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Don't Believe The Truth
by Oasis

Oasis reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 64 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.8 out of 10
based on 28 reviews
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Liam and Noel's sixth album is preceded by the single "Lyla." 'Truth,' produced by Dave Sardy, represents the band's second attempt at recording this album; original sessions recorded with Death In Vegas in 2003 were scrapped.

LABEL: Sony
RELEASE DATE: 31 May 2005
DISCS: 1 disc
GENRE(S): Alternative, Rock

What The Critics Said

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91
Spin
Leanness and vitality have replaced the cokey bloat of their last few studio trips. [Jun 2005, p.103]
90
All Music Guide
It's confident, muscular, uncluttered, tight, and tuneful in a way Oasis haven't been since Morning Glory.
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86
Filter
The most immediate tunes are undoubtedly the headbobbing rockers, but it's when Oasis stretch themselves that they are at their most interesting. [#15, p.91]
80
Q Magazine
The Gallaghers sound more comfortable than ever in their skins. [Jun 2005, p.102]
80
Mojo
Their best in almost a decade. [Jun 2005, p.100]
80
Neumu.net
It is, in fact, what almost every other Oasis album has been: Not nearly as bad as overhyped sufferers might fear, not nearly as good as its enthusiasts want it to be.
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80
Alternative Press
Don't Believe The Truth strips away the layered excess of albums like 1997's Be Here Now to revisit the streamlined pomposity of the group's earliest discs. [Jul 2005, p.182]
70
Tiny Mix Tapes
For a few glorious moments, our beloved Mancs have that swagger back.
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70
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Yes, the rumors are true: Oasis has--for the first time in a decade--made an album worth hearing.
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70
musicOMH.com
Better than the first two? Course not. Better than the last three? Definitely.
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70
Rolling Stone
It's the first Oasis album in years that doesn't sound like pale self-imitation. [2 Jun 2005, p.70]
67
E! Online
It lacks the raw energy and tunes that made people want to hum uncontrollably in the shower. Worse yet, the brazen confidence the Gallagher brothers displayed during the early years has faded.
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67
Entertainment Weekly
Sure, for 11 songs, these blokes can grind out toe-tapping Britpop, but there are no heart-pounding anthems here. [10 Jun 2005, p.107]
60
Dot Music
As musically competent and beautifully-produced as this record undeniably is, strip the vocals and you'd be hard-pushed to identify it as being an Oasis album or enjoy it accordingly.
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60
New Musical Express
There's certainly nothing here that'll match 'Wonderwall' or 'Live Forever' for pub karaoke ubiquity, but with this record Oasis are at least tentatively stretching themselves in new directions. [28 May 2005, p.61]
60
Under The Radar
Half good and never outstanding. [#10, p.113]
60
The Guardian
Let's not get overexcited - it's no masterpiece - but this is the first Oasis album in a decade to suggest that they have a future rather than just a huge, asphyxiating past.
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60
Prefix Magazine
Oasis has given us another album chock-full of jangley Brit-pop numbers and stadium-rockers, and the result is a formulaic rock record.
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60
PopMatters
Don't Believe the Truth might be the best Oasis album in eight years, but that doesn't mean you won't be shaking your head in incredulity from time to time.
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60
Blender
Noel Gallagher has even less to say than he used to. [Jun 2005, p.112]
47
Pitchfork
There are a lot of reasons this album doesn't gel, not least that Liam Gallagher now sounds like a singing anti-smoking campaign, and the brash, snotty arrogance that once sold "Cigarettes and Alcohol" and "Champagne Supernova" is crushed out by his gruffness.
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42
Stylus Magazine
Don’t Believe The Truth is simply Oasis being Oasis with maximum efficiency. Which is to say that if you’re a committed acolyte of the church of Oasis, you’ll love it.
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40
Uncut
The lack of urgency makes it feel like we're eavesdropping on a well-heeled Britpop Survivors Group rather than the site of fresh rock'n'roll alchemy. [Jun 2005, p.98]
35
cokemachineglow
Don’t Believe the Truth... probably isn’t Oasis’ nadir (that distinction arguably being due to 2002’s atrocious Heathen Chemistry), but one could be fooled for thinking so.
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30
Drowned In Sound
A big stinking pile of rubbish.
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30
Village Voice
In the end, it's Oasis's attempts to capture former pinnacles, from trying to re-create the simple sunny-side-up pleasures of "Live Forever" to trying for another album-ending mountain like "Champagne Supernova," that keep their latter-day output so entirely forgettable.
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20
Playlouder
Yes, 'Don't Believe The Truth' is an improvement on the trilogy of folly that is 'Be Here Now', 'Heathen Chemistry' and 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'. But so what? Can't polish a turd, you know.
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10
Drawer B
Mediocre melodies ride atop formulaic songwriting.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this album is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 273 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Noel G.r gave it a0:
Absolutely Pathetic. This is how you de-rail a career, and yes I think other people out their could write better songs - and they're probably not being obnoxious, they're just being honest. Maybe you should listen to people who play instruments, and not rich rock stars who's day has come and gone long ago. Altogether, if you haven't heard this album, I'm being dead truthful here - your dead lucky - cause its pathetic. If I could turn back time, I would off happily have had the band call it quits after "Heathen Chemistry", the fact that it took the band so long to write and record this, and scrap so many sessions is just ridiculous and laughable. After all Oasis is about honesty, and I swear to god, their is no honesty in this music anywhere

Dan B. gave it a5:
I don't know what's worse, that this album is mediocre, or that so many people seemed to actually like it. The album's got a few not-bad songs, but mostly it's just taking the derivative thing to extremes... like, "Mucky Fingers"? That's like a high schooler's attempt to ape Lou Reed. "Turn Up the Sun" isn't much fun. "Let There Be Love" has a *great* melody but needs a trim..... I dunno. There's no song here as good as "She's Electric" or "Some Might Say". I think their first two albums are best, their 3rd is overblown but good if taken in pieces, their 4th is actually a really good album tho people seem to hate on it, and after that, they've just been intermittently good.... if I didn't like Noel Gallagher so much in general I wouldn't even bother.

Paul gave it an8:
True, Oasis will never top their earlier success, but how many bands do? After having an enormously successful album, only a very few bands can top it and they certainly can never live up to the hype and expectations. It was a lot different 30 years ago when there was an abundance a great talent and artistic freedom, however in todays world of mostly crappy music I applaud that their can even be a band as good as Oasis. I think this is a great effort from Oasis but it is no Definitely Maybe and never will be, and they know it to.

Eric C. gave it a0:
Oasis was never alive, dude.

kazuhiro k. gave it a0:
oasis is dead.

matt v gave it a10:
I think this record is far better than the first two albums, by far. The album is full of color, creativity and new poppy-ish sounds. All the songs are great, but if it were to come down to suggesting to someone, but asked what would be the highlights, it would have to be 'Let there be love', 'Importance of being idle' and 'Part of the queue'

carl gave it a1:
The entire album is really boring , the only song in the entire album that isn't terrible is the importance of being idle.

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