Post by themanwithnoname on Sept 13, 2013 1:49:33 GMT 9.5
Soon Come Tomorrow, Just Sayin', Iz Rite and Back After the Break are up there with any post-1996 Gallagher-related output.
Flick of the Finger surpasses pretty much all of it.
If they'd got the tracklisting right, if the public had been willing to listen, if Liam hadn't fathered another love child, if Gem hadn't fallen down those stairs... it could have been huge.
Post by The Resurrection on Sept 13, 2013 5:23:16 GMT 9.5
Still pretty good, on par with HC and DBTT and better than DGSS at least. Still prefer NGHFB as a whole, but BE has moments no other Gallagher-related album comes close to - best example being Flick of the Finger.
Never be afraid of the obvious because it's all been done before.
Love this album and still played on a regular basis. Only filler for me is ballroom figured, should have been bumped for Girls in uniform. Couldn't stand iz rite for a quite while but now has grown on me.
Post by carlnw1975 on Apr 27, 2014 5:19:52 GMT 9.5
BE is a nice album, a lot more mellow and laid back compared to DGSS which I really do like for it`s rawness and in your face attitude. Still there`s some top tracks on there and again Liam, Andy and Gem prove their song writing prowess. T he thing is I find it really hard to get into noels HFB, don`t know if anyone else finds themselves like I do and I think the songs are pretty weak compared to the stuff Noel can churn out
I love both BE and DGSS but I think they need to take 2/3 years out and really nail down some solid songs, theres a few songs like start anew that are fantastic but still needed some polish.
flick of the finger is the best they produced from this album and overall imo, Liam, Gem and andy needed to write as a team and reduce the amount of solo written songs.
like Ive said before choosing and sticking to an actual theme is key as well, BE drifts too much from psychedelic songs into acoustic and typical oasis rockers towards the end.
Been listening to it the past couple of days and I've really enjoyed it. Never felt like skipping any of the songs, just fast forwarded through those insanely long outros on a couple of songs. It's truly a solid record. I hope the band know that and carry on because everything seems to be eerily silent from the Beady Eye camp at the moment.
"Who'll pick you up when you're spread too thin, when the walls you built are closing in around you? I found you...."
the only thing with it is it suffers with an identity crises, starts out quite heavy and psychedelic (soul love, flick of the finger) then turns into classic oasis type sound (iz rite, im just sayin) then drifts into acoustic driven tracks (ballroom figured, start anew, shine a light).
all the tracks are good in some form but they shouldnt be on the same album imo.
the whole comment of "rock n roll fired out into space" probably only fits a couple of tracks at most, 42:42 fitted that statement more. I do wonder whether BE was going to be an acoustic driven album and thats why they did so many acoustic performances at the beginning sort of performing the album in its original form.
not to mention that all the bonus tracks were also acoustic driven (bar the worlds not set in stone).
Post by shining stars on Jun 8, 2014 20:50:37 GMT 9.5
I love the album but UniversalGleam's comment about the acoustic intent is interesting, because for me the Abbey Road session is the thing that I listened to most last year and after giving it a few months off played it the other day and it's fantastic. Really lets the songs breathe in a way that's far more effective than tagging a three-minute coda on the end a la 'don't brother me'.
FOTF is a really addictive tune. (Plus: I cannot get enough of BE's version of Gimme Shelter...dunno why really...but it's been in heavy rotation on my player for months now w/no end in sight)