we are going to jump all over good reviews as gospel then what do we think of bad reviews??
What I have heard is great. I like the difference. I dont want DM again & I don't want Brit Poppy MG either.
I went driving w/ a friend on Sunday with the windows down and HC cranked and even she said how she hadn't heard HC lately but that it was great.
HC to me was just under or equal to MG.
DBTT so far sounds even better.
It's not even the 'Times' review it's ONE persons.
Telling people to not even buy it!!! Unbelievable. That new Coldplay song is WEAK!!!
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Post by brumoscardo on Apr 20, 2005 1:04:50 GMT -5
Maybe after hearing the leak she might right something about the new album |
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Post by spark on Apr 20, 2005 8:49:00 GMT -5
Maybe after hearing the leak she might right something about the new album Or maybe she's gonna listen to the album this time!! ;D |
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Post by maketradefair on Apr 20, 2005 9:19:31 GMT -5
i love it when fans read a bad review of somthing. they all go nuts. ;D
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Post by spark on Apr 20, 2005 9:33:35 GMT -5
i love it when fans read a bad review of somthing. they all go nuts. ;D Yeh, it's hard to stay objective, but IMO the quality of the review wasn't that good!! It was like Noel's SHORT description of the songs on the album with mostly judgements that weren't explained! It wasn't informative at all! Anyway, that's the reason I went nuts ;D  |
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