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Don't Believe The Truth
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 28 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 279 votes
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Album Info
Label: Sony
Release Date: 31 May 2005
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
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.
Also By This Artist: Dig Out Your Soul Familiar To Millions Heathen Chemistry
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Spin
Leanness and vitality have replaced the cokey bloat of their last few studio trips. [Jun 2005, p.103]
All Music Guide
It's confident, muscular, uncluttered, tight, and tuneful in a way Oasis haven't been since Morning Glory.
Read Full Review >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]
Q Magazine
The Gallaghers sound more comfortable than ever in their skins. [Jun 2005, p.102]
Mojo
Their best in almost a decade. [Jun 2005, p.100]
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.
Read Full Review >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]
Tiny Mix Tapes
For a few glorious moments, our beloved Mancs have that swagger back.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Yes, the rumors are true: Oasis has--for the first time in a decade--made an album worth hearing.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
Better than the first two? Course not. Better than the last three? Definitely.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
It's the first Oasis album in years that doesn't sound like pale self-imitation. [2 Jun 2005, p.70]
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.
Read Full Review >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]
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.
Read Full Review >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]
Under The Radar
Half good and never outstanding. [#10, p.113]
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Blender
Noel Gallagher has even less to say than he used to. [Jun 2005, p.112]
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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]
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 279 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jackie K gave it a10:
My favourite Oasis album is Don't Believe The Truth and Definitely Maybe. This album is sensitive and powerful. first two album was singin' about the Youth, but this album is about the Grown-Up people's story(that people are all members of Oasis) more wise, more calm but still powerful and strong.
Sam M. gave it a9:
Back to the great songwriting without the over top distortion and that. Great album to listen too.
Camilo H. gave it an8:
Is a little monotone, but it is still a good album.
Dimas M. gave it a10:
Brilliant.
Nick M. gave it a0:
As boring as you'd expect. Most overrated band ever.
Nigel M. gave it a0:
Oasis have always been massively overrated and finally even their most misguided fans are beginning to see that. Never being capable of originality, they at least managed a catchy tune or two in the past, even if they were stolen. This must the final nail in the rotten coffin of 'Britpop', an equally overrated scene of chancers and failures. Hopefully the knock-on effect will be the death of all the boring bands that followed in their wake too.
Ryan B gave it an8:
Solid oasis album. highlights: importance of being idle, keep the dream alive, part of the queue.
