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Post by crash on Aug 26, 2011 20:17:15 GMT -5
More positive press from the listening party! www.guitarworld.com/review-selections-noel-gallaghers-new-album-high-flying-birdsReview: Selections from Noel Gallagher's New Album, 'High Flying Birds' Posted 08/26/2011 at 5:45pm | by Damian Fanelli Last night (August 25), GuitarWorld.com's Josh Hart and I attended a listening session for Noel Gallagher's upcoming post-Oasis solo album, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, which comes out November 8 on Sour Mash Records. Gallagher showed up, by the way. Allow me to set the mood: The event took place on the roof (and in an adjoining penthouse suite) of the Mondrian Hotel Soho on Crosby Street in New York City. This meant that, along with the new Gallagher tunes, we also were treated to one of the best-possible views of Lower Manhattan at sunset, not to mention free mixed drinks, which were named after songs from the new album. I made several trips to the bar for a drink called the "Record Machine" -- plus an obligatory beer or two (and a pocketful of spring rolls). Listeners got to hear six songs from the album, including "The Death Of You And Me," which can be downloaded at Gallagher's website. The five other titles were "Everybody's On The Run," "Dream On," "If I Had A Gun...," "(I Wanna Live In A Dream With My) Record Machine" and "AKA... What A Life!" I don't know if all those Record Machines, beers and spring rolls had any influence on my judgement, but I must admit: The six Gallagher tunes were easily among the best music I've heard in 2011. This is saying something, because I usually hate everything after one listen. First of all, it's obvious that Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and the other Beady Eye blokes took one element of late-period Oasis' sound with them -- the heavy guitars and "rock 'n' roll band" feel -- leaving Noel with the great, soaring melodies -- also leaving him, in a sense, with pure composition without the constraints of the preconceived way a particular band or artist is supposed to sound. Some of the tunes reminded me of top-notch Oasis B-sides, which, as any Oasis fan knows, is a very good thing. The instrumentation varied from track to track, sometimes acoustic, sometimes atmospheric and dreamy; I thought I heard a Mellotron during "Record Machine," which had a Beatles-inspired feel and beat, much like George Harrison's "When We Was Fab." Some tunes were slow, moody kings of the minor key; others were upbeat and catchy, surpassing "The Death Of You And Me" in hook-ery and riff-ery. By the way, "The Death Of You And Me," with its New Orleans-influenced brass solo break, is a prime example of the new freedom Gallagher is displaying with High Flying Birds. "There are no guitars on the album," said Gallagher, upon hearing we were from Guitar World. "No, I heard a guitar solo in 'Record Machine,' " I said. "Yeah, there are two solos on the whole album," he said. Anyway, just so it's out there, the six songs I heard were brilliant. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album.
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Post by SOULDIGGER on Aug 26, 2011 21:33:20 GMT -5
Nice find.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Aug 26, 2011 21:45:00 GMT -5
Good find, but not really informative. Prefer the other review + Jeff's account more to this. But all have been positive so far - let's keep that trend going!
I will bet anyone that NG has just produced the album of the year at the very least.....
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Post by Level 03 on Aug 26, 2011 21:46:16 GMT -5
Yes it seems... the album of the year... just cant wait
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Post by NicOasis on Aug 26, 2011 21:47:49 GMT -5
wondering what was in those "Record Machines" and other titled drinks there were
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Post by Praetor on Aug 26, 2011 21:55:40 GMT -5
What does he mean, "there are no guitars on the album"?
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Post by crash on Aug 26, 2011 22:04:28 GMT -5
Good find, but not really informative. Prefer the other review + Jeff's account more to this. But all have been positive so far - let's keep that trend going! I will bet anyone that NG has just produced the album of the year at the very least..... No definitely, it was just heartening to see more praise for the album. And yeah, I agree I'm expecting Noel's album to be amazing. Wouldn't be surprised if it even got some mild praise from the pretentious folk at Pitchfork.
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Post by Headmaster on Aug 26, 2011 22:47:57 GMT -5
Nice.
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Post by spaneli on Aug 26, 2011 23:04:11 GMT -5
So that's 3 sources now that are giving it a pretty good "review". Nice to hear.
Still can't wait to hear it with my own ears. I like that it's getting good reviews, but I just want to remain a bit calm. Because I don't want to get too up for it. Like I did when KingJohn came on and gave us the glowing review of DGSS, and then we started to get pretty good/decent reviews from some publications (like the Fly etc.).
Still good to hear. Cant' wait. I feel like we might have something special in store.
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Post by crash on Aug 26, 2011 23:15:14 GMT -5
So that's 3 sources now that are giving it a pretty good "review". Nice to hear. Still can't wait to hear it with my own ears. I like that it's getting good reviews, but I just want to remain a bit calm. Because I don't want to get too up for it. Like I did when KingJohn came on and gave us the glowing review of DGSS, and then we started to get pretty good/decent reviews from some publications (like the Fly etc.). Still good to hear. Cant' wait. I feel like we might have something special in store. Yeah true, although I guess with Beady Eye lots of them were like pleasant surprise because lots of reviewers had low expectations. Where as with Noel expectations are a lot higher and so it's great to know that these 3 sources weren't disappointed by what they've heard so far. Hopefully we aren't either!
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Post by spaneli on Aug 26, 2011 23:19:55 GMT -5
So that's 3 sources now that are giving it a pretty good "review". Nice to hear. Still can't wait to hear it with my own ears. I like that it's getting good reviews, but I just want to remain a bit calm. Because I don't want to get too up for it. Like I did when KingJohn came on and gave us the glowing review of DGSS, and then we started to get pretty good/decent reviews from some publications (like the Fly etc.). Still good to hear. Cant' wait. I feel like we might have something special in store. Yeah true, although I guess with Beady Eye lots of them were like pleasant surprise because lots of reviewers had low expectations. Where as with Noel expectations are a lot higher and so it's great to know that these 3 sources weren't disappointed by what they've heard so far. Hopefully we aren't either! Agreed. Most of the reviews were basically people being surprised that they weren't bad. It's great that so far Noel is meeting (and maybe exceeding) expectations. People have high standards for him. So yes, it's great that we're hearing good reviews. I'm just trying to stat tempered a bit because I don't want to get too up.
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Post by thuperthonic on Aug 27, 2011 0:13:24 GMT -5
What does he mean, "there are no guitars on the album"? He was surprised to hear that Guitar World magazine would want to hear what isn't really a 'guitar record.' A songwriting magazine, if such a thing exists, would be more apt.
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Post by AKA... Frozen Eggroll on Aug 27, 2011 0:22:04 GMT -5
There are guitars on it, besides the two guitar solos... Since when should we believe everything Noel says?
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Post by Silence Dogood on Aug 27, 2011 0:29:40 GMT -5
wow... can't say i saw these type of reviews coming. couldn't be happier, i hope i feel the same way when i actually hear these songs. One thing i did notice is that none of them(reviews) mention any true rockers. I guess that was to be expected but nonetheless, i guess that's what BDI is there for. THat way i can get my Oasis fix via both acts.
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Post by rmillis on Aug 27, 2011 0:36:53 GMT -5
What does he mean, "there are no guitars on the album"? It was Noel joking. He heard they were from Guitar World so he said "It has no guitars." Classic Noel Gallagher
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Post by gdforever on Aug 27, 2011 0:45:58 GMT -5
I would never drink a drink called The Death of You and Me.
Just saying.
It would be nice if someone gave us the recipes to the drinks.
Maybe it'll be merch. Drink coasters with drinks named after songs on them.
Good idea no?
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Post by matt on Aug 27, 2011 7:52:45 GMT -5
Great reviews from every source and everyone seems to love it, so that definitely means the arseholes at Pitchfork will slate it.
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Post by joeyfrancis on Aug 27, 2011 9:25:10 GMT -5
I am so glad to hear the Record Machine solo is intact. I'm loving all this!
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Post by NYR on Aug 28, 2011 0:42:40 GMT -5
i worked at GW for over two years and can tell you that the majority of the people there had great taste in music. they got me into so many bands i may never have listened to on my own. nearly all of them are guitarists who can really wail... the writers, editors and sales guys all know their shit. (i don't know damian, so i can't comment on him.)
in fact, oasis' breakup may have been the best thing to happen to all parties. the press and reviewers look at their new songs with new eyes rather than the eye rolling and realize that the new stuff sounds pretty fresh.
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Post by His Royal Noelness on Aug 28, 2011 5:38:20 GMT -5
i worked at GW for over two years and can tell you that the majority of the people there had great taste in music. they got me into so many bands i may never have listened to on my own. nearly all of them are guitarists who can really wail... the writers, editors and sales guys all know their shit. (i don't know damian, so i can't comment on him.) in fact, oasis' breakup may have been the best thing to happen to all parties. the press and reviewers look at their new songs with new eyes rather than the eye rolling and realize that the new stuff sounds pretty fresh. I think the problem is people who don't read guitar magazines think they're full of shredders and modern metal stuff like Avenged Sevenfold when really they aren't. Some of the best music magazines out there are guitar magazines.
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Post by NYR on Aug 30, 2011 20:53:41 GMT -5
i worked at GW for over two years and can tell you that the majority of the people there had great taste in music. they got me into so many bands i may never have listened to on my own. nearly all of them are guitarists who can really wail... the writers, editors and sales guys all know their shit. (i don't know damian, so i can't comment on him.) in fact, oasis' breakup may have been the best thing to happen to all parties. the press and reviewers look at their new songs with new eyes rather than the eye rolling and realize that the new stuff sounds pretty fresh. I think the problem is people who don't read guitar magazines think they're full of shredders and modern metal stuff like Avenged Sevenfold when really they aren't. Some of the best music magazines out there are guitar magazines. you're right to a certain extent. i worked at guitar world when they also published guitar one, bass guitar and guitar world acoustic. they merged them all, so the guitar world you get now is much more eclectic. however, they know their audience. the reason why so many shredders are on the cover is because 13-17 year olds are the first ones to buy GW. however, future (the publisher) just came out with a new publication called "guitar afficionado," which is more of a lifestyle magazine for rich(er) guitar players. but yeah, i have some great stories. in short, yngwie malmsteen is the king of douchebags, tom morello is one of the coolest and nicest guys ever, john 5 is one of the most versatile players i've ever heard (and a humble guy at that, even with that creepy makeup) and zakk wylde now scares the shit out of me.
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