I was surprised how many of these songs I knew already. Quite middle of the road musically. Lyrically, it’s good to see someone being political and trying to say something meaningful, but felt a bit hackneyed.
Tried to go into this with ‘fresh ears’ and an open mind, as it comes with a lot of baggage; my conclusion…poor songwriting rescued by Liam’s undoubted star quality.
Every song drags itself along at exactly the same tempo as the last. The rhythm section are actually terrible. The drums are plodding and is there a bassist? The lyrics sound like they’ve been generated by AI - snippets of half remembered lines from better songwriters, cobbled together randomly so as to lose any coherent meaning. There are one or two moments of light (for example the opening riff of supersonic is amazing), but generally the music is dull.
The saving grace (as mentioned already), is Liam’s delivery which against all odds still manages to make the poor songwriting sound exciting. He of course, oozes attitude… In the debate about which Gallagher brother is the real talent, there really is only one answer imo. I wish Liam had been the front man for a better band. If you played these tracks shorn of Liam’s genuinely electric presence, you would be hard pressed to find much of interest in them at all imo.
Hadn’t heard this before. I feel like I could do with listening to it some more before rating it really, but what you going do? There is a lot going on. It’s beautifully produced / technically brilliant.
It’s not really my cup of tea, but I can’t fault the ambition, or the skill of the songwriting.
I liked this more than i expected to. It gets less raw as it progresses, like an album transitioning in real time away from late 70’s punk towards a more polished 1980’s soundscape. It’s interesting, although my personal taste leans towards those earlier tracks on the album.
Love this album. Maybe I should grow my hair long
Playground love is a great tune, with a sax riff that is second to none. A lot of this album is (naturally for a soundtrack) incidental, but it is very good incidental music. Air’s Moon Safari is a stone cold classic and this album is not that. But it does contain some great atmospheric grooves and opens and closes with two stand out and affecting tracks.
I mean come in. It’s nick drake. 😍
Sunny, sandy, good vibes 😎
I hate to say it, but this is t a good album. Heroes is an absolute stone cold classic. But as an album it is very patchy.
Some absolute bangers on this album.
