Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | "Back The Way We Came"

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Second album from Noel's post-Oasis group. Out March 2.

Preceded by the singles "In The Heat Of The Moment" and "Ballad Of The Mighty I".

I love it. It's been drawing comparison's to Oasis's first album.

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The second best part of getting new music from Noel Gallagher is getting new interviews from Noel Gallagher.

Rolling Stone (2/27/15):

Who would want to be Brian Wilson, sitting in a studio in a nappy, eating a fucking carrot with your little fat feet in a sandpit, not going on tour? Fuck that.

['Left Hand Free'] is a great track. But Alt-J can fuck right off as far as I'm concerned. It's a great tune, and I paid 79 pence for it, but I am in no way a fan of Alt-J...One of them's got a mustache, and that's unacceptable.

It's fucking awful. Modern pop music is bland nonsense. There isn't even a word yet that's capable of describing it. If it was a color, it would be beige. Do you know what color beige is?

On people who praise Taylor Swift's songwriting:

Who says that? Her parents?...Who's "people"? Name these people. You're fucking lying. She seems like a nice girl, but no one has ever said those words, and you fucking know it.

Wall Street Journal (2/26/15)

If I’m nostalgic for anything, it would be my waistline. What do you do about it? Heroin?

On Liam Gallagher:

He’s a f—king idiot.

Vulture (2/20/15)

On Beyoncé:

If artistry is shaking your ass onstage, she’s fucking great.

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All Music Guide gave the album 4/5, a star higher than the first HFB album.

Opening with a minor chord strummed on an acoustic guitar somewhere off in the distance, Noel Gallagher's second solo album, Chasing Yesterday, echoes Oasis' second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? -- a conscious move from a rocker who's never minded trading in memories of the past. He may be evoking his Brit-pop heyday -- "Lock All the Doors" surges with the cadences of "Morning Glory" even as it interpolates David Essex's "Rock On" -- but it amounts to no more than a wink because Gallagher knows he's two decades older and perhaps a little wiser as well. Certainly, Chasing Yesterday is the work of a musician very comfortable with his craft. Like the first album from High Flying Birds -- a largely anonymous group of pros who make no attempt to steal the spotlight from their leader -- it moves deliberately, never rushing and rarely rocking, preferring to find pleasure in majesty instead of hedonism. Where 2011's HFB kept things a shade too calm -- its reserve almost seemed like a rebuke to the messy id of Gallagher's brother -- Chasing Yesterday occasionally threatens to actually rock, delivering that signature wall of guitars on the aforementioned "Lock All the Doors," mustering up a bit of old-fashioned, cowbell-driven glam boogie on "The Mexican," and quickening the tempo on "You Know We Can't Go Back," a piece of incandescent pop that plays as a resigned companion to "Step Out." Better still, the self-styled epics -- which include the first single "In the Heat of the Moment" and closing "Ballad of the Mighty I," which features grace notes from a guesting Johnny Marr -- pulsate with quiet color, as does "Riverman," a signature piece of stately late-period Beatles pop that would've been drained to grey on HFB. Here, "Riverman" breathes and sighs, taking a moment to slide into a saxophone-accentuated guitar solo straight out of a pre-punk 1976, and this masterful flair is a testament to the control and focus Gallagher displays on Chasing Yesterday. He's not racing after the past, nor is he afraid to seem floridly fussy: he's reveling in his ascendency to the position of one of rock's wise old men.

[think pink.]

['Left Hand Free'] is a great track. But Alt-J can f**k right off as far as I'm concerned. It's a great tune, and I paid 79 pence for it, but I am in no way a fan of Alt-J...One of them's got a mustache, and that's unacceptable.

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have scored the fastest-selling artist album of the U.K. chart year to date with Chasing Yesterday (Sour Mash). It entered at No. 1 on the new survey yesterday (March 8) with combined sales of 89,000. Years & Years went straight to No. 1 on the singles chart with their electro-dance track "King" (Polydor/Universal).

The former Oasis songwriter's previous album with his current band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, also debuted at the top in October 2011, spending exactly a year on the top 75. It re-charted last month, and climbs 55-41 in the new countdown. The new album's total streams last week represented an adjusted tally of 1,700 sales.

www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6494830/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-swoop-to-uk-no-1

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Noel on Zayn leaving One Direction:

Who wants to be a normal 22-year-old?! Hang on a minute. You can be f---ing anything that moves and gettin' paid half a million dollars a week, you f---in' idiot. You want to be a normal 22-year-old?

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May 5, 2015 18:24:55 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Noel on Zayn leaving One Direction:

Who wants to be a normal 22-year-old?! Hang on a minute. You can be f---ing anything that moves and gettin' paid half a million dollars a week, you f---in' idiot. You want to be a normal 22-year-old?

Omg, I'm screaming.

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Noel on Tidal:

You've said in the past that you want people to own music instead of stream it. What's your take on Tidal?
[Long pause] I thought that the people on the stage might want to be a little bit aware that they don't look like Jay Z's minions. Madonna was pretty cool the way she cocked her leg up on that desk and signed the [declaration]. I think ultimately with the spiel they came out with, it was like, "Do these people think they're the fuckin' Avengers? They're going to save the fuckin' [world]." I was speaking to Chris [Martin] the day after, and I said, "Are you after a Nobel Peace Prize? Is that what you're after?" They were like, "We're going to fuckin' save the music business." And I'm just sitting there, thinking [imitates smoking weed] you might want to write a decent chorus for a fuckin' start. Never mind fuckin' royalties and the "power of music." Write a tune. Fuckin' start with that

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This Is The Place EP out September 27.








These singles are underwhelming compared to his past two projects.. seems like he's going in some bizarre disco-inspired direction.

In interview news...

Noel Gallagher says he's 'never been so embarrassed for another man' than watching Liam at Glastonbury

Noel Gallagher Liked His Mom Until She Gave Him Brother Liam

Noel Gallagher on Possible Oasis Reunion: “I Sincerely Hope Not”

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I've seen Noel Gallagher in concert 5 times and prior to his solo career I saw Oasis in concert at least 5 times as well. As far as the new EP material, I do like the song "Sail On" quite a bit. I have a hard time getting into the other songs.

I also think Liam has been putting out some strong material with his first album and the songs we have heard so far from Why Me? Why Not.

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Blue Moon Rising EP out March 6

New single "Wandering Star". I like this more than his other recent songs. More of a traditional sound for him.

http://instagram.com/p/B41vww-AMMK

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I like Wandering Star a lot better as well. I also heard the clip of Blue Moon Rising which was posted on Japan sites by accident before it was taken down. It sounded pretty good. And I'm told that Come On Outside will be track 3 on this EP, which would be outstanding. I've always loved that unreleased demo. I think Come On Outside would be the best track out of all the EPs.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/COPkkkGNkMc

I love it! Sounds a bit like Seal's "Prayer for the Dying" though..

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[think pink.]

Him and his wife have just announced their divorce after 20 years of marriage.

Liam said years ago that she was why Oasis broke up. He tweeted out a bunch of songs today speaking in code to Noel. Some really sweet ones.

This one took me out though 💀😭.