- Record Label: Island
- Release Date: Nov 8, 2011
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 146 Ratings
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Positive: 122 out of 146
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Mixed: 9 out of 146
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Negative: 15 out of 146
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Jun 10, 2022This is one of the most romantic albums I've ever heard. His soft voice perfectly matches the Bohemian quality of his lyrics.
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Sep 5, 2019Generic repetitive stoner rock.
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Jan 10, 2018
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Jan 7, 2018Perfect fom beginning to end. 'If I Had A Gun' and 'Everybodys On The Run' are instant classics while tracks like 'A Simple Game Of Genious' and 'Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me' are masterpieces. This is seriously beyond.. lyrically, musically, production, everything is on point.
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Jun 27, 2017This is a very underrated album. It is fantastically written and features good songs throughout. My favourite song is AKA... Broken Arrow. I would definitely recommend this album as to any Oasis fan as it is the best produced by a Gallagher since the 90's.
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Oct 23, 2016
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Apr 20, 2014the greatest debuts albums, this is one of the best debuts album, is from the chief of Oasis, Noel Gallagher, & the High Flying Birds, The Best Begin with NO END
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Dec 7, 2012
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Aug 31, 2012This album is better than Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul, but it is incomparable with Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory. PS I think that If I had a gun has the same chords of Wonderwall...However it's slightly better than Beady Eye's Different Gear Still Speeding.
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Mar 25, 2012This is a great start for Noel Gallagher's solo career. Songs like 'Everybody's on the Run' and '(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine' are breathtaking. There are a few songs that aren't on the same level as the rest, but all in all this is a solid debut.
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Mar 16, 2012One of the best album of the year; If I Had a Gun... is an istant classic, Everybody's on the run is epic, Aka...What a Life is my favourite track. I think this is Noel's best album since Morning Glory.
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Jan 23, 2012This is the best album Noel has come up with in the past 15 years or so. The album is 'infectious'! It's so good that you won't take your hands off the replay button. 'If I Had a Gun...', 'AKA... What a Life!' and 'Everybody's on the Run' are simply the art of a genius!
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Dec 20, 2011
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Dec 5, 2011This is the best album I've heard in years. It takes me back to my first discovery of my own tastes in music with Oasis' What's the Story (Morning Glory). Every track has its own great flavor and it keeps going throughout the entire album. I've already listened to it a few times and want to keep hearing it.
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Nov 26, 2011This is a fantastic album. With no weak songs. For whatever reason some critics have it out for noel and would give a negative review no matter what the album sounded like. I also cant understand why this album isnt more popular in north america. This album is exactly what i expected from him.
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Nov 23, 2011This is a really good album. Noel Gallagher's sticks to what he knows best - classic rock songs with strong melodies, all very well orchestrated. Two reasons this album loses a point from being a perfect 10 - a lack of experimentation and no energetic rockers.
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Nov 22, 201110, that's right, no doubt about it. This is bloody good! It's a well constructed thoughtful piece of work, there are no rubbish songs, any song from 1 to 10 could be released as a hit, however that's not why this is a 10. It's a 10, because it doesnâ
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Nov 16, 2011
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Nov 14, 2011Fantastic solo album by Noel "God Bless" Gallagher. "Everybody's on the Run" opens as an instant classic. My favorite track "(I Wanna live in a dream in my)Record Machine".
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Nov 10, 2011Noel's best work since Morning Glory. A class apart from Beady eye. A must if you're an Oasis fan, I'd still pick it up even if you're not. Only one stinker; Solider boys and Jesus freaks. Other then that a great modern album. A nice pick-me-up from the stress's of life.
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Nov 9, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011Nothing really "new", nothing challenging & considerably better than expected - all the songs are likable. Best since the good old days and nice to know he still has some good tunes in him.
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Nov 8, 2011This is one of those rare albums that only seems to come along once every few years where every single track is golden. No filler whatsoever. It easily stands up next to Noel's best work. There's pretty good variety here with epic orchestral arrangements, softer numbers with heartfelt lyrics and vocal delivery, and some good old fashioned rock 'n' roll.
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Nov 8, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011Truly a good product, even if Noel still looks at the past (Stop the Clocks would be better with Liam on vocals,Record Machine maybe not but misses Oasis' rest of the band). If I Had a Gun and Everybody's on the Run are instant classics,and the AKAs songs a pleasure in listening.. I believe in this Chief new thing
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Nov 8, 2011A real return to form ... the best set of songs by a Gallagher since the 90's. If you liked oasis glory days, don't miss this.
Best songs: Everybody is on the Run (superb), If I Had a Gun, The Death of You and Me, AKA What a Life and AKA Broken Arrow -
Nov 8, 2011
Awards & Rankings
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MojoDec 22, 2011Here, for the first time in years, the primetime Gallagher swagger is back, in a more mature form. [Nov 2011, p.94]
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Nov 28, 2011The fact that this debut hews closer to the Noel we know certainly shouldn't be a disappointment.
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Nov 22, 2011Wrapped in guitars, strings, brass and reverb like a psychedelic Union Jack, he's in full flashback mode.