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Post by boardie on Sept 29, 2011 19:41:23 GMT -5
I try to give you a translation of the 5/5 review. I'm drunk, I'm no native. So please: Don't slaughter me. Finally: Noel's best album since Morning Glory That Beady Eye's album would be less melodic and that we would miss Liam's voice on Noel's solo debut would have seemed to be a 'plain sailing'. Nevertheless, both post-Oasis-era albums became a big surprise. Beady Eye's DGSS, because it is not as dull as expected. And tech-sceptical Noel deserves applause for being able to record an album in the digital age without being observed along the way. Which isn't a bad thing, since we would not have been able to deal with the long time of waiting. Speaking of Oasis (at least in the last years) there was always too much Believe and Hope without a payoff; because our hearts always longed for more, always remebered the good old days but our minds always knew: these days will never come back. So, did Noel hold back his best ideas over the years? It deeply seems so: Demos of 'Record Machine' and 'Stop the Clocks' were around the internet for years, but now Noel Gallagher recorded the ultimate versions of those songs. And here is the most important difference to the later Oasis: Finally, Noel sticks to his promises. The whole mastery of this man can be seen in the very first song, EOTR, which is a majestic masterpiece and which is - despite the orchestra and the choir - not the least cheesy. The sound of the record is dominated by traditional 'golden age' british songwriting and psychedelic reminiscences. It is interrupted by occasional echoes of Oasis, but more lightly produced and less suitable for the stadium. If Coldplay hadn't become more and more predictable and boring, they might have been able to release a song as wonderful as 'AKA WAL'. Ray Davies has not written a song as excellent as TDOYAM or Dream On in ages, and by recording IIHAG, Noel shows impressively that he is a brilliant romantic. At some point you will miss Liam's punch, his electrifying voice. But that's the only thing to complain about. Noel's High Flying Birds is nothing less than his most substantial musical statement since Morning Glory. (author: Torsten Gross) 5/5 Read more: live4ever.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ngpress&action=display&thread=69069#ixzz1ZOMAnDVl
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Post by ctmazin on Sept 29, 2011 21:13:45 GMT -5
Thank you--great stuff!
Can't wait to hear Dream On. Already know I will love EOTR and RM. Every review so far seems to underline that Dream On is catchy as hell.
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Post by paperbackwriter on Sept 29, 2011 21:34:55 GMT -5
another 5/5? wtf?
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Post by gdforever on Sept 29, 2011 21:41:18 GMT -5
This is the same 5/5 previously reported.
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Post by paperbackwriter on Sept 29, 2011 22:00:24 GMT -5
the musicradar one?
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Post by gdforever on Sept 29, 2011 22:07:31 GMT -5
I didn't realize musicradar had actually given it a score.
I meant this one was mentioned a day or 2 ago in another thread.
If the musicradar one had a score then yes that is 2 5/5's
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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 30, 2011 0:56:13 GMT -5
Thanks for taking the time to translate it, bordie.
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Post by boardie on Sept 30, 2011 2:26:42 GMT -5
To make things clearer: This is out of Rolling Stone Germany. And the 5 of 5 was mentioned in the thread on the Klaus Voormann-Cover of the same mag.
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Post by revol on Sept 30, 2011 2:27:58 GMT -5
Is there a single fucking review of NGHFB that doesn't mention Beady Eye or "Noel's-best-since-..."? I know that the journos have to place the subject in a context, but that's just lazy. Music should be judged in the context of its time, not the previous fucking albums. Even Noel finally got that and stopped banging about the album being the best bunch of songs since 1867.
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Post by boardie on Sept 30, 2011 2:31:12 GMT -5
Interestingly enough, Noel always said the recent record was the best since blabla. Now, for the first time, he doesn't. And this time it might be the case.
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Post by Bring It On Dan on Sept 30, 2011 3:12:24 GMT -5
It doesn't tell you anything about the music really.
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Post by RocketMan on Sept 30, 2011 3:23:39 GMT -5
i don't get it. they give noel 5/5 and they don't tell anything about their decision. it isn't that hard to explain when this album supposed to be that good.
most of the noel reviews are as informativ as politics talking about the euro-crisis
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