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Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Album: Chasing Yesterday Bitrate: 250kbps avg Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz Label: Sour Mash Genre: Rock Size: 82.51 megs PlayTime: 0h 43min 52sec total Rip Date: 2015-02-26 Store Date: 2015-02-27 Track List: -------- 01. Riverman 5:41 02. In The Heat Of The Moment 3:29 03. The Girl With X-Ray Eyes 3:20 04. Lock All The Doors 3:41 05. The Dying Of The Light 5:11 06. The Right Stuff 5:27 07. While The Song Remains The Same 4:16 08. The Mexican 3:46 09. You Know We Can't Go Back 3:46 10. Ballad Of The Mighty I 5:15 Release Notes: -------- At 47 years old, after more than 20 years in the game and with Oasis now well and truly behind him, what do we really expect from Noel Gallagher? For the first time in a long time, thereÆs a crop of new British bands who didnÆt grow up in thrall to his old one and, while he might frequently lament the loss of ôworking class rageö in rockÆnÆroll, Noel is hardly the man to do anything about it. ThatÆs no longer his responsibility. If pop music were a parliamentary system, you fancy he'd be found pissed on the backbenches of the House Of Lords, happily soliloquising about the way things used to be. The title of his second solo album doesnÆt do much to rebut that idea. Call it residual sibling rivalry, call it a lingering uncertainty about his place in the post-Oasis scheme of things, but 2011Æs acclaimed, healthy-selling solo debut 'Noel GallagherÆs High Flying Birds' felt like a record with something to prove. By contrast, parts of 'Chasing Yesterday' can seem muscle-memorised, never more so than on songs like 'The Girl With X-Ray Eyes' and 'The Dying Of The Light', a pair of determinedly epic arena ballads of the sort that he could write in his sleep. But then, because he's Noel Gallagher, he'll come up with something that floors you, something brilliant. It may not be the most intricate song on the record, but 'Lock All The Doors' û which was written back in 1992 û perfectly recaptures the brutish, overdriven thrill of early Oasis. Just as impressive is the buoyant, soaraway melody on 'You Know We Can't Go Back'. It would've made for a better-than-decent B-side back in the day û which, given his one-time mastery of that lost art, is high praise indeed. æThe MexicanÆ is terrific fun, featuring judicious amounts of cowbell, a riff so sleazy it'd make Josh Homme blush and a horn section under orders to make it sound as close to The Rolling Stones' 'Bitch' as is legally expedient. Last year, longtime associate and occasional hype-man Mark Coyle predicted that 'Chasing Yesterday' would be a ôseismicö release. As it turns out, thatÆs only three quarters true. You can guess from the title, for example, that æRivermanÆ is going to plough a distinctly Wellerian furrow, though you have to admire GallagherÆs chutzpah in sticking a Dick Parry-style sax solo (now thereÆs a Liam-baiting phrase if ever we heard one) on the end of it. æThe Right StuffÆ features even more skronking, adding a further layer of jazzy noir to a stew of psych, soul and blues that couldÆve been cooked up by Primal Scream. The Johnny Marr-featuring æBallad Of The Mighty IÆ, meanwhile, might self-plagiarise from 2011Æs excellent æAKA... What A Life!Æ, but as evidenced by æLock All The DoorsÆ û which does much the same thing with Oasis' 1995 classic æMorning GloryÆ û the trick is to crib from the right places, whether theyÆre his own songs or somebody elseÆs. Which brings us back to our original question: what do we expect from Noel Gallagher? Too much, probably, like all the other Æ90s Britrock titans whoÆve never been adequately replaced. 'Chasing Yesterday' has its flaws, but theyÆre far outnumbered by moments where it succeeds in catching up with its titular quarry. The past will never be a foreign country to Noel Gallagher, but from this vantage point, tomorrow is looking pretty rosy. This NFO File was rendered by NFOmation.net
Artist: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Album: Chasing Yesterday Bitrate: 250kbps avg Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz Label: Sour Mash Genre: Rock Size: 82.51 megs PlayTime: 0h 43min 52sec total Rip Date: 2015-02-26 Store Date: 2015-02-27 Track List: -------- 01. Riverman 5:41 02. In The Heat Of The Moment 3:29 03. The Girl With X-Ray Eyes 3:20 04. Lock All The Doors 3:41 05. The Dying Of The Light 5:11 06. The Right Stuff 5:27 07. While The Song Remains The Same 4:16 08. The Mexican 3:46 09. You Know We Can't Go Back 3:46 10. Ballad Of The Mighty I 5:15 Release Notes: -------- At 47 years old, after more than 20 years in the game and with Oasis now well and truly behind him, what do we really expect from Noel Gallagher? For the first time in a long time, theres a crop of new British bands who didnt grow up in thrall to his old one and, while he might frequently lament the loss of working class rage in rocknroll, Noel is hardly the man to do anything about it. Thats no longer his responsibility. If pop music were a parliamentary system, you fancy he'd be found pissed on the backbenches of the House Of Lords, happily soliloquising about the way things used to be. The title of his second solo album doesnt do much to rebut that idea. Call it residual sibling rivalry, call it a lingering uncertainty about his place in the post-Oasis scheme of things, but 2011s acclaimed, healthy-selling solo debut 'Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds' felt like a record with something to prove. By contrast, parts of 'Chasing Yesterday' can seem muscle-memorised, never more so than on songs like 'The Girl With X-Ray Eyes' and 'The Dying Of The Light', a pair of determinedly epic arena ballads of the sort that he could write in his sleep. But then, because he's Noel Gallagher, he'll come up with something that floors you, something brilliant. It may not be the most intricate song on the record, but 'Lock All The Doors' which was written back in 1992 perfectly recaptures the brutish, overdriven thrill of early Oasis. Just as impressive is the buoyant, soaraway melody on 'You Know We Can't Go Back'. It would've made for a better-than-decent B-side back in the day which, given his one-time mastery of that lost art, is high praise indeed. The Mexican is terrific fun, featuring judicious amounts of cowbell, a riff so sleazy it'd make Josh Homme blush and a horn section under orders to make it sound as close to The Rolling Stones' 'Bitch' as is legally expedient. Last year, longtime associate and occasional hype-man Mark Coyle predicted that 'Chasing Yesterday' would be a seismic release. As it turns out, thats only three quarters true. You can guess from the title, for example, that Riverman is going to plough a distinctly Wellerian furrow, though you have to admire Gallaghers chutzpah in sticking a Dick Parry-style sax solo (now theres a Liam-baiting phrase if ever we heard one) on the end of it. The Right Stuff features even more skronking, adding a further layer of jazzy noir to a stew of psych, soul and blues that couldve been cooked up by Primal Scream. The Johnny Marr-featuring Ballad Of The Mighty I, meanwhile, might self-plagiarise from 2011s excellent AKA... What A Life!, but as evidenced by Lock All The Doors which does much the same thing with Oasis' 1995 classic Morning Glory the trick is to crib from the right places, whether theyre his own songs or somebody elses. Which brings us back to our original question: what do we expect from Noel Gallagher? Too much, probably, like all the other 90s Britrock titans whove never been adequately replaced. 'Chasing Yesterday' has its flaws, but theyre far outnumbered by moments where it succeeds in catching up with its titular quarry. The past will never be a foreign country to Noel Gallagher, but from this vantage point, tomorrow is looking pretty rosy. This NFO File was rendered by NFOmation.net
