Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (album)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (album)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Studio album by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Released 17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)
Recorded 2010 (2010)–2011 (2011) at State of the Ark, Strangeways, Dean St. Studios and Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Rock, alternative rock
Length 42:27
Label Sour Mash
Producer Noel Gallagher, Dave Sardy
Noel Gallagher chronology
The Dreams We Have as Children: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2009)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
(2011)
Singles from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
  1. "The Death of You and Me"
    Released: 21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)
  2. "AKA... What a Life!"
    Released: 9 September 2011 (2011-09-09)
  3. "If I Had a Gun..."
    Released: 10 October 2011 (2011-10-10)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the self-titled debut album by the English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Released on 17 October 2011, it is the first studio album released by eponymous frontman Noel Gallagher since his departure from Oasis in August 2009.

Contents

Background

High Flying Birds was recorded between 2010 and 2011 in London and Los Angeles, produced by Gallagher and former Oasis producer Dave Sardy.[1] Musicians featured on the record include former Oasis keyboardist Mike Rowe, The Lemon Trees drummer Jeremy Stacey and percussionist Lenny Castro, in addition to guest appearances from the Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Wired Strings.[1] The name, High Flying Birds, drew inspiration from the Jefferson Airplane song while using it as a band name was an homage to Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

The track listing includes "Stop the Clocks", which is the unreleased Oasis track of that name.[2] On 20 July 2011, "The Death of You and Me" was confirmed as the lead single, scheduled for release on 21 August 2011, with "The Good Rebel" appearing as the B-side.[3]

On 30 August 2011, "If I Had a Gun" premiered on Kroq Radio and will be Gallagher's debut single in North America. The second UK single is "AKA... What a Life!".[4] with "Let The Lord Shine A Light On Me" appearing as the B-side.

On 5 September 2011, "AKA... What a Life!" premiered on Gallagher's official YouTube account.[5]

Album cover

The album cover was taken in Los Angeles by photographer Lawrence Watson, who had just purchased a Polaroid camera. As Gallagher explained, "There's an old petrol station in Beverly Hills beside the police station that's got a triangular neon roof, and when you stand underneath it it looks like you're stood underneath Concorde. So we go out one night and it's all lit up in the neon, and we're taking these pictures - it looks like I'm stood under the wings of a high flying bird." [6]

Tour

Gallagher has said that he will begin the High Flying Birds Tour a week after the release of the album. The first show will be in Dublin on 23 October and will also visit London and Edinburgh. He said, "We're going to go out on tour a week after the album is out. We're going to start off slow in small theatres. If it's good enough to get bigger than that then it'll get bigger than that. I don't think there'll be a huge great big tour this year. I think this year it'll be a quick whizz around the world and try and do the major cities and then it will probably be a bigger tour next year."[7] North American, European, and Japanese tours have also been announced. On November 9th, 2011 it was annouced that Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be headlining all shows at Australia and New Zealand's travelling Big Day Out Festival. [8] [9]

Reception

Commercial performance

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds sold 55,000 copies after two days of sale, more than twice as many copies as its nearest rival, Letters by The X Factor winner Matt Cardle.[10] On 23 October 2011, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 122,530 copies.[11] In comparison the debut album by the band of Noel's brother Liam Gallagher, Beady Eye's Different Gear, Still Speeding, sold 66,817 copies when it debuted at number three on the chart in March 2011 and has since sold approximately 157,000 copies in the UK (as of November 2011)[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[12]
BBC Favourable[13]
Daily Mail 4/5 stars[14]
The Daily Telegraph 5/5 stars[15]
Digital Spy 4/5 stars[16]
NME 8/10 stars[17]
Q 4/5 stars
Toronto Star 2.5/4 stars[18]
The Tune (4.3/5)[19]

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds has received generally favorable reviews, scoring a 68 on Metacritic.[20] The BBC review praised Gallagher for continuing the proven formula of songwriting he adopted in Oasis, describing the album as an "enjoyable record".[13] Adrian Thrills of the Daily Mail made a similar point on the tried-and-tested approach to making music chosen by Gallagher,[14] and despite giving it a rating of eight out of ten the NME claimed that the album may have benefited from the vocals of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher.[1] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, critic Neil McCormick awarded the album the highest rating possible, claiming that "High Flying Birds is the best collection of [Noel] Gallagher tunes since his Morning Glory days", referring to the extremely high-selling 1995 Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? as a benchmark for the album.[15] Website Digital Spy took a similar view, proposing that "Despite all the hints to the contrary, Gallagher has managed to shrug off potentially suffocating expectations to record what could be his best album since (What's the Story) Morning Glory?."[16]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Noel Gallagher

No. Title Length
1. "Everybody's on the Run"   5:30
2. "Dream On"   4:29
3. "If I Had a Gun..."   4:09
4. "The Death of You and Me"   3:29
5. "(I Wanna Live in a Dream in My) Record Machine"   4:23
6. "AKA... What a Life!"   4:24
7. "Soldier Boys and Jesus Freaks"   3:22
8. "AKA... Broken Arrow"   3:35
9. "(Stranded On) The Wrong Beach"   4:02
10. "Stop the Clocks"   5:04
Total length:
42:27

Personnel

Primary personnel
Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[21] 16
Austrian Albums Chart 16
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[22] 10
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[23] 16
Canadian Albums Chart 19
Croatian Albums Chart [24] 10
Danish Albums Chart 27
Dutch Albums Chart[25] 11
Finnish Albums Chart[26] 29
French Albums Chart 9
Irish Albums Chart[27] 1
Italian Albums Chart 2
Japanese Albums Chart[28] 5
Mexican Albums Chart [29] 53
New Zealand Albums Chart[30] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart 12
Scottish Albums Chart[31] 1
Spanish Albums Chart[32] 15
Swedish Albums Chart[33] 21
Swiss Albums Chart 10
UK Albums Chart[34] 1
US Billboard 200 28

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Japan 12 October 2011 CD, LP, digital download Sony Music Japan[35]
Australia 14 October 2011 CD, LP, digital download Sour Mash Records
Ireland[36][37]
New Zealand
United Kingdom 16 October 2011[38] Digital download
17 October 2011[39] CD, LP
Canada 8 November 2011 CD, LP, digital download
United States

References

  1. ^ a b c "Noel Gallagher announces full debut solo album details". NME. 6 July 2011. http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/57806. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Noel Gallagher returns, names solo album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds". Metro.co.uk. 2011-07-06. http://www.metro.co.uk/music/868472-noel-gallagher-returns-names-solo-album-high-flying-birds-after-himself. Retrieved 2011-07-25. 
  3. ^ "Noel Gallagher releases trailer for solo single The Death Of You And Me". Metro.co.uk. 2011-07-20. http://www.metro.co.uk/music/869864-noel-gallagher-releases-trailer-for-solo-single-the-death-of-you-and-me. Retrieved 2011-07-25. 
  4. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds/58966
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwHpLDgWonM&feature=feedu
  6. ^ "Exclusive: Noel Gallagher explains High Flying Birds artwork". Thisisfakediy.co.uk. 2011-08-05. http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/exclusive-noel-gallagher-explains-high-flying-birds-artwork#ixzz1UL3FU3a0. Retrieved 2011-08-05. 
  7. ^ "Noel Gallagher confirms he will play Oasis songs on October tour". NME. 6 July 2011. http://www.nme.com/news/noel-gallagher/57820. Retrieved 9 July 2011. 
  8. ^ The Music Network|http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/live/2011/11/09/noel-gallagher-heads-up-second-round-of-big-day-out-acts/
  9. ^ Triple J Interview|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv6vRHQgQU8
  10. ^ "Noel Gallagher 1, Matt Cardle 0". The Official Charts Company. 18 October 2011. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/noel-gallagher-1-matt-cardle-0/. Retrieved 18 October 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Jones, Alan (24 October 2011). "UK Album Chart Analysis: Noel Gallagher first-week sales double Beady Eye's". Music Week. http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1047132&c=1. Retrieved 24 October 2011. 
  12. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-r2302250/review. Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  13. ^ a b Fraser McAlpine (7 October 2011). "Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Review". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zxgw. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  14. ^ a b Adrian Thrills (14 October 2011). "Noel Gallagher's solo flight hits new heights". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2048871/Noel-Gallagher-High-flying-birds-solo-album-hits-new-heights.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  15. ^ a b Neil McCormick (13 October 2011). "Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8824790/Noel-Gallaghers-High-Flying-Birds.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  16. ^ a b Mayer Nissim (17 October 2011). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Album review". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a345263/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-album-review.html. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  17. ^ Matt Wilkinson (14 October 2011). "Album Review: Noel Gallagher - 'High Flying Birds'". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/noel-gallagher/12378. Retrieved 17 October 2011. 
  18. ^ Ben Rayner (7 November 2011). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at cruising altitude". Toronto Star. http://www.toronto.com/article/703510--noel-gallagher-s-high-flying-birds-at-cruising-altitude. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
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