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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Oct 6, 2016 9:54:36 GMT -5
Dig Out Yer Soul, Cos Here We Go October 6th, 2008
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 9:56:50 GMT -5
I can believe this came out nearly a decade ago, I think I froze on about 2010 and still consider this album to be recently released.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Oct 6, 2016 9:59:17 GMT -5
The last thing Oasis ever released that could be considered good, rather than truly great. But pretty damn good it is.
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Post by Gas Panic on Oct 6, 2016 9:59:39 GMT -5
The fact that has only just been pointed out says a lot about the albums popularity.
In my opinion its brilliant up to track 8 where it completely falls on its arse.
If they got the last 3 tracks right (STC / RM / BWTB) it would have been the best 21st century Oasis album.
In typical Oasis style they squandered the oppertunity to go out with a bang.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Oct 6, 2016 10:03:06 GMT -5
Giving it a full spin now (including TNOR).
I really fucking love this album, but it really should have been a bona fide classic.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 6, 2016 11:14:30 GMT -5
I was sooooooo pumped for this album. Coming off the great momentum that was DBTT (an overrated record but it got Oasis back in good graces again), I totally bought into all of Noel's bullshit claims, grooves! Stooges! Zeppelin! Abbey Road!!! That photo of the band doing hand claps was so fucking cool.
The actual album, like all the others after 2000, were half baked. Half good, half mediocre. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the final product.
I crush Noel a lot for leaving both Record Machine and Come On Outside off the album for the lame ass excuse of Liam running off to get married. That was March 2008. Album didn't drop until October. Gimme a break Noel. Seriously.
Even with those songs added, I don't think it changes the fate of the album or keeps the band together. Oasis had already became a modern Rolling Stones. Selling out massive stadiums but the albums are lackluster.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 11:23:00 GMT -5
I was sooooooo pumped for this album. Coming off the great momentum that was DBTT (an overrated record but it got Oasis back in good graces again), I totally bought into all of Noel's bullshit claims, grooves! Stooges! Zeppelin! Abbey Road!!! That photo of the band doing hand claps was so fucking cool. The actual album, like all the others after 2000, were half baked. Half good, half mediocre. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the final product. I crush Noel a lot for leaving both Record Machine and Come On Outside off the album for the lame ass excuse of Liam running off to get married. That was March 2008. Album didn't drop until October. Gimme a break Noel. Seriously. Even with those songs added, I don't think it changes the fate of the album or keeps the band together. Oasis had already became a modern Rolling Stones. Selling out massive stadiums but the albums are lackluster. C'mon, The Stones became even worse. Even HC sounds decent in comparison of Emotional Rescue or Dirty Work. The Kinks did the same. About DOYS, the only songs I still listen from it are Waiting For The Rapture, Soldier On, The Turning, and maybe, Falling Down. The rest leaves me cold.
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Post by Frank Lee Vulgar on Oct 6, 2016 11:32:58 GMT -5
Personally, I always prefer an album thats 50% great and 50% shit songs to an album that's 100% somewhere between - i.e. Dig Out Your Soul to HC and DBTT, by a huge margin. The first 7 songs at least are so good that they come close to 90s greatness, the sound is as fresh as it ever was post-BHN, and Liam sounds amazing as well. It's a shame the last couple of tracks are so bad, but still, I consider it a great 7 song album, and that's perfectly fine.
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Post by carlober on Oct 6, 2016 11:33:38 GMT -5
Falling Down The Turning The Shock of the Lightning Bag It Up Waiting for the Rapture I'm Outta Time Soldier On High Horse Lady To Be Where There's Life Ain't Got Muffins The Nature of Reality
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 6, 2016 11:34:17 GMT -5
I was sooooooo pumped for this album. Coming off the great momentum that was DBTT (an overrated record but it got Oasis back in good graces again), I totally bought into all of Noel's bullshit claims, grooves! Stooges! Zeppelin! Abbey Road!!! That photo of the band doing hand claps was so fucking cool. The actual album, like all the others after 2000, were half baked. Half good, half mediocre. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the final product. I crush Noel a lot for leaving both Record Machine and Come On Outside off the album for the lame ass excuse of Liam running off to get married. That was March 2008. Album didn't drop until October. Gimme a break Noel. Seriously. Even with those songs added, I don't think it changes the fate of the album or keeps the band together. Oasis had already became a modern Rolling Stones. Selling out massive stadiums but the albums are lackluster. C'mon, The Stones became even worse. Even HC sounds decent in comparison of Emotional Rescue or Dirty Work. The Kinks did the same. About DOYS, the only songs I still listen from it are Waiting For The Rapture, Soldier On, The Turning, and maybe, Falling Down. The rest leaves me cold. Yeah but The Stones were around for decades after their peak. Oasis limped along for another 8 years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 11:45:24 GMT -5
Definitely the best album after the holy trilogy. Altough I prefer SOTSOG, I think this is better than that.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Oct 6, 2016 11:45:51 GMT -5
Falling Down The Turning The Shock of the LightningBag It Up Waiting for the Rapture I'm Outta TimeSoldier On High Horse Lady To Be Where There's LifeAin't Got Muffins The Nature of Reality Pretty much this. I would make a few minor adjustments, but I think this looks good overall.
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Post by Regi on Oct 6, 2016 11:46:44 GMT -5
I love that album. It doesn't get talked about much.
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Post by dennizz on Oct 6, 2016 12:01:43 GMT -5
love everything about this album though those first 4 songs are unreal
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2016 12:10:32 GMT -5
I was passing thru a really crap time in my life back in 2008... some new Oasis was a very welcomed respite from the crap.
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Post by andrewmattcoles on Oct 6, 2016 12:38:38 GMT -5
Falling Down The Turning The Shock of the LightningBag It Up Waiting for the Rapture I'm Outta TimeSoldier On High Horse Lady To Be Where There's Life
Ain't Got Muffins The Nature of Reality Fixed
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Post by shoreline on Oct 6, 2016 12:41:51 GMT -5
It was the first oasis album I bought, and I think it's a good album. I had listened to some of their biggest hits on youtube, mostly Live Forever live from Manchester 2005 and Don't Look Back in Anger, but not much else. I've always had a weird tendency to not check out the rest of the catalogue of a band even when I find one or two songs I really love by them. But then I heard about the album on a tv-commercial and thought I should check it out. I was around 17 at the time.
I hadn't really become a fan of rock music yet, I still had a taste closer to gentle melodies and pop-rock. I had listend quite a bit to American Idiot and Bullet In A Bible by Green Day, but I hadn't really committed to listen to and really learn to appreciate rock music. I think "The Boy With No Name" by Travis, which was the album I bought close to DOYS, was more my thing. So when I first listened to DOYS, I used to listen to the intro and verses of The Turning, and I'm Outta Time. Don't forget I'm Outta Time. How I loved that song. Over and Over again I listened to it. Then slowely I got into the rest of the album and their album catalogue. The second part is obviously not as good as the first, I still don't understand why Noel didn't include Come On Outside, Record Machine or The Boy With The Blues. Still I think it's good. But perhaps because it's from the time I first really got into oasis, I actually also enjoyed the weaker tracks and some of the second half of it quite a bit. I was more inclined to like the new stuff because I hadn't been there as a fan when they where big in the ninetees (obviously, because I'm born in 1991). So I didn't have a lot to compare it to, so I took if more for what it was, and listened to it on it's own terms without having to compare it to DM or WTSMG.
I loved Soldier On, and found the simplicity of the lyrics to be poetic, and the whole song to be very hypnotic and interesting. I'm one of the few people who likes TNOR as well. It has a very cool groove, and amazing vocals by Liam. Some interesting lyrics as well. Ain't Got Nothin' was pretty cool, but like I've said before: one song like that is okay, ten of them in a row would be exhauasting. Don't care much for TBWTL, but it sounded good live.
Nowdays I have a more balanced view of it, but I think it's one of the most interesting albums oasis has made. There's a lot of stuff going on, there are grooves, amazing vocals, good lyrics, and at the same time things that could've been better if some different songs had been included on the second half, and with better mixing. I always like every now and then to make lists and notes of how it could've been improved, and if it hadn't been for the fact that I've sold almost all of my studio and music equipment/programs, I would've loved to try remix the album and stuff like that. There's lot of choices that could've been made differently and things that could've been better, but I actually think that is some of the appeal of the album. It is not disliked for being a particular bad by itself, but for the fact that we all know in our heads how good it could've been.
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Oct 6, 2016 12:44:03 GMT -5
It's my go to Oasis album after Definitely Maybe. Genuinely great stuff.
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Post by mimmihopps on Oct 6, 2016 12:49:12 GMT -5
My least favourite Oasis album. I was so happy when I got my copy, but disappointed once I listened to it for the first time. To this day, I've only listened to the entire album a couple of times, not more. The only thing I love of this album are artwork and Falling Down. Waiting For The Rapture and The Shock Of The Lightining are alright and To Be Where There's Life is weak on the record, but brilliant live. The rest are meh.
Still remember when Zane Lowe played The Shock Of The Lightning for the first time on his show and it wasn't to compare to the excitement for Lyla on Polish radio.
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Post by spud on Oct 6, 2016 12:57:34 GMT -5
I can believe this came out nearly a decade ago, I think I froze on about 2010 and still consider this album to be recently released. Bizarre to think that the same amount of time has passed since its release as that between Definitely Maybe and Heathen Chemistry.
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Post by freddy838 on Oct 6, 2016 13:19:22 GMT -5
Some of Liam's vocals on this album are insane. Again with all Oasis's post 2000 output it needed somebody away from the band to pick the tracklist. There is a great album in there somewhere.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Oct 6, 2016 13:20:18 GMT -5
I wish Noel had written "The Shock of The Lightning" in 1999 because Oasis badly needed a song like that in 2000. Would have gotten a lot of play on US radio. That type of music was en vogue.
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Post by freddy838 on Oct 6, 2016 13:27:11 GMT -5
This is just so fucking amazing, how a human can sound like this I don't know
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Post by Greedy's Mighty Sigh on Oct 6, 2016 13:28:07 GMT -5
First Oasis album released after I became a super fan. Bought it in the morning on the way to college ans had to wait until 6pm to listen to it and was instantly gutted I hated 'Bag It Up' (still do).
Its alright isnt it? An average album. A few poor tracks, a fee good ones.
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Post by GlastoEls on Oct 6, 2016 13:31:02 GMT -5
Absolutely brilliant first half, really mediocre second half.
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