10 Oasis Heathen Chemistry

BIG BROTHER 2002, £5.76 You say: “A breath of fresh air when it was released amongst all the nu-metal, R&B and dance music at the time.” Music Only, Twitter Though the final two Oasis LPs had their moments, such as ultimate piledriver The Shock Of The Lightning off ’08’s Dig

Out Your Soul, this fifth studio outing was the last consistently thrilling one. Having booted out all three of Liam’s original bandmates from The Rain and supplanted them with handpicked indie-rock pros, for

Heathen Chemistry, Noel opened the door to others writing songs. Gem Archer’s Hung In A Bad Place and, particularly, Liam’s Songbird – a breezy love letter to his thenfiancée Nicole Appleton – brought fresh energy, while Noel’s perennial England-outof-the-World Cup weepie Stop Crying Your Heart Out topped off a promising new blend that never quite matured.