dig out your soul – Sat In Your Lap

The gargantuan task of ranking every song by my favourite band.
-Only including songs officially released by the band, so no bootlegs, leaks, etc.
-Only including songs written by the band, so no covers, although I’ve given them their own separate list (see below).

Album Rankings:

7. Heathen Chemistry
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6. Don’t Believe The Truth
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5. Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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4. Dig Out Your Soul
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3. Be Here Now
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2. Definitely Maybe
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1. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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Song Rankings:

128. A Quick Peep
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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127. Sunday Morning Call
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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126. (Probably) All In The Mind
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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125. Ain’t Got Nothing
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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124. The Quiet Ones
Album/Single: The Importance of Being Idle
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123. A Bell Will Ring
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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122. Eyeball Tickler
Album/Single: Lyla
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121. I Can See A Lair
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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120. Better Man
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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119. Born On A Different Cloud
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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118. Be Here Now
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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117. Hey Now!
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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116. Force of Nature
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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115. Guess God Thinks I’m Able
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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114. Part Of The Queue
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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113.Pass Me Down The Wine
Album/Single: The Importance of Being Idle
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112. The Nature of Reality
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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111. The Meaning of Soul
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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110. Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
Album/Single: Lord Don’t Slow Me Down
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109. Won’t Let You Down
Album/Single: Lyla
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108. Love Like A Bomb
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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107. Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)
Album/Single: Let There Be Love
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106. Hung In a Bad Place
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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105. Can Y’See It Now? (I Can See It Now!!)
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth Japanese Edition
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102. Boy With The Blues
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul Box Set
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101. Carry Us On
Album/Single: Sunday Morning Call
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100. Angel Child (Demo)
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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99. Strange Thing
Album/Single: Live Demonstration
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98. I Believe In All
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul Japanese Edition/Box Set
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97. Who Put The Weight Of The World On My Shoulders
Album/Single: Goal!: Music From The Motion Picture
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96. Those Swollen Hand Blues
Album/Single: Falling Down
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95. Full On
Album/Single: Sunday Morning Call
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94. Married With Children
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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93. Waiting For The Rapture
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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92. Just Getting Older
Album/Single: The Hindu Times
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91. Cloudburst
Album/Single: Live Forever
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90. Digsy’s Dinner
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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89. Magic Pie
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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88. Put Yer Money Were Yer Mouth Is
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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87. Turn Up The Sun
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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86. Little James
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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85. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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84. Rockin’ Chair
Album/Single: Roll With It
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83. Alive (Demo)
Album/Single: Shakermaker
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83. I Will Believe [Live]
Album/Single: Supersonic
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82. As Long As They’ve Got Cigarettes In Hell
Album/Single: Go Let It Out
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81. Headshrinker
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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80. (It’s Good) To Be Free
Album/Single: Whatever
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79. Let’s All Make Believe
Album/Single: Go Let It Out
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78. One Way Road
Album/Single: Who Feels Love?
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77. Idler’s Dream
Album/Single: The Hindu Times
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76. Soldier On
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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75. (Get Of Your) High Horse Lady
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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74. Fade-In Out
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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73. Fuckin’ In The Bushes
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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72. Acquiesce
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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71. Underneath The Sky
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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70. Keep The Dream Alive
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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69. Bring It On Down
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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68. Fade Away
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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67. Up In the Sky
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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66. I Hope, I Think, I Know
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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65. Shout It Out Loud
Album/Single: Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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64. Gas Panic!
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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63. Roll It Over
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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62. Flashbax
Album/Single: All Around The World
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61. Going Nowhere
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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60. To Be Where There’s Life
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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59. Mucky Fingers
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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58. She Is Love
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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57. All Around The World (Reprise)
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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56.The Hindu Times
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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55. Thank You For The Good Times
Album/Single: Stop Crying Your Heart Out
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55. The Importance of Being Idle
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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53. Listen Up
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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52. The Fame
Album/Single: All Around The World
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51. My Sister Lover
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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50. Go Let It Out
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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49. Little By Little
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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48. Sad Song
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe Japanese Edition/ Don’t Go Away
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47. It’s Better People
Album/Single: Roll With It
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46. Bag It Up
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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45. It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!)
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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44. Hello
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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43. Stay Young
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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42. Songbird
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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41. The Turning
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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40. I’m Outta Time
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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39.The Girl In A Dirty Shirt
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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38. Don’t Go Away
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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37. Step Out
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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36. Bonehead’s Bank Holiday
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? [Vinyl Edition]
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35. The Swamp Song
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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34. Lyla
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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33. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Album/Single: Heathen Chemistry
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32. The Shock Of The Lightening
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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31. Falling Down
Album/Single: Dig Out Your Soul
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30. Let There Be Love
Album/Single: Don’t Believe The Truth
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29. Take Me Away
Album/Single: Supersonic
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28. Half The World Away
Album/Single: Whatever
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27. Round Are Way
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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26. Columbia
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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25. My Big Mouth
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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24. D’Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?
Album/Single: Shakermaker
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23. Cast No Shadow
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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22. She’s Electric
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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21. Stand By Me
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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20. Who Feels Love?
Album/Single: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
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19. Talk Tonight
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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18. Supersonic
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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17. You’ve Got The Heart Of A Star
Album/Single: Songbird
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16. I Got (The Fever)
Album/Single: Stand By Me
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15. Roll With It
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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14. Wonderwall
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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13. Cigarettes & Alcohol
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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12. Some Might Say
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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11. Don’t Look Back In Anger
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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10. Slide Away
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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9. The Masterplan
Album/Single: Wonderwall
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8. Shakermaker
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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7. Champagne Supernova
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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6. Whatever
Album/Single: Whatever
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5. Morning Glory
Album/Single: (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?
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4. All Around The World
Album/Single: Be Here Now
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3. D’You Know What I Mean?
Album/Single: Album/Single:> Be Here Now
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2. Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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1. Live Forever
Album/Single: Definitely Maybe
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Covers Ranked:

9. Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Album/Single: Familar To Millions
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8. Cum Feel The Noize
Album/Single: Don’t Look Back In Anger
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7. My Generation
Album/Single: Little By Little/She Is Love
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6. Merry Xmas Everybody
Album/Single: NME in Association with War Child Presents 1 Love
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5. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
Album/Single: Some Might Say
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4. Helter Skelter
Album/Single: Who Feels Love?
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3. Street Fighting Man
Album/Single: All Around the World
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2. Heroes
Album/Single: D’You Know What I Mean?
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1. I Am the Walrus [Live]
Album/Single: Cigarettes & Alcohol
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Do Believe the Truth!

Alas! A great Oasis album! The best Oasis album since Be Here Now (yes I am a “best since Be Here Now” person, not a “best since Morning Glory” person) one which is great from start to finish, unlike the patchy efforts of Heathen Chemistry and Don’t Believe the Truth. Dig Out Your Soul is the most ambitious Oasis album since Be Here Now. Their previous three albums missed the large-scale orchestras and choirs present in their 90’s output and instead relied more on the acoustic side of things. Dig Out Your Soul brought it all back, creating the most richly textured Oasis album – one soaked in a trippy, psychedelic, moody, 60’s inspired atmosphere.

The first good sign with Dig Out Your Soul is the album cover – it rocks! I haven’t seen an Oasis album cover that good since The Masterplan but onto the actual songs, the first two tracks are excellent and they’re not singles. The structure of Bag It Up reminds me of Rock ‘n’Roll Star in how the final portion of the song has no vocals with epic over the top instrumentation. This along with The Turning and The Shock of Lightning are the most balls to wall rockers Oasis have done since the 90’s. Waiting For the Rapture is a good mid-tempo rocker, although I do feel the demo version is more atmospheric. I consider I’m Outta Time to be the best song Liam ever wrote. Oasis aren’t the first band to come to mind when I think of love songs; with several of their songs such as Wonderwall I’m unsure whether they would be classified as love songs but this is one song which can undeniably be classified as such and such a beauty at that. Falling Down is one of Noel’s finest accomplishments, showcasing Oasis vision of the apocalypse. It’s strangely prophetic this dark and brooding song would be Oasis’ final single, as well as with the album as a whole; signaling the final days of a band whose popularity was shrinking. The album still isn’t without its weak songs, coming in the form of Ain’t Got Nothin’ and The Nature of Reality. With the later, I can tell you a lot of Oasis fans hate this song with a passion: Me? I think it’s more mediocre than terrible.

The other important aspect of Dig Out Your Soul which I’ve not heard anyone else mention is this may be a concept album, or at least that’s the impression I get. The songs tell a story of an impending apocalypse as we are told to “Bag It Up” because we are “Waiting for The Rapture” which occurs with “The Shock of the Lightning”. The use of a John Lennon quote sampled in I’m Outta Time reinforces the apocalyptic theme (“It’s every Englishman’s inalienable right to live where the hell he likes. What’s it going to do, vanish? It’s not going to be there when I get back.”) even more so as Lennon said this shortly before his own untimely death in 1980. The remaining songs dealing with the aftermath of the apocalypse such as the alien sounding (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady and To Be Where There’s Life (I believe the title of that one explains itself). This all culminates in the album’s final song Soldier On, that we will soldier on until the very end.

Dig Out Your Soul can proudly sit beside Oasis’ first three albums and partially makes up for the band’s lackluster run during the 2000’s but hey, we don’t look back in anger, I heard you say.

Oasis: 1991 – 2009

Dig Out Your Soul Era B-Sides and Rarities

In 2005 CD singles were on their last legs, by 2008/9 they had all but gone, becoming designated to collector’s items. With the three singles to come of Dig Out Your Soul, only one B-side was produced. Those Swollen Hand Blues from the Falling Down single – a good trippy, psychedelic number. The box set of Dig Out Your Soul contained a CD of bonus material comprised of alternative versions of songs, remixes and two alum outtakes, Boy With The Blues and I Believe In All. The rarities produced for Dig Out Your Soul won’t give the likes of Live Forever a run for its money but they are with unearthing.

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The Ultimate Oasis List

Dig Out Your Soul (2008)