Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Chasing Yesterday (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:32 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sour Mash Records Ltd

Opening with a minor chord strummed on an acoustic guitar somewhere off in the distance, Noel Gallagher’s second solo album, Chasing Yesterday, echoes Oasis’ second album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? — a conscious move from a rocker who’s never minded trading in memories of the past. He may be evoking his Brit-pop heyday — “Lock All the Doors” surges with the cadences of “Morning Glory” even as it interpolates David Essex’s “Rock On” — but it amounts to no more than a wink because Gallagher knows he’s two decades older and perhaps a little wiser as well. Certainly, Chasing Yesterday is the work of a musician very comfortable with his craft. Like the first album from High Flying Birds — a largely anonymous group of pros who make no attempt to steal the spotlight from their leader — it moves deliberately, never rushing and rarely rocking, preferring to find pleasure in majesty instead of hedonism. Where 2011’s HFB kept things a shade too calm — its reserve almost seemed like a rebuke to the messy id of Gallagher’s brother — Chasing Yesterday occasionally threatens to actually rock, delivering that signature wall of guitars on the aforementioned “Lock All the Doors,” mustering up a bit of old-fashioned, cowbell-driven glam boogie on “The Mexican,” and quickening the tempo on “You Know We Can’t Go Back,” a piece of incandescent pop that plays as a resigned companion to “Step Out.” Better still, the self-styled epics — which include the first single “In the Heat of the Moment” and closing “Ballad of the Mighty I,” which features grace notes from a guesting Johnny Marr — pulsate with quiet color, as does “Riverman,” a signature piece of stately late-period Beatles pop that would’ve been drained to grey on HFB. Here, “Riverman” breathes and sighs, taking a moment to slide into a saxophone-accentuated guitar solo straight out of a pre-punk 1976, and this masterful flair is a testament to the control and focus Gallagher displays on Chasing Yesterday. He’s not racing after the past, nor is he afraid to seem floridly fussy: he’s reveling in his ascendency to the position of one of rock’s wise old men. –Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
01. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Riverman (05:41)
02. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – In The Heat Of The Moment (03:29)
03. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Girl With X-Ray Eyes (03:20)
04. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Lock All The Doors (03:41)
05. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Dying Of The Light (05:11)
06. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Right Stuff (05:27)
07. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – While The Song Remains The Same (04:16)
08. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Mexican (03:46)
09. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – You Know We Can’t Go Back (03:46)
10. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Ballad Of The Mighty I (05:15)
11. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Do The Damage (03:10)
12. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Revolution Song (03:32)
13. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Freaky Teeth (03:54)
14. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – In The Heat Of The Moment (Remix) (05:58)

Personnel:
Noel Gallagher – vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, mellotron, piano, keyboards, percussion, electric washboard, production, artwork concept
Paul Stacey – electric guitars, bass, mellotron, keyboards, recording
Jeremy Stacey – drums
Mike Rowe – keyboards
The Wired Strings – strings

Additional:
Jim Hunt – saxophone and bass clarinet (tracks 1 and 6)
Beccy Byrne – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7)
Vula Malinga – backing vocals (tracks 2 and 8)
Joy Rose – backing vocals (track 6)
Garry Cobain – backing vocals (track 8)
Johnny Marr – electric guitar (track 10)
Rosie Danvers – string arrangements (track 10)

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