Heathen Chemistry - Oasis

Nearly a decade on from their debut album "Definitely Maybe", Oasis attempted to regain some credibility as musicians and not tabloid front page fodder. In the interim years after their second album "What’s the Story ? Morning Glory" was released Oasis was perhaps better known for their bad boy antics and not for their music. Noel Gallagher readily admits that their third album "Be Here Now" (1997 ) was the work of “two gob shites with a bag of Charlie” and that "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" (2000 ) was perhaps an album they shouldn’t have released. Back in 2002Heathen Chemistry was met with mixed reviews, largely positive ...  Read the complete review

?Heathen Chemistry? is the fifth studio offering from Oasis, and I for one am ?mad for it!? Anyone who has seen Oasis play live in the last 2 0r 3 years will know that they still have the magic touch, despite the clammerings of many over the last 6 years that they were past their sell-by date. Fair enough, ?Standing on the Shoulders of Giants? may not have been a classic in the mould of ?What?s the Story?? but it was nevertheless a good album. With most great bands the story reads: first album successful, second album huge, third album sales drop off as the fickle music fashion followers move on to new blood, and albums ...  Read the complete review

It?s not very often that you get a copy of an album well before its release date, unless your a big proper journalist. Sony aren?t too happy at the fact that real people have already downloaded this album off the internet some three months before its release date. When songs from the last Manic Street Preachers album were available on Napster last year, people were able to listen to how bad it was and avoid buying it. This time Sony need not worry, because Oasis have pulled this one out of the bag! Heathen Chemistry is Oasis?s best album since Morning Glory, seven years ago! 1. Hindu Times (3.51) It begins with Hindu Times, a song that you probably don?t ...  Read the complete review

Heathen Chemistry was released on the first of July in a blaze of Internet fuelled speculation. The title of the album by the way, coming from a t-shirt that Noel Gallagher saw whilst doing a photo shoot for NME magazine. Wishing to stay away from the internet saga, I bought the album first thing on the Monday morning of its release and took it home to listen to straight away. What I heard was a new Oasis that had matured since (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? To resurrect what some thought, was a sinking ship. The previous two albums did not live up to the hype that they were given, although I felt Be Here Now was treated rather unfairly by the press, and this ...  Read the complete review

Heathen Chemistry is Oasis' fifth album and see's the return to form of the Manchester band. After some somewhat disappointing albums in Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants etc. this album once again shows the earth that Oasis have still got it and are in no way on their way out. It's a good and solid album filled with softer lighter songs than previous album. The songs and my ratings are as follows: 1 - The Hindu Times - As per usual another Oasis album kicks off with a bang. The Hindu Times is a good track but i'm not sure if this particular track should have been made into a single myself but the fact that it got to number one suggests that i am wrong. A ...  Read the complete review