The songs “To Be Where There’s Life” and “The Nature of Reality” are completely forgettable and pale in comparison to the rest of the tracks. It’s a shame that Liam and Noel didn’t write the remaining tracks on the album. “(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady” is another rhythm driven track, bearing a similar clap and stomp pattern to “Give Peace a Chance”, while “Falling Down” is the best Noel sung song since “Don’t Look Back in Anger”. The lyrics on this track show a sense of vulnerability that was lacking from the same man who wrote, “I’m singing this song/ for you and your mom/ and that’s all/ it won’t be long/ until everyone is gone.” Liam may take his “I’m John Lennon reincarnated” thing a little far at times, but it works brilliantly in this simple little song about love.
“I’m Outta Time” shows just how far Liam has come in the song writing department. Ironically, this is the same Liam who wrote the god-awful “Little James” for Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. Personally, I never thought I would see the day that Liam Gallagher would out write his brother Noel. Starkey’s driving rhythms, combined with Noel’s guitar, drive this song, as Liam belt’s out, “Love is a time machine/ Up on the silver screen/ It’s all in my mind.” With a heavy bass line and an intro similar to The Doors “Five To One”, “Waiting For The Rapture” is a third person account of falling in love and waiting for one’s (Noel’s) lover to, “Come get (him) off the merry-go-round.” “The Shock Of Lightning” is yet another standout on the album.
Speaking of danceable grooves, “The Turning” shows what Oasis does best: wonderfully overdramatic choruses and some very Beatles-esque guitar riffs. This opener should be an instant live favorite with its over the top chorus and groove-able beat, thanks to current drummer, Zak Starkey. and 2002’s unevenĭig Out Your Soul starts out with a bang in “Bag It Up”. It is by far and away Oasis’s best album in quite some time.
Rest assured, Dig Out Your Soul completely stops that pattern. While each release had some very good moments, and a couple of very solid singles, as a whole they couldn’t hold up to the band’s first two albums. However, none of the aforementioned albums brought back Oasis’s recognition as rock pioneers. After two more disappointing efforts, 2000’s Standing On The Shoulders of Giants Heathen Chemistry, the band released a much more balanced album in 2005, Don’t Believe The Truth. Sadly, however, it was their egos that led them to rush and finish their third album, the self-admitted mistake, Be Here Now.
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