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Oasis “Dig Out Your Soul” – album review
This is a tight, no nonsense album - so I’m going to give it a tight, no nonsense review.
“Dig Out Your Soul” is mostly great, occasionally brilliant, and will sound sensational live. I’d certainly recommend it to a friend and also anyone I wasn’t friends with but who’s good books I wanted to get in.
It’s 11 tracks and 45 minutes long and I got the CD for £8.99. A limited edition pack is available at £12.99 which also includes a DVD with 40 minutes of behind the scenes footage.
So, to the music and the standout track for me is “Falling Down”. Written by Noel (who also does the lead vocals), it’s a haunting, uplifting, pounding and slightly psychedelic masterpiece. The sticker on the front of the CD leads me to believe this will be the next single.
Songs like “Wonderwall”, “Some Might Say” and “Live Forever” will never be topped but there are a few on here that I think are in the same league – and that’s after just two or three listens.
The 60s Beatles/maybe even Led Zeppelin influence is at times a little too obvious but on the whole this album is Oasis at their high energy, straight-talking, passionate best.
There’s a lot of big drums and huge guitars – but that’s not the full story - “The Turning” features a rolling piano that wouldn’t be out of place on (dare I say it) a Coldplay album!
Noel’s written 6 of the songs, with Liam handling 3. A recent Q Magazine interview hinted at a new found calmness and maturity inside the younger Gallagher’s head and that’s evident here. While his vocals are as scorching as ever, the songs he’s written give this album it’s more mellow moments.
Much of the album – especially “Bag It Up”, “Waiting for the Rapture”, and “The Shock of the Lightning” is really best enjoyed at high volume. I had my first listen through in the car driving from Clydebank to Braehead and it sounded great.
When Oasis come to the SECC on the 4th and 5th of November these songs will come into their own, and combined with the passion of the Glasgow fans will create a truly incredible night.
Review by Colin Kelly, Monday 6 October 2008