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Dig Out Your Soul | 
| Artist: Oasis
Label: Big Brother
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 38
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5055019605123
ASIN: B001E18C72
Release Date: October 6, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Bag It Up | | • | Turning | | • | Waiting For The Rapture | | • | Shock Of The Lightning | | • | I'm Outta Time | | • | Get Off Your High Horse Lady | | • | Falling Down | | • | To Be Where There's Life | | • | Ain't Got Nothin' | | • | Nature Of Reality | | • | Soldier On |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Though Oasis are forever fated to live in the shadow of their initial success, they remain capable of producing exciting and touching music, and Dig out Your Soul continues the upswing in their fortunes sparked by 2005's Don't Believe the Truth. Unashamedly an album of two halves, the first part is heavily loaded with Noel Gallagher's tunes, including the pounding single "The Shock of the Lightning", a taut and pacy rocker nearer to the light touch of the Smiths' "The Queen Is Dead" than their usual Pistols-inspired power plod. The rocking "Bag It Up" shares nothing but a title with Geri Halliwell's already forgotten 2000 hit, while "Waiting for the Rapture" takes Lennon's harrowing "Cold Turkey" as a template, with some success. Liam's crude, sparky "Ain't Got Nothin'" holds up his side and his sprawling ballad (the only such effort here) "I'm Outta Time" adds another anthem to their repertoire. Even Gem Archer's "To Be Where There's Life", a bracing slice of undercooked psychedelia, is naggingly catchy. Only Noel's "(Get off Your) High Horse Lady", a pointless rewrite of Tommy Tucker's mod-era favourite "Hi Heel Sneakers" and Andy Bell's ungainly "The Nature of Reality" are downright inessential. Those missteps aside, it's hard to imagine anyone feeling shortchanged by Dig out Your Soul. --Steve Jelbert
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 Their best album since morning glory!!! November 19, 2008
To sum up this album in one word, its "fantastic!". Those people that have criticised this album by giving it less than 3 stars dont know what they are on about! Of course you cant compare it to morning glory or definately maybe because music has moved on since the early 90's and so have oasis. They have tried new stuff on here and its worked a charm. The first 8 tunes are genius and yes maybe they could have done without the last 3. Overall its well worth the money
The Gallagher Brothers Return with Maturity and Conviction! November 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
With the critics who are ready to pounce on Oasis' weaknesses at any opportunity, it was always clear that this album would be met with greater anticipation than just about any other record of the last ten years. Whilst playing the CD for the first time, many of the tracks seem rather pedestrian. But, listen to it for a third or fourth time and the snarl and bite of "Bag It Up" and the overwhelming energy of "The Turning" will hit you like a right hook from the fist of Mike Tyson.
No wonder we had to wait for over three years for the band's seventh studio album. "Bag It Up" will blow you away in the same way that "Columbia" did, and the two opening tracks would not seem out of place on the beginning of "Definitely Maybe".
With Noel, Liam, Gem and Andy all contributing tracks again, the album is well-balanced and every tune sounds fresh. "Waiting For The Rapture" sits perfectly inbetween "The Turning" and "The Shock Of The Lightning", and the latter; which is also the first proper release off the album, reaps the rewards of being a part of this record. A favourite at the live shows, "The Shock" stands right up there with "Rock 'n' Roll Star", and its drum solo from Zak Starkey is one of the highlights of the album.
Liam's first track, "I'm Outta Time"; believed to be his own personal tribute to John Lennon, reaks of maturity and shows us of he's become even more developed as a songwriter.
"(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady" isn't one of the strongest songs, but acts as the perfect introduction to "Falling Down", which is arguably Noel's finest written tune on the record. It again shows the increasing maturity of Noel's songwriting; and Starkey's drumming is yet again nothing short of superb, with energetic beats pounding out throughout.
Possibly the greatest moment of the record is Gem's, "To Be Where There's Life". With its eastern influence and infectious bassline its no doubt up there with all the classic Oasis tracks.
The shortest tune on the album, "Ain't Got Nothin'", which was penned by Liam is a slight let-down after hearing "I'm Outta Time", but nevertheless a great snarling banger that bears a fair resemblence to his, "The Meaning Of Soul" form their previous album. The album loses some credibility here, as Andy's only track, "The Nature Of Reality" doesn't live up to expectations either.
The Credibility is more than definitely secured by the closing track, "Soldier On", which is Liam's thrird contribution to the album. The perfect end to another great album by the biggest band in the world. This album is not however a return to form. It is an enhancement of their re-emergence that the previous two helpings began.
 Manchester's very own 'one trick ponies' ride again.... November 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't normally see the point of giving a review for something that seems to be the perfect catalyst to ambivalence, but someone lent me this after I had told them I had always struggled to see the point of Oasis. I had high hopes that this new album would demonstrate a new maturity in their musical ability. However, Manchester's finest 'one trick ponies' have lived up to my previous expectations. With so many fantastic creative bands and artists out there it seems Oasis have always appealed to those who can't or don't want to see further down the street than 'McDonalds' or 'Top Man' (metaphorically speaking), yet we all know there are better places to eat and dress. But like said establishments, Oasis are easily accessible and available, whether in your high street, on tv, radio one playlist, celeb magazines or piped into your super markets....you can buy the cd, haircut and clothes in one afternoon and still find time for a burger'n fries. Theres really nothing new here, songs are written with a market in mind, but the thing is, that market was saturated after their first album in 93/94....nonetheless, they've made a career of it, and fair play ya might say?....But surely making music is about creativity and creativity is about pushing the boundaries and new ideas, isn't it?....this however is just retro by numbers with all the lyrical cliches and tired guitar hooks you would expect.... So dig a bit deeper, listen to other radio stations, make an 'off the cuff' buy every now and again.... you may find something that actually changes your life! Alternatively, continue to watch these 4 chord wonders posture their way around the 'yoof' culture media circuit for the quadrillionth time. That said, Noel does seem to have thrown in one or two new guitar techniques which the one star denotes. Liam however, the self proclaimed re-born Lennon, still appears to be just trying to mimic his hero....we can all stand in front of a mirror and do that!.... Long and short of it...their heroes were writing better and more interesting tunes with their first album 'Please Please me' back in the early 60s, so how Noels little bruv can compare himself to John Lennon after so many failed attempts is beyond me. 'Dig out your soul'!? Better still, dig out ya dads old Beatles LPs, they did it far better! But theres no accounting for taste...my friend and colleague 'Paul' swears by these guys and he is, without any doubt whatsoever, of sound mind and clear constitution, albeit with an unsavory ponchon for lumberjack shirts....so there you have it! What do I know....
D'yer wanna buy a lawnmower? November 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wanted to like "Dig Out Your Soul", after spending fourteen squid on the limited edition. Thankfully, it was worth the money.
Dig Out Your Soul starts off well with Bag It Up and you can hear straight away that a lot of money and effort's gone into the production. In fact I'd go as far as to say the production is miles better than on any of their previous records.
So, listening to first track 'Bag It Up' sets the expectation bar fairly high. It's proper non-nonsense rock'n'roll with lyrics about tea, freaks and love. An absolutely ace first track.
Other Noel tracks:
2 The Turning - ho hum. This one's off the boil to the extent that there's no bubbles and no steam. Or so you think, until the chorus, which is great, and it's a blinding vocal performance from LG. Where the [] do you learn to sing like that?
3 Waiting For The Rapture - strange vocal - like NG doing a LG impersonation. It's like opening a packet of Coco Pops and Puffa Puffa Rice falling into the bowl instead. Still, the song's well put together.
4. The Shock Of The Lightning - very good indeed. Probably the most immediate song on the record, with brilliant arrangement.
6. Get Off Your High Horse Lady - Good song, the kind of thing that some of the tracks on Be Here Now wanted to be, but weren't. What I don't like here is the annoying whiney vocal (by NG) through a 1940s style mic - no need for it. It sounds like a wasp trying to escape an empty Irn-Bru bottle that's been amplified by a railway station tannoy. But like I say - good song.
7. Falling Down - this is classic Oasis stuff. All the elements fall into place here. Hair on the back of the neck tune.
Non NG songs:
5. I'm Outta Time - this is pretty good. It's kind of Radio 2, but in a really strange and unexpected kind of way. The cutesy Beatles affectations in the vocal should have been thrown out the window from the top floor though. (LG composition)
8. To Be Where There's Life - More uncalled for Beatlemania, sounds like the song is based around a sample of the opening bars of George Harrison's "Within You Without You" but the end result here has all the eastern mysticism of a bottle of Lidl's vodka, mixed with flat lemonade. Uninspiring pish. (Gem song)
9. Ain't Got Nothin' - this is a good song, but it sounds like an outtake from the Don't Believe The Truth sessions. (Liam tune)
10. - nice intro that sounds a bit like Helter Skelter except anti-clockwise and up instead of down. The rest of the song is fairly horrible. Lumbering blues with a Paul Weller B-Side from 1981 vocal. The whole effect is like a school rock band in the final of 1980s scholastic battle of the bands TV competition "TSB Rock School" - it's like it was written by a sixteen year old Gary Moore fan but sung by a mod. Apart from the intro, uninspiring twaddle. (Andy tune)
11. This track doesn't do much, but at least it does it well and restores some sanity after track ten. (Liam tune)
All in all, it sounds like Oasis got back on track with "Don't Believe The Truth" and they've not only stayed on track, but progressed and developed into an even better band with this release.
I think it will soon be time for a Gallagher solo record. Noel's still got his songwriting chops, and Liam's found his. So why not?
 Another mediocre album November 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I always look forward in anticipation to the next oasis album, and was particularly hoping that the band would 'Kick on' and improve further on their last offering "Dont believe the Truth". Unfortunately, after having listened to this a few times, this album to me is a step back towards mediocrity. Its almost as if theyve looked at their watches and thought "Its 3 years since our last,time to cobble together another"!!
There are a few songs of above average quality, but nothing fresh and new sounding. Most of these songs as other reviewers have noted are "b-side" quality, however nothing like the "B-sides" featured in Masterplan!
I will continue to wait, for something better, but somehow feel that its unlikely to happen, so will have to put up with these offerings while still wondering "if only they could it again" as I listen to "whats the story" and "Def Maybe" and most of the Bsides from this era......
Its interesting how they attempt to emulate/sound like the beatles, yet the Beatles released almost two albums a year of new and fresh sounding songs during their 7 years of popular music domination! Wouldnt it be great for something like that to come from one of these "Top Bands" like Oasis, Coldplay, U2 etc.....
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