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What Could Noel's Solo Album Sound Like?




















A solo album is something Noel has been talking about for almost a decade - denying he'll do one as much as admitting he'd love to branch out alone.

However with Gallagher Sr confirming that a record is not only on the cards but potentially half-written, the key question arises: What will it be like? Noel has built a career wearing his influences proudly, it's safe to assume the sounds he's been banging on aboutcould feature - particularly if they are sounds he knows don't fit into the Oasis mould. His recent solo-shows have been semi-acoustic affairs, but there is no guarantee any solo album will simply follow suit. He has recently rhapsodised about Klaxons, especially 'Golden Skans', while Hot Chip have also passed muster.

If you factor in Kasabian and remember that two of Noel's most successfull solo collaborations were with the Chemical Brothers ('Setting Sun') and Goldie ('Temper Temper'), a solo album that experiments with a different side of British emerges.

And what of the tracks themselves? Well, Noel claims to have a "backlog" of older tunes earmarked for the solo records,, so it's possible he could go right back to 1989 and lift from his early demos. Songs such as 'I Am The Man' and 'No Cause For Alarm!' - both life-affirming numbers - featured on a tape Noel gave to a friend back then.

That tape was sold in auction last year and Noel may feel it is time to reclaim the songs. There is also 'Stop The Clocks', the great lost Oasis song, written around 2003 and tentatively scheduled for release on 'Don't Believe The Truth' until it was deemed unsuitable. It would also be fair assume that he would throw in the much-vaunted version of 'Strawberry Fields Forever' or his stripped-down, bluesy rendition of The Smiths 'there Is A Light That Never Goes Out', both of which he has played live recently.

The crew Noel ropes in is likely to read like an industry Who's Who. Paul Weller, Ryan Adams, Richard Ashcroft, Liam Howlett... None of his friends or acolytes are likely to turn down if approached.

"If Noel asked me to be on his solo record, would I? Completely!" Serge Pizzorno of Kasabian told the NME. Without doubt, without a question I'd play on that record!"

Noel Hits 40 in a matter of weeks. A mid-life crisis could be just the thing to push the nation's greatest into a new rave/crossover/semi-acoustic ballad collection.
It'd certainly keep us talking.

Source: NME Magazine

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