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Post by The Invisible Sun on May 28, 2023 15:01:54 GMT -5
Dream On makes me sick. However they recorded it, it affects me that way. Not kidding. I get a sick feeling that creeps up into my body and makes me nauseous. The recent AI version with Liam on vocals made me bounce, rather than turn green. Will never understand this phenomenon. I doubt it's the same reason for others. Ok i know the feeling but for me that the ballad of mighty I, especially the pre chorus and that hideous guitar sound and chord change. Makes me wanna throw up for real. I have not listened to that song more than 5 times. Damn, I feel your pain. But at least it's not too common for music (for me).
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 28, 2023 18:41:04 GMT -5
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Post by tiger40 on May 28, 2023 19:03:33 GMT -5
Yep, it is a crap review. Mind you, one thing I do agree with is that neither Noel or Liam need to reform Oasis.
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Post by The Boy Without the Blues on May 28, 2023 21:22:11 GMT -5
Interesting that he stills finds There She Blows catchy
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Post by AlissonBrazil on May 28, 2023 21:33:29 GMT -5
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Post by Supersonic on May 28, 2023 23:30:20 GMT -5
“He throws a plaintive tone at songs such as the woozy yet impassioned slow-strum of “Dead to the World”, which comes on like an offcut from George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass via a modern orchestral rejig”
I stopped reading after that
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 29, 2023 10:26:45 GMT -5
Classic Rock gave it an 8/10, cites Pretty Boy, Open The Door and INGUT as highlights
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 29, 2023 18:08:33 GMT -5
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Post by noelgallagher9 on May 30, 2023 2:50:42 GMT -5
German one:
Noel Gallagher, Oasis mastermind and songwriting institution, delivers an impressive range of Britpop with his High Flying Birds on record four “Council Skies”.
Newcomer "I'm Not Giving Up Tonight" immediately sets the tone, the tambourine greets harmoniously between chords escorted by elegant strings, recorded for "Council Skies" at Abbey Road Studios, and unobtrusive horns.
As announced by the protagonist, the album is extensively orchestrated over large parts, "Open The Doors, See What You Find" pulls out all the stops of the possible instruments and shines with elegant melody arcs, an almost festive mood manifests itself throughout the LP, to which the The Smiths icon Johnny Marr contributes in three chapters.
The originator of the numbers is easy to identify. During the production in his own Lone Star Sound Recording Studios in London, however, Noel Gallagher consistently ensured that the structure of his arrangements did not wear out through repetition, which makes "Council Skies" probably the most convincing work of his solo career.
"There She Blows" and "Love Is A Rich Man" hit the genre high, "Pretty Boy" comes around the corner with an electronic beat, "Easy Now" is surrounded by remnants of that psychedelic aura that was on the last issue not insignificantly shaped the compositions.
The ballad, "Dead To The World" - according to the author one of the best songs he ever wrote - captures the charm of Montmartre's sidewalk cafes, here as well as during "Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone", gentle violins help to compress the melancholic basic tenor of the pieces.
"Think Of A Number" opens with the emotional mood of an album that takes the man from Manchester back to the days in his hometown when rock 'n' roll star status was a dream.
Despite Liam's recent solo successes: with "Council Skies" his big brother presents such a compact record that it will be difficult to counter in the family duel.
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Post by noelgallagher9 on May 30, 2023 2:52:20 GMT -5
French one:
In 2021, the ex-Oasis took stock of his decade with his High Flying Birds by publishing the compilation 'Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021). That's done ! He managed to impose his new musical orientation by staying well away from his brother Liam who continues his musical life on his side. With this Council Skies, which owes its title to the illustration of his friend Pete McKee, Noel returns to his Mancunian roots, as also recalled by the photo of the cover taken on the Maine Road Football Stadium. It may have been recorded in its Lone Star Sound Recording Studios in London and in Abbey Road for the strings, everything here brings the Manchester City fan back to his origins. This fourth solo album is an opportunity for him to let his heart speak, to confide and to drop the mask. We feel the liberated and peaceful man, continuing to trace his path in the wake of the post-66 Beatles, multiplying the sounds, touching as much on psychedelia as on hovering sounds. It is not for nothing that on the Deluxe version, he asked, among four instrumentals and live takes, a remix from Robert Smith of Pretty Boy, from David Homes another of I'm Not Giving Up Tonight , the Pet Shop Boys to remix Think Of A Number and The Reflex to do the same with the titular track. His voice has never been so moving, that of a child who has grown up too quickly and who has rid himself of the weight of Oasis and is having fun. He also invited his friend Johnny Marr (ex-Smiths) on three titles including Pretty Boy. When the bad boy is tender like everything… T.C.
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Post by AubreyOasis on May 30, 2023 5:37:15 GMT -5
Classic Rock gave it an 8/10, cites Pretty Boy, Open The Door and INGUT as highlights The text of the Classic Rock Review (8/10) While the Gallagher brothers continue to squabble over the potential second coming of Oasis, Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds have quietly crept back with their first album in six years. Council Skies finds Gallagher senior moving away from the electro-psychedelic sonics that dominated his last album, shifting back to his more traditional, anthemic songwriting. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing. Knocking out a tune for the masses was something the ex-Oasis mastermind was always very good at, and he doesn’t disappoint as he smatters the bulk of this new record with sweeping orchestral strings. The pick of the tracks here are the pulsating Pretty Boy, the string-laden I’m Not Giving Up Tonight and the soaring Open The Door, See What You Find. If this is likely to be Noel’s last album for a while, then it’s a pretty solid swan song. Now about that Oasis reunion…
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 30, 2023 8:13:28 GMT -5
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Oasis Roadie
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Post by AllOrNothing on May 30, 2023 8:27:57 GMT -5
"One of 2023's finest moments" according to this review
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Post by Supersonic on May 30, 2023 8:46:39 GMT -5
"There were countless disappointed fans of Who Built The Moon? , released in 2017. It must be said that the spatial peregrinations offered by this album were enough to disconcert fans of Noel Gallagher's direct songwriting. To tell the truth, it's rather a shame, because this gap in his way of doing things, this attempt to offer something else, certainly deserved better than an epidermal reaction. Above all, this lack of regard for the unloved album might have caused you to miss out on the incredible track that is The Man Who Built The Moon . You can always reassure yourself by thinking that Who Built The Moon? didn't meet its audience (good gods, but who is the soulless person who dared to come up with such an expression?!). The truth could be much more prosaic and relentless. Some artists like Noel Gallagher benefit from less leeway than others, and perhaps we expect him to play the same score over and over again, indefinitely, tirelessly. However, after the release of a compilation summarizing the ten years of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, the question arose as to whether the mancunian was in the mood to repeat the extravagances reproached on the previous album. The first extracts from Council Skies , his new record, were likely to give us some indications. A title like Pretty Boy is not likely to reassure and could call everything into question. Attack on the rhythm machine and layers in the background, this melancholy title would have had its place in the spatial atmosphere of Who Built The Moon? . However, the magic operates completely, and the melody has everything to make you forget the structure of this title which, although synthetic in its idea reveals a fascinating organic and emotional material. For the reminder of 2017, here is almost everything, because if Council Skies is not akin to back to basics stricto sensu, it marks the return to fundamentals obvious for Noel Gallagher. Above all, it reveals an artist in full possession of his means and in total control of his subject, like the single Easy Now , a brilliant piece with an unstoppable melody. Council Skies does not quite play the same score. The choice of this title as a single is perhaps the right idea, because it acts as a kind of pivot, a lever between old songs, pop-rock music and the excesses of Who Built The Moon ? . In any case, there is no false note on this new album. Its unit is strong without remaining in a narrow and oppressive register. Even a slightly lower title, like There She Blows, turns out to have something to bring you. When Noel Gallagher approaches more conventional structures like on I'm Not Giving Up Tonight , he still manages to touch his audience. In this case, it's a little soul side that elevates the whole of a piece that would have everything to seem uneventful. The remark is similar on Love Is A Rich Man . This song, which seems to have been heard many times, without surprise, takes off thanks to this counterpoint chorus, totally unbalancing the building. And yet everything holds together in an absolutely magical way. Everything is thought out intelligently, and once again demonstrates the talent of this brilliant songwriter. On Council Skies ,Dead To The World is an urban stroll in the rain with false indolent airs. Here again, all the genius of Noel Gallagher is highlighted in this very strong and emotionally dense ballad. Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone is also a ballad, melancholic and refined. Even in this exercise where simplicity is put forward, Noel Gallagher remains master of his subject and presents a small piece that fits perfectly into the subject. These two titles contrast with the urgency and immediacy deployed on Think Of A Number. Not to mention post-punk influence, there is something here that takes Noel away from writing influenced by the rock of the 60s or 70s, and brings him closer to eighties influences a priori far from the artist. There too everything works incredibly well, and demonstrates an open-mindedness that we perhaps did not necessarily know about him. Able to appropriate currents, to color as he pleases and with intelligence paintings already painted many times, Noel Gallagher does not forget to return to fundamentals as on the positive and solar We're Gonna Get There In The End , absolutely delightful, or on the very catchy and stuffy Open The Door, See What You Can Find with an unstoppable chorus. Definitely this Council Skies is a hell of a slap. Noel Gallagher seems to have found a magic formula that allows him to place the cursor ideally between past compositions and the eccentricities of Who Built The Moon? . There is here the desire not to repeat itself, a desire to vary the pleasures, not to repeat the same story. However, all of the artist's know-how is concentrated in one place. The result is an album that is both elegant and dense, whether you are a fan of English or not, you cannot afford the luxury of missing out on this marvel. In a few years, this may be the piece you will have to look at to introduce your little nephew to this leading artist." Surely you have here a great moment of this year 2023.
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 31, 2023 2:19:45 GMT -5
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 31, 2023 5:03:47 GMT -5
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Post by mossy on May 31, 2023 5:05:17 GMT -5
"There were countless disappointed fans of Who Built The Moon? , released in 2017. It must be said that the spatial peregrinations offered by this album were enough to disconcert fans of Noel Gallagher's direct songwriting. To tell the truth, it's rather a shame, because this gap in his way of doing things, this attempt to offer something else, certainly deserved better than an epidermal reaction. Above all, this lack of regard for the unloved album might have caused you to miss out on the incredible track that is The Man Who Built The Moon . You can always reassure yourself by thinking that Who Built The Moon? didn't meet its audience (good gods, but who is the soulless person who dared to come up with such an expression?!). The truth could be much more prosaic and relentless. Some artists like Noel Gallagher benefit from less leeway than others, and perhaps we expect him to play the same score over and over again, indefinitely, tirelessly. However, after the release of a compilation summarizing the ten years of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, the question arose as to whether the mancunian was in the mood to repeat the extravagances reproached on the previous album. The first extracts from Council Skies , his new record, were likely to give us some indications. A title like Pretty Boy is not likely to reassure and could call everything into question. Attack on the rhythm machine and layers in the background, this melancholy title would have had its place in the spatial atmosphere of Who Built The Moon? . However, the magic operates completely, and the melody has everything to make you forget the structure of this title which, although synthetic in its idea reveals a fascinating organic and emotional material. For the reminder of 2017, here is almost everything, because if Council Skies is not akin to back to basics stricto sensu, it marks the return to fundamentals obvious for Noel Gallagher. Above all, it reveals an artist in full possession of his means and in total control of his subject, like the single Easy Now , a brilliant piece with an unstoppable melody. Council Skies does not quite play the same score. The choice of this title as a single is perhaps the right idea, because it acts as a kind of pivot, a lever between old songs, pop-rock music and the excesses of Who Built The Moon ? . In any case, there is no false note on this new album. Its unit is strong without remaining in a narrow and oppressive register. Even a slightly lower title, like There She Blows, turns out to have something to bring you. When Noel Gallagher approaches more conventional structures like on I'm Not Giving Up Tonight , he still manages to touch his audience. In this case, it's a little soul side that elevates the whole of a piece that would have everything to seem uneventful. The remark is similar on Love Is A Rich Man . This song, which seems to have been heard many times, without surprise, takes off thanks to this counterpoint chorus, totally unbalancing the building. And yet everything holds together in an absolutely magical way. Everything is thought out intelligently, and once again demonstrates the talent of this brilliant songwriter. On Council Skies ,Dead To The World is an urban stroll in the rain with false indolent airs. Here again, all the genius of Noel Gallagher is highlighted in this very strong and emotionally dense ballad. Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone is also a ballad, melancholic and refined. Even in this exercise where simplicity is put forward, Noel Gallagher remains master of his subject and presents a small piece that fits perfectly into the subject. These two titles contrast with the urgency and immediacy deployed on Think Of A Number. Not to mention post-punk influence, there is something here that takes Noel away from writing influenced by the rock of the 60s or 70s, and brings him closer to eighties influences a priori far from the artist. There too everything works incredibly well, and demonstrates an open-mindedness that we perhaps did not necessarily know about him. Able to appropriate currents, to color as he pleases and with intelligence paintings already painted many times, Noel Gallagher does not forget to return to fundamentals as on the positive and solar We're Gonna Get There In The End , absolutely delightful, or on the very catchy and stuffy Open The Door, See What You Can Find with an unstoppable chorus. Definitely this Council Skies is a hell of a slap. Noel Gallagher seems to have found a magic formula that allows him to place the cursor ideally between past compositions and the eccentricities of Who Built The Moon? . There is here the desire not to repeat itself, a desire to vary the pleasures, not to repeat the same story. However, all of the artist's know-how is concentrated in one place. The result is an album that is both elegant and dense, whether you are a fan of English or not, you cannot afford the luxury of missing out on this marvel. In a few years, this may be the piece you will have to look at to introduce your little nephew to this leading artist." Surely you have here a great moment of this year 2023. Peregrinations, what a word. 📚
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Post by AllOrNothing on May 31, 2023 6:13:47 GMT -5
Peregrinations, what a word. 📚 This word is a bit more used in French than in English. Still a bit fancy schmancy but not as much as in English
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Post by mossy on May 31, 2023 6:29:42 GMT -5
Peregrinations, what a word. 📚 This word is a bit more used in French than in English. Still a bit fancy schmancy but not as much as in English Surprised the reviewer didn’t describe it as sexy. 🍆
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Post by defmaybe00 on May 31, 2023 7:00:39 GMT -5
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Post by Sadie on May 31, 2023 12:19:40 GMT -5
This word is a bit more used in French than in English. Still a bit fancy schmancy but not as much as in English Surprised the reviewer didn’t describe it as sexy. 🍆 This has instantly become my favourite twitter thread of all time
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Post by shadowplay on May 31, 2023 12:49:09 GMT -5
I swear they're starting to use AI to generate reviews. The 'psychedelic Easy Now' ....What!? If that's psychedelic then some of the songs on Moon must have felt like a breakthrough DMT trip for that reviewer. I mean come on....
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Post by AubreyOasis on May 31, 2023 13:58:08 GMT -5
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Post by mossy on May 31, 2023 14:34:37 GMT -5
It’s got 5 reviews, each at 80/100. How has it worked out the average to be 84!? 🧮
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Post by AubreyOasis on May 31, 2023 14:49:10 GMT -5
It’s got 5 reviews, each at 80/100. How has it worked out the average to be 84!? 🧮 Don't know the details... remember reading somewhere that the score of high prestige publications has higher weight and that they tend to ignore outliers (so for instance if you have fifteen 8s and two 5s, you will still get an 8 as average). But not sure what is happening exactly in this case
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