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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Heathen Chemistry also takes the time to cop riffs and progressions from previous Oasis hits. |
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| n/a by NME |
Oasis can't help but sound like a group battling to free themselves from being last century's thing. |
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| n/a by Billboard |
While the electronic flourishes and arrogant bombast that respectively marred the band's last two efforts are thankfully gone, there's nothing on Heathen Chemistry to suggest that the "Wonderwall" commercial glory days of the mid-'90s are coming back. |
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| 3 by Rolling Stone |
As the principal songwriter of Oasis, Noel Gallagher may have gone as far as he can with the pop song. In the past decade he has written epic anthems and earnest love odes and impossibly sticky melodi... |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Heathen Chemistry gets back to what Oasis do well. |
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| n/a by www.cdnow.com |
Heathen Chemistry finds the quintet back in cracking mid-'90s form. |
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| n/a by www.q4music.com |
Any good news – Liam’s decent fist of songwriting, the less oppressive sound, the professional playing – is rendered largely irrelevant by the gaping chasm where more decent songs should be. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Oasis is back, and in top form. |
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| n/a by www.eonline.com |
Pretty much the same Beatles-esque pub-rock with Middle Eastern punches you'd expect--though with more shared singing and songwriting duties than past outings have had. |
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| n/a by www.playlouder.com |
That the band that churned out some of the best records ever made in a phenomenal two-year creative splurge should be reduced to anything as pubby as this is nothing short of tragic. |
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| n/a by www.dotmusic.com |
Essentially, Oasis have tentatively begun to master the art of becoming veterans: writing songs that reflect their circumstances and not a mythical image of what they once were; songs that suggest there's life in the old beast yet. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
Nowadays, the Gallaghers can only offer stylized guitar murk and hookless acoustic ditties; even scarier, you can understand their lyrics, which are more mush-headed and lovey-dovey than you'd expect from a band this self-satisfied. |
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| n/a by www.theonionavclub.com |
Those who are already fond of the band, and who go into Chemistry with a proper sense of lowered expectations, should leave entertained. |
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| 3 by Musiklandet |
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Alla Rolling Stones utgåvor är långt ifrån prickfria och Beatles flummiga EKG-kurva ska vi inte ens tala om. Så varför skulle inte slynglarna i Oasis få ha ett par snedkliv i backfickan... |
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