Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

It's been over a year since I bought this album. As a big Oasis fan, I had no doubts about buying it and was eagerly anticipating the next chapter in Noel Gallagher's long and successful career. Around the time this album was released, I was going through a pretty bad spell in my life and listening to Noel's soothing voice and hypnotizing guitar playing pulled my through it! No doubt! This album is the best music Noel has written since Morning Glory back in 1995. 'If I Had a Gun' is in the same league as Wonderwall or Live Forever... and I know this is great music because the people I work with, (who actively dislike Oasis and the Gallaghers in general), can often by heard singing along to 'Dream On', 'What a Life' and 'The Death of You and Me' over the radio. It's then I remind them of the genius who wrote these tracks. High Flying Birds is one of the greatest works of music I have ever had the privelage of listening to. Buy it and find out why...

Having been a fan of Oasis for years so was more than interested in what the 'brothers' could come up with. After buying Liam's Beady Eye album that seems to be a mix max of various styles of music I think that Noel's album is far superior which is probably not surprising if you are or was an Oasis fan as he was the writer of the majority of their music. If you liked Oasis then buy this album i don't think you will be disappointed.

I was a big fan of Oasis throughout thier career but i was left somewhat under enthralled with Noel's lacklustre efforts (with the exception of the excellent Part Of The Queue) on the final 3 studio albums (I actually preffered Liam and Gems songs from those) and so I picked up this album with a sense of trepidation back in October. What a breath of fresh air! Of course two of these songs are from the demos of DBTT buit they've had subtle reworkings that make them sound oustanding compared to the demo versions from 2005.
The other 8 songs are utterly euphoric and are quite possibly the best set of Gallagher Snr songs since The Masterplan in 1998. Of course the lyrics are sometimes gobbledigook in that fashion that only Oasis could get away with but the melodys that flow through the music really are sublime and take me back to the first time that I heard Noels songs on Definitley Maybe and Morning Glory. I wouldnt really call it a rock album in the way of those two however as Noel's style of writiong has definitley changed to include electronic influences and choral verses but it is only for the better to distinguish it from the Oasis material that has gone before.
It would be my pick for Record Of The Year.

One of the best albums ever made - a real classic. 10 great tracks - not one bad track on the whole album. welcome back Noel - look forward to many more like this

Noel always been my favourite out of the gallagher brothers, and i was fully looking forward to this album, and it didn't let me down, some good tunes on here.

I wasn't a big fan of Oasis but this solo album by Noel is fantastic. There isn't a track I dont like, well worth a try

This album for Noel Gallagher's fans is a dream: 10 very nice song, great variety without any let down.
Yes, you won't find a masterpiece like for example Wonderwall, anyway I prefer much more an album entirely composed by nice songs instead of one including 1 or 2 masterpieces and other crap songs put in there only to make number.

Amazing album, not a bad song on it.

Best solo album ive heard in years.

Seems to be a compilation of uncompleted Oasis B-sides. Not a bad album but don't expect anything out of this world.

Oasis are my favourite band of all time and i was expecting much more than this.Every song just sounds as if it's missing something, i don't know what though. this is not a rock album and will be forgotten, the songs are just nice, thats all i can say about them, nothing stands out really, the first song is the best, but if im honest, this album sounds like a collection of unused B-sides from post 2000 Oasis