Different Gear, Still Speeding

Different Gear, Still Speeding
Studio album by Beady Eye
Released 28 February 2011
Recorded June–November 2010 at RAK Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 51:34
Label Beady Eye
Producer Beady Eye, Steve Lillywhite
Beady Eye chronology

Different Gear, Still Speeding
(2011)		 BE
(2013)
Singles from Different Gear, Still Speeding
  1. "Bring the Light"
    Released: 22 November 2010
  2. "Four Letter Word"
    Released: 17 January 2011
  3. "The Roller"
    Released: 21 February 2011
  4. "Millionaire"
    Released: 2 May 2011
  5. "The Beat Goes On"
    Released: 11 July 2011

Different Gear, Still Speeding is the debut studio album by the English rock band Beady Eye, released on 28 February 2011.[1] It debuted at number 3 in the UK albums chart selling 66,817 in the first week. As of August 2012 the album has sold 174,487 copies in the UK.[2] On the album all members contributed to the instrumentation, much like the later albums of Oasis.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
BBC Music favourable[4]
Q [4]
NME 7/10[5]
Spin [6]
Clash 7/10[7]
Uncut [8]
The Fly [9]
Yahoo Music 7/10[10]

Reviews of the album have been generally mixed-to-favourable. According to review aggregator site Metacritic, the album has an average score of 65%.[11]

Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Stacey Anderson, who gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, said "On Different Gear, the band attempts stripped down, Stones-y rock but ends up with 'Be Here Now'-style guitar bluster and Liam's blithely boilerplate lyrics". Drowned in Sound awarded the album 4/10 saying that By and large it radiates the stolid competence of a band on auto-pilot, with a few flashes of likeable enthusiasm. The Independent on Sunday gave it 2/5 stars. Simon Goddard, reviewing for Q, gave the album four-out-of-five stars and described it as "the strongest record Liam's made" since (What's the Story) Morning Glory?,[12] while Garry Mulholland, in his three-star review for Uncut, denied that the album "remotely matches" Definitely Maybe, but felt the album was a step in the right direction. Mojo also gave the album four stars out of five, citing Gallagher's singing as a highlight.[4] The Fly, however, remarked that the album was "dull", and a disappointment, while Scotland on Sunday added that Noel Gallagher is missed as a songwriting partner.[13][14] The BBC and The Independent both commented that the album bests Oasis' later music, if not lacking innovation from the previous group,[4] while The Sun praised the album's simplicity and variety, citing "Bring the Light" as a surprising highlight, a comment that NME repeated.[5] The album is generally agreed to have surpassed expectations, with Mojo remarking that the album "shaped up better than many imagined," and Q saying that it "decimates all negative preconceptions."

Track listing

All songs written by Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Andy Bell,[15] except "Sons of the Stage" by Gordon King and Tony Ogden

  1. "Four Letter Word" – 4:17
  2. "Millionaire" – 3:19
  3. "The Roller" – 3:34
  4. "Beatles and Stones" – 2:56
  5. "Wind Up Dream" – 3:27
  6. "Bring the Light" – 3:39
  7. "For Anyone" – 2:15
  8. "Kill for a Dream" – 4:39
  9. "Standing on the Edge of the Noise" – 2:52
  10. "Wigwam" – 6:39
  11. "Three Ring Circus" – 3:09
  12. "The Beat Goes On" – 4:45
  13. "The Morning Son" – 6:03
Bonus tracks
Special Edition

There is a special edition of the album, which includes a DVD with music videos for "Bring the Light", "Four Letter Word" and "Sons of the Stage", as well as a documentary entitled RAK Them Out.[17] Japanese copies included the music video for "The Roller".[16] A Japan-only "Limited Tour Edition" includes a bonus DVD featuring highlights from the concert in Paris on 13 March 2011, containing twelve songs in 52 minutes, and music videos including "The Beat Goes On".

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[15]

Beady Eye
Additional musicians
  • Victoria Akintola, Nomvula Malinga – backing vocals on "Bring the Light" and "Kill for a Dream"
Production
  • Beady Eye, Steve Lillywhite – producers
  • Beady Eye, Jonathan Shakhovskoy – mixing
  • Jonathan Shakhovskoy – engineer
  • Helen Atkinson – recording assistance
  • Rich Cooper – mixing assistance
  • John Davis – mastering
  • Steve Gullick – photography
  • Lawrence Watson – photography
  • Paul 'Spooner' Heywood – photography
  • Paul Heywood – photography
  • House@Intro – album art

Release history

Region Date Label
Japan[18] 23 February 2011 Sony Music
Germany 25 February 2011 Beady Eye Records
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom[19]
Italy 28 February 2011
Spain
United States/Canada 1 March 2011 Dangerbird Records
Australia 11 March 2011 Liberation Music
Argentina 18 March 2011 Sony Music
Brazil
Croatia 21 March 2011 Sony Music / Menart

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Scottish Albums Chart 2
Australian Albums Chart 18
Austrian Albums Chart 14
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 14
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 20
Canadian Albums Chart 20
Croatian Albums Chart[20] 15
Danish Albums Chart 27
Dutch Albums Chart 7
Finnish Albums Chart 20
French Albums Chart 32
German Albums Chart 15
German Independent Chart[21] 5
Irish Albums Chart 3
Italian Albums Chart 10
Japanese Albums Chart 5
Mexican Albums Chart 45
New Zealand Albums Chart 35
Norwegian Albums Chart 30
South Korean Albums Chart[22] 12
Spanish Albums Chart 13
Swedish Albums Chart 34
Swiss Albums Chart 7
UK Albums Chart 3
US Billboard 200 31

References

  1. ↑ "Beady Eye Announces Album Details". Beady Eye. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  2. ↑ McCormick, Neil (9 November 2011). "Liam Gallagher: not a day goes by when I don’t think about Oasis". London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Different Gear, Still Speeding – Beady Eye". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Reviews of Different Gear, Still Speeding by Beady Eye, collected by Any Decent Music
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Beady Eye – Album Review: Beady Eye – Different Gear, Still Speeding (Beady Eye Records)
  6. ↑ Beady Eye, 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'
  7. ↑ Beady Eye – Different Gear, Still Speeding | Clash Music Latest Album Review
  8. ↑ Critic Reviews for Different Gear, Still Speeding at Metacritic
  9. ↑ Album Review: Beady Eye / ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ (Beady Eye Records) – 2011 THE-FLY.CO.UK
  10. ↑ Beady Eye – 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'
  11. ↑ Different Gear, Still Speeding Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic
  12. ↑ Goddard, Simon (25 January 2011), Liam Gallagher strikes first blow as post-Oasis years begin..., March 2011, Q, pp. 102–103
  13. ↑ Album review: Beady Eye, Different Gear, Still Speeding – Scotsman.com Living
  14. ↑ Mulholland, Garry. "Liam Gallagher's bunker mentality bears fruit on post-Oasis debut". March 2011. Uncut. p. 90.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Different Gear, Still Speeding (Booklet). Beady Eye. Beady Eye. 2011. BEADYCD2.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Different Gear, Still Speeding (Japan) (Special Edition CD & DVD)". Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  17. ↑ "Different Gear, Still Speeding (Special Edition CD & DVD)". Play.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  18. ↑ "Beady Eye Announced Release Date, Album Title, Artwork, and Track List of Debut Album!". Sony Music. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  19. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Different Gear, Still Speeding by Beady Eye". Itunes.apple.com. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  20. ↑ "O nama" (PDF). Hdu.hr. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  21. ↑ Beady Eye glänzen in Independent-Charts
  22. ↑ "2011년 3월 둘째주 앨범차트 종합순위". Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

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