Noel knows how to construct a sturdy song and Holmes knows how to dress them up in flashy clothes, and the combination results in Gallagher's best album since splitting up Oasis.
But, bar the turgid swamp blues of ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’, it’s Noel’s freewheeling solo freedom and return-to-mega-form song-writing that makes this amongst the albums of the year.
The captivating aspect of Who Built the Moon? is its capability to grow in depth across multiple listens. Furthermore, the album intensifies and gains strength with multiple listens.
Beneath the psychedelic bluster and cluttered production job, this is still mostly the same old Noel. The man's been doing one thing for most of his career, and continuing to do it well even post-Oasis.
Who Built the Moon? feels like the sort of album where Noel spent way more time mapping out the sounds than writing the lyrics. But “Keep on Reaching” whips up enough manic, soul-stomping gusto to forgive its obvious Stevie Wonder swipes (”Keep on reaching out for that higher ground”), while “Be Careful What You Wish For” oozes enough creeping menace to elevate its title from clichéd phrase to prophetic threat.
It’s like an extremely amped-up version of Oasis, but the excesses sway from impressive to taxing. Often the effort to be interesting just comes off as nonsensical cacophony.
HINO DE ÁLBUM. MELHOR DISCO DO ANO SEM SOMBRA DE DÚVIDAS! QUEM DIZ QUE É RUIM É HATER QUE NÃO SABE NEM ONDE FICA A PRÓPRIA RABA! BJOS!HINO DE ÁLBUM. MELHOR DISCO DO ANO SEM SOMBRA DE DÚVIDAS! QUEM DIZ QUE É RUIM É HATER QUE NÃO SABE NEM ONDE FICA A PRÓPRIA RABA! BJOS!
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Without a doubt, his best album to date. It's nice to see that he changed direction and tried something different and fresh. He succeededWithout a doubt, his best album to date. It's nice to see that he changed direction and tried something different and fresh. He succeeded 100%! I will always love Oasis, but that style and time period is forever gone. It's 2017.
Highlights for me are "It's a Beautiful World," "She Taught Me How to Fly," "If Love is the Law," and "Dead in the Water."
So we now apparently live in a world where we have to be team Liam or team Noel. Both have released albums, we get double the musical output,So we now apparently live in a world where we have to be team Liam or team Noel. Both have released albums, we get double the musical output, but we can’t enjoy both?
I liked Liam’s album but it was very, well, Liam. Very 1995. As You Were is a solid 7/10 but for me, this goes above and beyond what we’ve heard before and deserves top marks because of it.
Fort Knox is the best opener since **** In The Bushes then for me, Holy Mountain is the most joyous song I’ve heard for a while. As usual, he wears his influences on his sleeve with the rest of the album. Sly & The Family Stone (Keep On Reachin’), Beatles (Careful What You Wish For). Chemicals, Jungle, even a bit of U2 here and there throughout he rest of the record. The ‘bonus track’ - ‘Dead In The Water’ is probably one of the best songs he’s written and released for a while. The fact he ‘forgotten about it shows us we’re on for a treat for his future endeavours.
Those who are critical might as well give up now, I can see this progressing further and further. And why not...?!!!…Expand
Noel Gallagher proved to be an amazing songwriter during the Oasis days. Even in his solo career, he has delivered some gems (ballad of theNoel Gallagher proved to be an amazing songwriter during the Oasis days. Even in his solo career, he has delivered some gems (ballad of the mighty I, for example). However, most of his work falls into an uneven blend of psychedelia and old alternative rock. His sound was becoming kind of stale, though still very entertaining. That's why I love 'Who Built the moon?' so much. It sounds nothing like Gallagher has done. Noel finally got the balls and decided to do what him (and his brother on BE) set out to do: making a great psychedelic/rock album.
The album starts out with a wall of sound with Fort Knox. Instead of the stale sampling of **** in the bushes,' there are some intense screams and strings. It really seems to be the obvious album (and concert) opener. Next, we get Holy Mountain, the first single of this album. Does it say a lot? No. But this song brilliantly portrays what works about the album. The lyrics are used to give the song it's feel. This song feels like a grandiose world with its horns and groovy base-line. Keep On Reaching kicks off with an intense organ and some more subdued horns. Later some gospel-choirs and an unleashed guitar. All 'biblical' so far.
Next, we have the only dip in the tracklisting. It's A Beautiful World is kind of a mediocre song that doesn't really know what sound it wants to follow. Also, the French spoken word was awful. But after this song everything this album does is amazing. The best song is probably The Man Who Built The Moon.
So give this album a shot. You probably need to adjust to the new sound, but the sound will land. You will be able to love songs like 'Be careful what you wish for' and 'If love is the law'. So hopefully Noel keeps channeling into this creating-force and will create another 'biblical album'
Fort Knox 9/10
Holy Mountain 9/10
Keep on Reaching 8/10
It's A Beautiful World 6/10
She thought me how to fly 9/10
Be careful what you wish for 10/10
Black and White Sunshine 8/10
Interlude (Wednesday part 1) 8/10
If Love is The Law 10/10
The Man Who Built The Moon 11/10
End Credits (Wednesday part 2) 8/10…Expand
Brilliant. On par with Liam's but completely different musically. Tame psychedelia and poppy tunes are the opposite of Oasis; yet Noel does itBrilliant. On par with Liam's but completely different musically. Tame psychedelia and poppy tunes are the opposite of Oasis; yet Noel does it perfectly. I prefer As You Were but this is still quality.…Expand
Ever since his music career began, Noel Gallagher has written and recorded the same way, with the same results: coming to the studio with aEver since his music career began, Noel Gallagher has written and recorded the same way, with the same results: coming to the studio with a batch of songs, recording them, maybe writing one here or there on the spot, and releasing them with the same fervor as usual; “what will Noel do next?” His first two solo works (2011’s ‘High Flying Birds’ and 2014’s ‘Chasing Yesterday’) proved to everyone Noel’s ambition was past nostalgia and focused on trogging forward at the pace a 50 year-old Mancunian with an incurable hangover could go.
In the last four years, that pace has picked up dramatically. Gallagher shocked the ears of every parka monkey in England, including his outspoken brother, simply with a pair of shears and a space pop album called “Who Built The Moon?” The response tells you everything you need to know about them, because the album itself doesn’t exactly sound unlike Noel or Oasis. Even with that said, the emphasis Is less on Noel’s proven, traditional songwriting, but rather on interesting sounds and good melodies.
From the start it was obvious anyone who held sacred Noel’s fist-in-the-air anthems from the 90’s would be questioning his sanity, and those who have been waiting for Gallagher to finally go for something ‘out-there’ has had their wish at least somewhat granted. “Out-there” for some songwriters may include 3 months in a hut in Nepal or locking themselves in a hotel room for 48 hours. For Noel, it’s simply coming in with nothing and creating.
The most fun in listening to this album is thinking about what we could be listening to if Noel Gallagher didn’t take a chance and try a different recording method; another Chasing Yesterday type album that has quality songs but has everything we’ve heard before. Where “Who Built the Moon?” lacks in good ideas it makes up for interesting sounds. Simply put, it’s easily the most interesting and quality post-Oasis album put out by either Gallagher. Noel gambled his moneymaker on this one, and it’s payed off.…Expand
This album is terrible, and why shouldn't be? It's not really Noel's project or Noe's ideas of music. It is some retard's vision of Noel whoThis album is terrible, and why shouldn't be? It's not really Noel's project or Noe's ideas of music. It is some retard's vision of Noel who is calling the shots here; telling Noel not to bring in any of his music into the studio. For all the so called Noel fans praising this awful work, ask yourselves this question. Is David Holmes the genius now and not Noel? There are are eleven tracks in the album and three of them are instrumentals. The opener Fort Knox is a solid opener, it's nothing mind blowing but it kinda sets the stage for what is to come, except it never really does. Compare Fort Knox against his other two openers these being, Riverman, and Everybody's On The Run. Fort Knox is not even close to these. There are a few great tracks here such as The Man Who Built The Moon, Be Careful What You Wish For, Dead In the Water, and last and least of these Holy Mountain. Then there are the "good" enough tracks here like, It's a Beautiful World, She Taught me How To Fly. The rest is mediocre garbage. Why bring in Johnny Marr if youre going to have him play a mediocre unmemorable tune like "If Love Is the Law"? Black and White Sunshine? Lol that's probably the worst one here, nothing catchy or memorable here either. The album is also infested with voice effects on Noel's singing, it comes to slap you in the face harder when you hear the fantastic "dead in the water". I love both Liam and Noel but Liam finally won a battle against his older brother. Liam does need people to point him in the right direction for a new album, Noel does not. Noel is a bit too brilliant to rely on other people, especially much less talented people than himself. Compare Noel's 3 solo albums track by track and listen to how much better they are. Very disappointed in Noel's decision to have other hacks tell him what to do. It lends much more credibility to Liam's statement about how Noel only hates Be Here Now because of people's pressure.…Expand
