Dig Out Your Soul Playback
By
Stop Crying Your Heart Out
on
September 26, 2008
We were invited down to London by Big Brother along with other Oasis fans for a listen to the new Oasis album on Wednesday night.
Unfortunately I was not available to attend the event due to work commitments, but friend of the site Tom went along on our behalf this is his review of the night.
We got to the location in London at 6:15 Wednesday and we were among 15 lucky fans to listen to the new Oasis album twice.
Steve from Big Brother checked the names of the people who else had won a chance to listen to the album, we then walked round the corner to the venue.
They supplied us with free beer and snacks, we then went upstairs to listen to the album. We all sat around some weird oval table it was very business like.
We listened to album twice and then he Steve said he had a surprise for us and got a courier to deliver a CD over with Boy With The Blues, he said we were amongst a handful of people who had listened to it.
Boy With The Blues is better then Ain't Got Nothing and Soldier On, that I had heard earlier in the evening.
It has a choir on it, The song is about 4 minutes 40 long.
"You got nothing to lose, you're the boy with the blues" and "Come together for you" repeated load of times by Liam and his backing singers.
It would make a good album closer and is definitely better than Soldier On,, that I heard twice earlier.
They also played us 'I Believe In All', it's a tune in the vein of Pass Me Down The Wine.
They had one of the deluxe box sets there and it was passed around, I had a look at the lyrics books and the vinyls etc. If you've ordered one you'll be very happy. It's huge.
I also asked Steve from Big Brother about a few things, after the listening.
He said "To Be Where There's Life" version on the bonus disc is them live in the studio.
He also said there is no definite next single lined up....asked him about Wiz being the Director and he just said "how do you know that"
The footage from the rehearsal gig that the band did for fans in London last month is still being edited and there are currently no plans for release.
I also asked how Noel was, he said he has seen him around the Big Brother office and is still in a lot of pain following the attack in Canada..
How I rated the Album, track by track...
Bag It Up - 09/10
The Turning - 10/10
Waiting For The Rapture - 10/10
The Shock Of The Lightning - 09/10
I'm Outta Time - 10/10
(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady - 08/10
Falling Down - 10/10
To Be Where There's Life - 09/10
Ain't Got Nothin' - 07/10
The Nature of Reality - 07/10
Soldier On - 08/10
It's a great album, up there with the best.
We also got given 'The Shock Of The Lightning' on Vinyl, 'Falling Down' CD Promo, Oasis badge, Oasis darts and the NME Promo CD.
'The Shock Of The Lightning' Vinyl, 'Falling Down' CD I will post some pictures of them later tonight the artwork inside the cover is superb.
Thanks to Tom for going along at such short notice and doing the report.
Also special thanks to the kind folks at Big Brother!
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