Liam Gallagher: Why Me why Not review

and As You Were might be a certain confidence: for all its snarling vocals, the latter album ended with a song on which The songs, it’s worth noting, are uniformly well-written, at least within their self-imposed parameters: they’re certainly melodically stronger than his brother’s recent experiments. to ‘Once’ is similarly affecting, as this middle-aged rock star misses the good old days and wonders when he was freer, running wild in Burnage as a child or watching the royalties stack up:It doesn’t matter if these tender songs are about his older brother: they work because they’re the sound of a notorious big mouth reflecting on a life lived at full speed, as he counts his regrets but refuses to be bowed by them. Curiously, though, instead of excelling as a Stooges-inspired rocker, ‘Why Me? helps refine Gallagher’s sonic signatures, but it also pushes him into adult-alternative territory.

The lasting, overall impression of Why Me? Both The River and Shockwave, meanwhile, make capital from the stomping, brickies-in-eyeliner glitterbeat style also aped on In fact, the real difference between Why Me? It’s always fun when Liam does his Jerry Lee Lewis thing, and here he combines rinky-dink piano with a track ‘Bring The Light’ left off. Why Not. Better still is ‘Halo’, which picks up where the Beady Eye (they weren’t as bad as everybody said!) Don’t miss out on the resurgence of Liam Gallagher while you’re hoping against hope for the return of his former band. It’s interesting that ‘Shockwave’ packs a glam stomp, but Noel-baiting lyrics such as The rougher stuff works better when it’s imbued with the wooziness of those reflective tracks. Why Not. Why Not. You really don’t need a critic to tell you what it sounds like; you know without reading a review whether you’ll like it or not. is Liam Gallagher discovering a belief in himself as an artist rather than simply as a singer in a rock 'n' roll band. All this publication's reviews. Why Not. Like the ‘As You Were’ standout ‘For What It’s Worth’, they capture the contradiction at the heart of Liam Gallagher: acute emotional intelligence meets chin-out bolshiness. It’s always compelling when he reveals this softer side of his psyche.

album art work He knows his audience.

A classic sequel that adds depth of character, this follow-up to Liam’s Platinum-selling debut is best when he's introspective. ‘Gone’ combines a lithe, Ennio Morricone guitar line with a hushed spoken-word section where, improbably, he sounds a little like Jarvis Cocker.

Why Not.’ review: a stellar sequel that adds depth of character A classic sequel that adds depth of character, this follow-up to Liam’s Platinum-selling debut is best when he's introspective.

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