In my defense all my intentions were good/And heaven holds a place somewhere for the misunderstood,” he shrugs on “For What It’s Worth. They had to change the rules when Ed Sheeran's "Divide" album took up almost the entire top 20 singles. Liam Gallagher, former frontman of Oasis and later Beady Eye, finally released his first solo material in 2017 and has gone on to secure an impressive string of Number 1 albums under his own name.

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There are two standout aspects of the release, “Paper Crown” and “For What It’s Worth” [which shares a title and nod to the Buffalo Springfield song] where both come off ebbed and floating in hypnotic liquid swirls of psychedelic Beatle-ish visions, complete with ever evolving string arrangements that rapture and spin while holding a mirror to times gone by as well as visions to come. After he divorced in 2013 from second wife Nicole Appleton, with four children (by four mothers) to support, the rumour was that Liam needed a new record deal more, perhaps, than the public needed him. There are those who say that As You Were lacks direction, though I believe those who’ve said such things miss the quest Gallagher is on here, where he folds not only notes but time and space, replacing the past with the present and the present with a satisfying illusion that flowers, perhaps without clarity, though that, for this reviewer is simply a result of the times in which we live, and had this album run its course during the hazy heydays of a distant past, no one would have had any trouble connecting the magical surreal dots scattered in and among these grooves. Lusty opener and comeback single “Wall of Glass” sets a robust pace, but “Greedy Soul”, “You Better Run” and “I Get By” all light glorious fires for that voice to pour petrol over.To an impartial observer, their two albums seemed neither better nor worse than Oasis’s multi-platinum latter-day efforts. There’s no love worth chasing yesterday“ from the song “Bold” references “Chasing Yesterday”, the 2015 album by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.

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Liam has also confirmed that he will perform 'naughty' Oasis B-sides'Half The World Away' and 'Cloudburst' on the tour. The biggest surprise is that Liam offers an apparently heartfelt apology for injuries he has inflicted on his brother on the grandiose, yet touching, For What It’s Worth, proclaiming, “I know in time we’ll put this behind. A blend of clips from that final Oasis show and Liam's 2017 comeback concert in support of his solo album "As You Were" kick off the film. In October 2023, Liam lent his voice to Manchester's Metrolink trams for a week as he voiced the passenger announcements. Only love can break my heart“ from the song “I Get By” references Neil Young’s “Only Love Can Break My Heart.But the diluted authorship leaves him floundering amid songs that manage to be overly complex and fiercely indistinct at the same time. Or does some kind of super-sense lurk beneath their feather-cuts that enables them to discern a qualitative difference between the contents of the Beady Eye album Different Gear, Still Speeding and all the forgettable old toot Oasis peddled in the noughties? That seems a bit premature: if As You Were is not an unalloyed triumph, then nor is it the stuff of career-ending disaster. His flawless insults anticipated an era where celebrity reactions became shorthand for shade, and they’ve mostly been his internet currency until recently.

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Other notable Oasis songwriting contributions by Liam Gallagher include ‘Love Like A Bomb’ (co-written with Gem Archer), ‘The Meaning Of Soul’, ‘Guess God Thinks I’m Abel’, ‘I’m Outta Time’ and ‘Ain’t Got Nothin’’. A wicked insult to scar or otherwise mentally harm your brother,enemy,troll,fag,loser, low-life or whoever it is you are arguing/disagreeing with. This is an album on which a track that sounds like the Hollies rather than the usual gallery of 60s and 70s suspects counts as a bold step into the unknown. Aside from “Wall of Glass,” As You Were never convinces you of its reason to exist, and there’s little more purpose to be found in the lyrics.I hibernate and sing while gathering my wings“ from the song “I’ve All I Need” references when Liam went to meet Yoko Ono in America, she had a big banner in her kitchen with an inscription that read “While I’ve been hibernating, I’ve been gathering my wings. Despite line-up changes that saw the departure of Bonehead, Paul McGuigan, Tony McCarroll and even his replacement, Alan White, and the arrival of guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell, Oasis proved to be a bankable live draw, even if albums ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ (2000) and ‘Heathen Chemistry’ (2002), failed to match the success of their predecessors. Pressing: about 140-160g weight i'd say, nice weight, totally flat, brilliant solid white in colour, Nice sleeve, like the pre crumpled effect, matt finish, thick inner sleeve with the lyrics printed on one side. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights.