As You Were

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Why Not' in 2019, Liam has also released bangers such as 'All You're Dreaming of' and 'Too Good For Giving Up'. The two supposedly haven't spoken since they nearly brawled backstage at a scheduled Oasis concert: Paris 2009 Rock en Seine. The laconic “Universal Gleam” feels like his promise to keep on playing this role for fans, a middle-aged “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” about his ability to galvanize and reflect unheard lives (“I’ll help you fix your broken dreams/I’ll give you something you can shout about/I won’t ever let you down”).

As You Were (Liam Gallagher album) - Wikipedia

But they deserted in their droves: comparing Beady Eye’s sales figures to those of even the least successful Oasis album, 90% of them jumped ship. Most impressive, however, is the reminder of Gallagher’s singular talent for making mid-paced album tracks feel like stadium anthems.Angels, give me shelter“ from the song: “You Better Run” references The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter. At their best, they aim for Shaun Ryder-y gibberish and occasionally hit their target – “You would keep the secrets in yer / You’ve been keeping paraphernalia” – or throw out put-downs that sometimes stick: “You made fun of everyone that falls, but in the meantime they were saving you a place. Co-directors Gavin Fitzgerald and Charlie Lightening could have ended this profile of singer Liam Gallagher by playing the theme song to "Family Feud" over the closing credits. And the dynamic could have way been better, voice is really nice on this edition, but drums could be more present like the cd. Paper Crown” sounds like Cast, “Come Back to Me” like Radiohead, “Universal Gleam” uncannily like nemeses Blur’s “ Tender”—an identity crisis if ever there was one.

Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019) - IMDb Liam Gallagher: As It Was (2019) - IMDb

God told me: ‘Live a life of luxury’“ from the song “Chinatown” references The Kinks’ “Sunny Afternoon” which lyrics “I love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury. 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. That seems a bit premature: if As You Were is not an unalloyed triumph, then nor is it the stuff of career-ending disaster.

Liam Gallagher gained equal amounts of fame and notoriety as frontman of Oasis, the band that pretty much came to define Britpop in the mid-90s. Having others say that he is grateful for a second chance is not the same as him stating it for himself. Liam Gallagher's As You Were charges in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart and sets new vinyl record".

Liam Gallagher – As You Were (2017, White, Vinyl) - Discogs Liam Gallagher – As You Were (2017, White, Vinyl) - Discogs

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. 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. 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. LA super-producer Greg Kurstin (best known for work with Lily Allen and Adele) and Andrew Wyatt (from Swedish electropop band Miike Snow) feature on the stand-out tracks, and help push songs deeper into melodic variation, interesting chord structures and lyrical potency. Halina Watts from the Daily Mirror was also very positive towards the record, scoring the album five stars and saying, "'As You Were' is the legendary rocker at his very best" and that the album was "well worth the wait".The younger Gallagher brother has seemed fatally diminished since being cut off from the mighty Britpop myth of Oasis. And although the gooey “I’ve All I Need” apparently takes its lyrics from inspirational quote montages (“Tomorrow never knows/The winds of change must blow”), as a tribute to his girlfriend’s unwavering support, it’s unusually vulnerable. Liam seems the keener of the two for an Oasis reunion, although his tweets suggesting that Noel ‘begged’ him to reform the band were totally shut down by his elder brother. His debut solo album As You Were became the fastest-selling vinyl album in over 20 years upon its release, and racked up 103,000 combined sales overall in its opening week in October 2017, outselling the rest of the Official Albums Chart Top 10 combined that week. 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?