Noel Gallagher's thoughts: Noel believe's the contributions by all members have been significant in this album. This album has a different feel to it.
The band has a new drummer Starkey who was not an official member of Oasis.
Album Review: Critics gave positive reviews to the album and lauded it for being their best album in a decade. In UK, the album hit #1 on the weekly charts selling over 237,000 copies, in US the album hit #12 selling over 65,000 copies in first week. In UK it was certified 3x Platinum (900,000+ sales) and in US it sold over 200,000+ copies. In all they have sold over 7 million copies worldwide.
The band toured 26 countries entertaining over 3.2 million fans over 113 concerts worldwide.
Highlights: Liam Galagher's singing in Lyla is Phenomenal.
I have rated only 4 of the 11 tracks listed below.
| No. | Track/Song | By | Length | Rating |
| 1 | Turn Up the Sun | Andy Bell | 03:59 | 3 |
| 2 | Mucky Fingers | N. Gallagher | 03:56 | NR |
| 3 | Lyla | N. Gallagher | 05:10 | 5 |
| 4 | Love Like a Bomb | L. Gallagher | 02:52 | NR |
| 5 | The Importance of Being Idle | N. Gallagher | 03:39 | 4 |
| 6 | The Meaning of Soul | L. Gallagher | 01:42 | NR |
| 7 | Guess God Thinks I'm Abel | L. Gallagher | 03:24 | NR |
| 8 | Part of the Queue | N. Gallagher | 03:48 | NR |
| 9 | Keep the Dream Alive | Andy Bell | 05:45 | NR |
| 10 | A Bell Will Ring | Gem Archer | 03:07 | NR |
| 11 | Let There Be Love | N. Gallagher | 05:31 | 5 |
Bottom Line: Lyla is just Awesome and Let There Be Love is a stand out hit.
Music Video:
Lyla: Directed by Tim Qualtrough with Liam & Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and featuring Katrine De Candole.
The Importance of Being Idle: The music video, which was shot partly in Greenwich, was directed by Dawn Shadforth featuring Welsh actor Rhys Ifans and Oasis.
Let There Be Love
