Sunday, April 12, 2020

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Dig Out Your Soul is the 7th and final studio album by Oasis. Produced by Dave Sardy, it was released on 6th October 2008 by Big Brother Records. This album had a blend of  Rock, Britpop, Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Neo-psychedelia Genres. Total album play time is just over 45 minutes spanning over 11 tracks.


The Album featured 3 singles as well - The Shock of Lightning, I'm Outta Time and Falling Down

Noel Gallagher's thoughts"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."

Album Review: Review's for the album were generally positive. In UK, the album peaked at #1 on weekly charts, #15 in album charts and was a certified 2x Platinum selling over 600,000 copies.

My Album Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars
Highlights: Falling Down is an Epic song and definitely in top 5 of all Oasis Songs.

I have rated 6 out of 11 tracks mentioned below. 

No. Track/Song By Length Rating
1 Bag It Up N. Gallagher 04:40 3.5
2 The Turning N. Gallagher 05:04 4
3 Waiting for the Rapture N. Gallagher 03:03 NR
4 The Shock of the Lightning N. Gallagher 04:59 3.5
5 I'm Outta Time L. Gallagher 04:10 4
6 (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady N. Gallagher 04:06 NR
7 Falling Down N. Gallagher 04:20 5
8 To Be Where There's Life Gem Archer 04:35 NR
9 Ain't Got Nothin' L. Gallagher 02:14 NR
10 The Nature of Reality Andy Bell 03:47 NR
11 Soldier On L. Gallagher 04:50 4

Bottom Line: Falling Down is an absolute smash hit!! Soldier On and I'm Outta Time are good.

Music Videos:

Falling Down: Directed by WIZ Andrew, John Whiston. With Oasis: Liam & Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and starring actress Natasha O'Keeffe

I'm Outta Time: Directed by W.I.Z showcases Liam Galagher's "surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape"