Don't Believe The Truth
by Oasis
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: May 31, 2005
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 5 out of 28
  1. cokemachineglow
    35
    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.
  2. Village Voice
    30
    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.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    30
    A big stinking pile of rubbish.
  5. Playlouder
    20
    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.
  6. Drawer B
    10
    Mediocre melodies ride atop formulaic songwriting.

Awards & Rankings

8
#8 Most Discussed Album of 2005

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 346 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 277 out of 346
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 346
  3. Negative: 48 out of 346
  1. NoelG.
    Oct 3, 2007
    0
    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 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… Full Review »
  2. kazuhirok.
    Jul 12, 2007
    0
    oasis is dead.
  3. carl
    May 25, 2007
    1
    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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