Oasis Doesn’t Care What People Say About Album

British rock superstars Oasis are finding renewed commercial and critical success with their latest album ``Dig Out Your Soul.'' But Oasis is not concerned about what the people say about their music.

``It's interesting to see what people say but at the end of the day I don't care. We're so far beyond people making a difference with a review. So it doesn't really matter to me what people think about it,'' Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher told The Korea Times in an email interview.

Oasis returned with their seventh album ``Dig Out Your Soul,'' which many critics say is the best Oasis album in a long time. Noel and his younger brother Liam have written songs that show a more mature side of Oasis. Most of the songs still show strong influences from The Beatles, something Oasis is always known for.

Gallagher describes the music as ``driving, pounding, acid rock, added with much more groove.'' He wrote the first single ``The Shock of the Lightning," which was released last month.

``We don't really like setting out ground rules about how we're going to approach a record. I'm sick of bands that are always telling you the concept. We just go in and record the songs that we think are the best and the rest of it will look after itself,'' Gallagher said.

When asked about the album's enigmatic title, which was taken from a lyric on guitarist Gem Archer's song, Gallagher just said, ``You know what? Titles become themselves.''

Oasis shot to stardom with their first album ``Definitely Maybe'' in 1994, quickly followed by an even more successful album ``(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' in 1995.

Gallagher and his younger brother and Oasis vocalist Liam sold millions of albums, and racked up number one hits and music awards, but they also gained a reputation as the ``bad boys'' of British rock.

Their third album ``Be Here Now'' became the fastest-selling album in U.K. chart history in 1997. Through the years, they've released albums ``Standing on the Shoulder of Giants'' (2000) ``Heathen Chemistry'' (2002) and ``Don't Believe the Truth.''

Oasis kicked off their current world tour in Seattle in August.

However, several tour dates were cancelled after Gallagher was injured at a music festival in Toronto in September. A drunken fan went on stage and attacked Gallagher, who suffered three broken ribs.

Now, Oasis is back on their world tour, which Gallagher promises is Oasis' ``biggest'' and ``boldest.'' ``The tour is bigger than anything we've done before and the tour will be our boldest yet,'' he said.

Unfortunately for fans in Korea, there's no word on an Oasis concert in Seoul.

Source: www.koreatimes.co.kr