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Album
Currently unknown or untitled
Studio album by Oasis
Released September 2008 (TBC)
Recorded August-September, November-December 2007 at Abbey Road Studios, London; January - March 2008 in Los Angeles
Genre Rock, Britpop
Label Big Brother
Producer Dave Sardy
Oasis chronology
Don't Believe the Truth
(2005)		 Oasis seventh studio album
(2008)

The seventh studio album by Oasis is reported to be complete and, although an official release date has not been confirmed, both Liam and Noel Gallagher have been quoted as saying that the album is due out in September 2008. [1] [2]

The album was recorded with Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy. Zak Starkey, who performed on Don't Believe the Truth, was confirmed as the drummer for the new album, though has still not officially joined the band. Although the band has not confirmed it in a press-released statement, Starkey may not be playing with the band live or in studio again, due to a fight with Noel. However, Chris Sharrock has been reported to be taking Starkey's place.

Contents

[edit] Concept and sound

In a January 2007 interview for NME, Noel Gallagher gave details on his vision for album: "All the tunes I've written recently have been on the kind of acoustic side, you know? But for the next record I really fancy doing a record where we just completely throw the kitchen sink at it," he explained. "We haven't done that since Be Here Now. I'd like to get, like, a 100-piece orchestra and choirs and all that stuff. I think since Standing on the Shoulder of Giants we've been trying to prove a point of just bass, drums, guitar and vocals and nothing fancy. But I kind of like fancy! I'd like to make an absolutely fucking colossal album. You know? Like literally two orchestras, stuff like that."[3]

In October 2007 Noel revealed more about the record to BBC 6 Music: "Funnily enough, we all write separately, but for some reason all the songs sound like they've got a common thread. We've been focusing round the grooves more this time, the last album was quite 'songy,' if that makes any sense, I don't know. But it was quite 'songy:' "The Importance of Being Idle", "Let There Be Love" - it was quite a British, retro, 60s sounding album. This is kinda focusing round the grooves more. Saying that, we've only done two tracks but all the demos that we've done are great." Noel also revealed details about his lyrics for his new songs: "I've literally got nothing left to write about: I've wrote about being a youth, and I've wrote about being a rock star, and I've wrote about living life in the big city. I've been re-visiting some of my more psychedelic trips of a younger man, because I remember them all you see...putting them to music."[4]

In a November 2007 interview with Reuters, singer Liam Gallagher revealed more details on how the record is going: "All the songs are wrote, this record's gonna be fuckin' rockin'. There's no acoustic on it, man. We rehearsed about 10 tunes before coming in. Three are mine. Some are Noel's, some are Gem's, some are Andy's. We're there for a long time, so we just keep pickin' em off the tree, man. Some are sounding really fucking heavy, and then we're picking some out, and you go, 'Well that doesn't sit with that, right.' So we just keep moving about. We've got plenty of songs. We're not gonna go bored." Gallagher also revealed that the record,"Will have everything thrown at it. Let's just hope that Noel's learnt his lesson in the studio this time!" he hopes the record will be in stores by August 2008.[5]

In a February 28, 2008 radio interview for LA radio station Indie 103.1 [6] with Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, Liam, Noel and Gem didn't give much away about the record, but did say that it was "less songy and more groove-based, not to say that it's dance music in any form", with some of it being "psychedelic and trancy" and that they are trying a few new sounds.

[edit] Recording sessions

Sessions were due to begin in July 2007,[7] but it's believed proper band sessions did not begin until the start of August, during which Noel and Liam were photographed outside Abbey Road Studios with fans.[8]

Sessions were halted in September 2007 due to the birth of Noel Gallagher's second child, but work started up again on November 5, 2007. Noel told BBC 6 Music: "We done a few tracks in Abbey Road about - seems like an age ago now - about six weeks ago. And then we've taken six weeks off for me to get acquainted with my new son: the future of British music. And then we start back in Abbey Road a week on Monday, (Nov 5th) if anyone's interested, and then we'll probably work through a couple of months there, have Christmas off, then go and mix it and see where we're at."[4]

On November 8, 2007, the band's official website confirmed that they returned to the studio on November 5, and they were working with Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy.[9]

In Liam Gallagher's Reuters interview on November 13, 2007, he revealed more about the expected timespan of the recording sessions: "We've got six weeks there, seven weeks. We'll have it done by then, without a doubt. It'll be done by Christmas. It'll be done by the 15th of December, if everything goes well. Then we'll have Christmas off, and we'll go to L.A., mix it and maybe do a bit more over there. But not too much."[5]

Oasis announced, through its website on February 5, that the band is in Los Angeles to finish off recording the album and to mix the record.[10] The band is in LA since January, as stated early in the official Oasis site.

In a February 28, 2008 radio interview for LA radio station Indie 103.1 [11] with Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, Liam, Noel and Gem said mixing had been slowed down by the equipment constantly breaking, but that they hoped to be finished in a couple of weeks.

In an appearance on Russell Brand's BBC Radio 2 show on March 8, 2008, Noel declared he would be going home on the next Wednesday, March 12, suggesting that work is finished in LA and, subsequently, on the record, although this wasn't confirmed. Oasis have also booked tour dates; a further indication the album is finished.

On April 14, 2008 Noel Gallagher announced in an interview critising Jay-Z's appearance at Glastonbury, that the album was indeed completed and they were searching for a record company with which to release it.[12] He also stated that they have not finalised a name, though they are in the middle of finishing the artwork.

In May, Noel told The Edge 102.1 FM radio station in Toronto that he had written seven songs for the album, four of which were written during the recording sessions.

Also in May 2008, three songs recorded during the sessions for Don't Believe the Truth leaked online. The three tracks are as NME reports the long awaited "Stop The Clocks", "Nothin' On Me" and, "I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine".[13]. It's not known if any of these will feature on the new album, but if so, they are likely to be in a different form.

On 12 May, it was reported [14] that Zak Starkey left the band after a falling out with Noel Gallagher, but has not yet been confirmed by the band's official website or Myspace.

[edit] Songs

Noel Gallagher gave a brief overview to Channel 4 Teletext's 'Planet Sound' in June 2007: "I've got 17 new songs written which are all good enough for the album. The rest have three or four each. We will be meeting on Friday to discuss what's happening and then hopefully start recording next month."[15]

Gallagher also claimed on Soccer AM in May 2007 that he had recently written "a couple of belters" and felt sorry for the other band mates when the time would come to share their work, "I will be like, yeah, that's good. But get on this!"[16]

[edit] Speculation

Various titles of songs exist, but, at the present time, no songs have been confirmed to be included on the album by either band members or via official press releases. Noel Gallagher has said in the past that songs recorded for Don't Believe The Truth but not included on there would be considered for inclusion on the new album. The following information is all presented as educated speculation.

  • "Don't Be Down" - written by Noel. Penned for his daughter Anais. Noel mentioned the track in at least two interviews in October 2002, saying it sounded a bit like Neil Young, but also claimed it was a song that "you will never hear, cos I wrote it for my baby girl."[17]
  • "Evil Eye" - written By Liam. Mentioned by him in a November 2007 MOJO interview, calling it "magical" and "a big tune". Features the lyric, "Don't give me your evil eye / It's not very wise." He said it would not be on the next album but "the one after that." This is a decision which could change, however, during sessions for the new album.
  • "Guess I'm Out of Time" - written by Liam. Mentioned by him in a November 2006 UNCUT magazine interview.
  • "I Wanna Live in a Dream in My Record Machine" - written by Noel. Described by him as being about buying records and being "about 10 minutes long and it's big, psychedelic, loads of guitar solos, but it's good though, the lyrics are good."[18] He's also said it's like Led Zeppelin doing The Beatles[19] and "it's kind of like a "Champagne Supernova" thing."[20] The song was first mentioned by Noel in Japanese interviews in September 2002 and in September 2005 to a Canadian radio station, he mentioned that it was "on the backburner."[21] A February 2008 Q Magazine article mentioned this as a possible contender for inclusion on the album, although, seeing as their description of the song is a direct quote from a Noel Gallagher BBC Radio 2 interview, broadcast in October 2002, it's unclear how accurate their new information is. An early studio performance, running time 4:30, of the song was leaked on May 6, 2008, to Oasis forums. It is believed to have been recorded during sessions for Don't Believe The Truth in 2004.
  • "Let It Come Down Over Me" - In the January 2007 issue of Q Magazine, Noel revealed this track as another song left over from the Don't Believe the Truth sessions.
  • "Stop the Clocks" - written by Noel. Possibly the most eagerly anticipated new song by fans due to Noel raving about the song (in late-2002 and early-2003 interviews). Speaking to Austrian TV show 'Arena' he went into more detail about the song. "I think is the best song I've ever written because of the words and the music, it doesn't sound like anything we've done before or anything I've ever written. In its lyrical content it's quite near to The Masterplan."[22] The song was written in 2001 and recorded during sessions for Don't Believe the Truth, but not considered satisfactory enough for release. An early studio performance of the song, believed to have been recorded during sessions for Don't Believe The Truth in 2004, with Noel singing, was leaked on May 6, 2008 to Oasis forums as well as a live version from May 2003.
  • "Sweet and Sour" - Mentioned by Gem Archer in a June 2005 MSN interview as being one of the many songs demoed for Don't Believe the Truth but still unfinished.
  • "The Boy with the Blues" - written by Liam. Recorded during sessions for Don't Believe the Truth and seriously considered for a Spring/Summer 2006 EP release, but aborted due to the song being not complete enough for release. Described by Noel in a January 2006 interview as being "catchy as fuck", "a bit like Spiritualized", and is "driven by a piano and acoustic guitars."
  • "The Magic Can't Be Right" - written by Noel. First mentioned in an October 2002 interview by Noel as "sounding like The Rolling Stones" and being "pretty good."
  • "You'll Be Crashing When You Burn" - Noel can be heard playing this in the background on the 2007 documentary Lord Don't Slow Me Down.
  • "Nothin' On Me" - Written by Liam. A version recorded for Don't Believe The Truth leaked out onto the internet on May 6, 2008. The song is 2:11 in length, and is similar to songs such as "Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is","Full On" and "Fuckin' In The Bushes" in that it is one of the closest songs they have reached to Hard Rock in their music. Unusual for an Oasis song, the time signature is in 3/4, as opposed to the standard Oasis 4/4 TS, being the 3rd Liam penned song to be in the 3/4 timing. It features the lyric, "They got nothing on me anymore / They got nothing on you / I don't care what they say anymore / All I want is the truth." First reports of the song came in a March 2003 The Sun article, which stated that Liam wrote the song after being arrested for assault in Munich, Germany in December 2002.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Celebrity News, Videos, Gossip and Photos
  2. ^ Latest Oasis News With stopcryingyourheartout.com: Noel Gallagher Talks About The New Oasis Album
  3. ^ Oasis plan 'colossal' new album. NME (2007-01-04). Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
  4. ^ a b Oasis go psychedelic. BBC (2007-10-29). Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
  5. ^ a b Liam Gallagher full Reuters interview. Reuters (2007-11-13). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
  6. ^ Indie 103.1 - Jonesy`s Jukebox Media Page
  7. ^ Oasis to start recording new album. NME (2007-06-15). Retrieved on 2007-06-18.
  8. ^ Oasis are recording in the Abbey Road Studios. UpInTheSite (2007-08-20). Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
  9. ^ Back In The Studio. Oasisinet (2007-11-08). Retrieved on 2007-11-08.
  10. ^ Oasisinet.com 5 February 2008
  11. ^ Indie 103.1 - Jonesy`s Jukebox Media Page
  12. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Hip-hop 'wrong' for Glastonbury
  13. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/36429 - New Music Express 05 06 08
  14. ^ Oasis member quits | News | NME.COM
  15. ^ More On The New Oasis Album. Planet Sound (2007-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-06-19.
  16. ^ Noel confirms 'there is no solo album'. Soccer AM/In The News (2007-05-19). Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
  17. ^ BBC Radio 2 interview, broadcast on October 26, 2002
  18. ^ BBC Radio 2 interview, broadcast on October 26, 2002
  19. ^ Fast Forward interview, broadcast on October 4, 2002
  20. ^ NME interview, January 3, 2007 edition
  21. ^ Fox 99.3FM interview, broadcast on September 7, 2005
  22. ^ Arena interview, broadcast on March 18, 2003
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