Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (CD, Sour Mash Records, 2011) ***
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday (CD, Sour Mash Records, 2015) ****
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Who Built The Moon? (CD, Sour Mash Records, 2017) ***
Places I remember: Colleague gave me the bootleg, rest from Dubai (Virgin Mega Store) and JB Hi Fi.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Ballad Of The Mighty I (Chasing Yesterday)
Gear costume: Do The Damage (on the bonus disc as part of Chasing Yesterday)
Active compensatory factors: Although the Gallagher brothers probably feel they are competing with each other, in reality they are working very different sides of the street these days. But both are riding the crest of different waves. Their albums instantly chart at number one and both are very creative, talented guys.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Ballad Of The Mighty I (Chasing Yesterday)
Gear costume: Do The Damage (on the bonus disc as part of Chasing Yesterday)
The bootleg is an Oasis concert without Liam - 10 songs, Unplugged, from 1996. Noel does well, but he ain't in Liam's vocalist league. The bootleg also adds a few Beatle cover odds and sods (Noel and Liam with Ocean Colour Scene at the Electric Ballroom, Camden, May 9th, 1996; UK radio session, December 1st, 1995; and recorded live at Glastonbury Festival, June 23rd, 1995).
It's Chasing Yesterday that really sees him in confident mode with this new alt-rock style.
The video for Ballad Of The Mighty I is what hooked me to his solo albums in the first place. The rest of the album contains some great indie pop/rock songs, and the bonus CD is, for once, a crucial addition. For me, this remains his best, most successfully realized solo album.
I struggle a bit with third solo album, Who Built The Moon? The first two songs are skippers, but after that I enjoy his change of direction.
Where do they all belong? Done. I think that will do, probably won't buy his Council Skies from 2023.
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