Review Summary: Most underappreciated Oasis album
I'll not bore you with the long exposition about the band's past, present, etc. cause everyone already wrote about that in their reviews and just want to cut straight to the point reviewing the album and the songs while keeping it short.
I've always considered SOTSOG their most underrated album. Even when I first bought it back in 2000. Some truly classic songs here like Go let it Out. Who Feels Love is absolutely brilliant and gets even better with time while the live version from Familiar to Millions album is as good as the studio one. The whole album's production is their best by far, it's varied, multilayered and deep. With time I even grew to like Little James, especially after having a kid myself I started to feel the lyrics while the melody was always sweet. The same can't be said about Put Yer Money bla bla bla, never liked it and it's the weakest song here by far. Funny how Gas Panic which is usually cited as the best track on the album but I personally never enjoyed it, maybe because the lyrics don't do anything for me and I never thought much of its melody.
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"is a really solid song, completely forgotten like much of the album. Sunday Morning Call is a very cool track with great melody and a strong melancholy vibe. I Can See a Liar features some stupid lyrics but the vocal melody and the riffs are great. Roll It Over is a very uncharacteristic Oasis song and that's why it works, it's dark, sad and emotionally charged with Liam giving one of his best vocal performances ever. On the whole Liam's voice was in its strongest and most verstaile form during this particular era. Bonus track Let's All Make Believe is one of the best peace anthems they ever did even though the chorus lyrics are pretty naive and childish but the melody really shines here. Yeah, I skipped Fun in the Bushes, it's a pretty cool intro song and not much more.
The album is very different to their others, maybe that's why their fans don't like it as much.
Essential listening:
Go Let It Out
Who Feels Love
