Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Album)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds studio album
Publication (s)	17th October 2011
admission	2010 and 2011
Label (s)	Sour Mash
Format (s)	CD, LP, download
Genre (s)	Britpop
Title (number)	10
running time	42 min 27 sec
occupation	Vocals , guitar , keyboard , bass , banjo : Noel Gallagher Keyboard: Mike Rowe Drums : Jeremy Stacey
production	Noel Gallagher , Dave Sardy
Studio (s)	Strangeways State of the Ark Dean St. Studios, London Abbey Road Studios , London
Single releases August 25, 2011 The Death of You and Me September 11, 2011 AKA… What a Life! December 26, 2011 If I had a gun March 12, 2012 Dream On

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the first studio album by the band of the same name and also the first solo studio album Noel Gallagher after leaving Oasis in August 2009. It was published on 17 October 2011 at the label Sour Mash. In Gallagher's home country Great Britain, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds reached the top of the album charts, in Germany it reached number 11.

Emergence

The album was recorded in 2010 and 2011 in various studios in London and Los Angeles . It was produced by Noel Gallagher and Dave Sardy , who has already acted as a producer on several Oasis albums. Three of the songs on the album are older compositions that Noel Gallagher originally wrote for Oasis. From (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine and Stop the Clocks already demo versions circulating on the Internet.

Stop the Clocks was originally recorded for the album Don't Believe the Truth , but was temporarily removed from the tracklist. It was also the title of Oasis' best-of album from 2006, but the song is not featured on it. The third song of older origin is Dream On .

The album cover photo was taken by photographer Lawrence Watson under the roof of a gas station in Beverly Hills with a Polaroid camera.

style

All in all, the songs on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds stay true to the Britpop sound that Gallagher already shaped with Oasis. But there are also variations on the album. In the first single The Death of You and Me, for example, brass instruments can be heard that are inspired by the Dixieland style from New Orleans . The song AKA… What a Life! is very danceable and is carried by piano chords instead of the guitar.

Reviews

The album received favorable reviews overall. At Metacritic , Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds achieved a score of 69 out of a possible 100 points. The German portal laut.de awarded 4 out of 5 points and called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds “a record full of intensity and passion”. The portal Plattentests.de gave Gallagher's debut 7 out of 10 points and saw the highlights of the album in the songs Everybody's on the Run , If I Had a Gun and AKA… What a Life .

Singles

The album's first single, released on August 21, 2011, was The Death of You and Me . The accompanying video was filmed in Los Angeles and had its premiere on July 25, 2011 on the homepage of the New Musical Express . The second single on the European market was AKA… What a Life . In the video for the song, comedian Russell Brand, who is a friend of Gallagher, is involved. In North America , If I Had a Gun was released as the first single, which was released in Europe on December 26, 2011 as the third single from the album. On March 12, 2012, the fourth single Dream On was finally released .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds   DE 11 October 28, 2011 (5 weeks)   AT 16 October 28, 2011 (4 weeks)   CH 10 10/30/2011 (5 weeks)   UK 1 October 29, 2011 (60 weeks)   US 28 11/25/2011 (2 weeks)

1. Everybody's on the Run - 5:30
2. Dream On - 4:29
3. If I Had a Gun - 4:09
4. The Death of You and Me - 3:29
5. (I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine - 4:23
6. AKA… What a Life! - 4:24
7. Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks - 3:22
8. AKA… Broken Arrow - 3:35
9. (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach - 4:02
10. Stop the Clocks - 5:04

Individual evidence

1. ↑ blog entry on stoptheclocksinfo.blogspot.com with a quote Noel Gallagher to-band debate whether Stop the Clocks on the album Do not Believe the Truth intended or not , accessed 12 March 2012
2. ↑ Article at thisisfakediy.co.uk , accessed on March 13, 2012.
3. ^ The album on Metacritic , accessed on March 13, 2012
4. ↑ Album review at laut.de , accessed on March 13, 2012
5. ↑ Album review at Plattentests.de , accessed on March 13, 2012
6. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US