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Oct 6, 2017For his first solo album, Liam Gallagher goes a long way toward establishing himself apart from brother Noel and the rest of Oasis. His most successful tracks here evoke Nashville rather than Manchester.
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Oct 12, 2017The swaggering beasts of Wall Of Glass and Bold kick it off and Greedy Soul waves a musical truncheon in your face as producers Greg Kurstin and Dan Grech- Marguerat find the jugular on songs powered by riffs, choruses, hooks and lashings of attitude to keep up with their swaggering frontman.
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Oct 5, 2017The glammy, foot-stomping country bounce of tracks like ‘Greedy Soul’ make sure this isn’t a hoary dad-rock indulgence, but a totally 2017 rock record with its sights set high.
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Oct 5, 2017What gives it freshness and conviction is Liam’s performance.
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MojoOct 2, 2017The upbeat rockers certainly pull no punches. ... Better still, some gentler tunes reveal his more vulnerable side. [Nov 2017, p.95]
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Q MagazineOct 2, 2017As You Were stands as proof that rock's most charismatic general is back on active service and spoiling for trouble. [Nov 2017, p.102]
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Oct 2, 2017Now in his middle age, he's a richer, nuanced singer than he was during Oasis' heyday, yet he's retained his charisma and, unlike his brother, he favors color and fire in his records, elements that not only enhance this fine collection of songs but make this the best post-Oasis album from either Gallagher to date.
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Oct 16, 2017Gallagher is never going to win awards for originality, but he has definitely progressed musically with this solo debut.
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Oct 6, 2017As You Were finds the singer sounding as self-assured and focused as someone with a string of records under their own banner.
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Oct 6, 2017If the album is a few steps shy of his old band's best, it has Gallagher writing like he means it and singing like his dream isn't over.
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Oct 4, 2017Liam has opted for a far more straightforward, audience-pleasing rock ‘n’ roll record but with plenty to make it sound fresh and alive.
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UncutOct 2, 2017Solidly crafted but with few surprises. [Nov 2017, p.28]
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Oct 5, 2017The biggest and most welcome surprise is that As You Were is not only a cohesive, fluid record, but shows that at age 45, “our kid” isn’t ready to go away just yet.
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Oct 3, 2017Though As You Were kicks off with stadium-sized rock songs, some of the record’s most memorable moments arrive on its ballads.
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Oct 11, 2017As You Were is practically all comfortable, predictable, Oasis-without-Noel comfort food.
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Oct 10, 2017As convincing as Liam Gallagher is when he audaciously boasts that he's "got the Midas touch" early on in the album, As You Were doesn't ever quite turn to gold.
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Oct 9, 2017A set of songs that, if not remarkable, are at least an upgrade.
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Oct 6, 2017‘You Better Run’, while perfectly adequate, has the aura of ‘pub back room’ to its chugging riffs; it’s fine, but it’s largely filler. In general though, As You Were is almost certainly the best thing Liam’s offered us since he parted ways with his big bro.
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Oct 6, 2017The final result is an agreeable enough listen.
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Oct 5, 2017If As You Were is not an unalloyed triumph, then nor is it the stuff of career-ending disaster. Its failings are the failings you could level at pretty much every Oasis album, its sprinkling of highlights an improvement on most of their output since the mid-90s.
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Oct 5, 2017Following the largely insipid twinklings of his Beady Eye, As You Were suggests that, given the right conditions and appropriate collaborators, Liam Gallagher could become a more potent force than expected--especially if he could broaden his musical outlook beyond such predictable parameters.
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Oct 9, 2017Over-produced but under-written, the combined cast of co-writers and producers have failed to knit together a cohesive whole. Plenty of these songs are pleasant enough, but there’s very little to mark an artist in their prime.
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Oct 5, 2017The diluted authorship leaves him floundering amid songs that manage to be overly complex and fiercely indistinct at the same time.
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Oct 12, 2017Subtlety is an early casualty, lyrics and riffs hitting with all the grace and charm of a sledgehammer.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 97 out of 121
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Mixed: 19 out of 121
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Negative: 5 out of 121
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