I hope you all read this because there are a few points I wish to make and this album is the best way to get them off my chest.

Don't Believe The Truth is WITHOUT DOUBT Oasis's third best album. Easily. I think Noel is at his most inspired here and it really shows in songs like Part Of The Queue - written whilst queueing for shopping (well, mostly... it's a nice story, though) and The Importance Of Being Idle (written about being lazy). I think it's his best work as a songwriter in Oasis since MG. The archetypical stomping Oasis track, Lyla, is great... a massive crowd pleaser that is catchy, has cool, easy guitars and doesn't sound forced in any way. All of Noel's vocals are phenomenal and Liam's are just great.

BASICALLY every track on this album is a 7-8/10 for me. TIOBI is actually my favourite Oasis song. Lyla, as I've said, is great. Mucky Fingers is a fantastic tune, Abel is fantastic and really quite moving, especially as Liam has written it, what with the connotations. Meaning of Soul is awesome, also. It gets A LOT of flack on this forum and I really don't know why. It's a fun tune and, taken at face-value (a rant from Liam), it really cannot be bettered. It goes down amazingly live...especially after C&A. Turn Up The Sun is a very cool song and, arguably, the only 'Oasis' song that Andy ever wrote. Liam's vocals are amazing and Noel's backing vocals are even better. It is one of my favourite songs that Oasis mk. II ever released and it really has a special charm to it.

Let There Be Love has been discussed a fair bit recently, and the general consensus is that it could have been done better. I agree. It is a lovely song and probably should have been released a bit earlier. BUT, it's still a lovely little song and is not found out-of-place on the album. Liam's vocals probably could have been touched up a bit, but Noel's bridge is great and gee's the song up, to no end.

This is where it gets tricky.

I love Gem. I think he's great. But I think that it is his input to this album that takes it from being good (with some people even arguing about that) to being great. A Bell Will Ring is, in my opinion, terrible. It's got nothing about it. It is a perfectly good melody and the playing on it is great, but the lyrics (and the singing) are terrible. If they wanted a Gem rocker on the album then they probably should have gone with Eyeball Tickler as it fits a bit better, in my eyes (no pun intended). The other one is Keep The Dream Alive. I change my mind about this tune on the regular, as I write this... I can't stand it. It's too arty farty for an Oasis track. That might just be that I don't like Andy, but who knows. the other track that lets it down it Love Like A Bomb. Just pointless filler, really, when they had better tracks to substitute it with.


Replace Keep the Dream Alive with a like-for-like reflective song like Sitting Here In Silence On My Own, A Bell Will Ring with Eyeball Ticker and Love Like A Bomb with Pass Me Down The Wine or even keep it in there as the weakest track and you have an infinitely better album.

This album is great. I think their new slide into democracy harshly lets them down, here. Giving FOUR songs to Andy and Gem was a colossal error on Noel's part and it really affected the albums success. Like I say, though. The album is the only time they came close to touching Morning Glory and Definitely Maybe, in terms of overall quality.

Hopefully you've made it this far. I feel very strongly about this album...as you can probably tell haha. I really hope you all get involved and give me your opinions!