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Liam Gallagher Why me Why not
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Product description released in 2019
Good things come to those who wait and so, this summer, Liam Gallagher returns with a new single, a documentary film, a Glastonbury performance, and, most importantly, a second solo album called Why Me Why Not. looming on the Autumn horizon. It looks like the rest of 2019 will be a bonanza for fans of the onetime Oasis singer. One man is very happy about that.
Im buzzing, says Liam. Buzzing to be alive, buzzing to be making tunes, raring to go. Its nice to be back with some new music because it means I can get out there, play some gigs and give some people some stick because that is what I do. Lets face it, its boring without me.
The first notification of his return is the mammoth single Shockwave. A beast of a riff announces it, channeling The Who and T Rex, before Liam bursts in on the incessant hook with typical venom and punch. You sold me right down the river, you had to hold me back, he sings, you couldve looked for the sunshine, but you had to paint the whole thing black. Youll be the singing the chorus for the rest of the year Its coming round like a shockwave
Like all of Why Me Why Not, Shockwave was written by Liam with producers Greg Kurstin and Andrew Wyatt, and recorded in Los Angeles and at RAK Studios in London.
Kurstin and Wyatt also contributed writing and production to Liams 2017 hugelysuccessful first solo album in 2017, As You Were, and Liam was keen to get even deeper with them this time. I wrote some songs on my own for the last album, but this time its all cowrites, he explains. Reason being is I want it to be even better than As You Were. I know my strengths and I know my limitations. Im an ok songwriter, but Im a great singer and frontman. I want the second album to be a stepup because the hardest thing to do is to make something the same, only better. So thats what weve done. Its a better record than As You Were. Which is saying something, as that was epic, wasnt it
It was. Not just a critical hit, As You Were was a breathtaking commercial smash too, debuting at number one in the UK album charts, outselling the other nine albums in the top ten combined and hitting gold in its first week. It has since comfortably been certified platinum. It did ok, says Liam, modestly, but I cant rest on my laurels. I need to be smashing it. I want to get bigger. I want even more people to be getting into it. I want to sell out huge fields, thats what I want. I dont want to be playing pubs. I always want to look forward. Thats my whole thing.
So Why Me Why Not is subsequently a clear upgrade on As You Were, but not a radical departure, which will come as a relief to Liams loyal fans. The most radical thing I can do as if Id ever say radical normally but the most radical thing I can do is do it better every time. Some other bands and singers want to try it Its harder than doing a new South American opera disco song, thats for sure.
Highlights include the soulful One Of Us, which includes Liams son Gene Gallaghers debut on bongos he nailed it, the aching balladry of Once got a bit of Pink Floyds The Wall about it, the raw guitar bounce of Be Still, and the title track, Why Me Why not, which Liam describes as having a Beatles on Come Together vibe. Perhaps the most immediate song on the album is Now That I Found You, a slice of insistent, upbeat paisleyguitar pop that also features Liams voice in supreme, yearning form. Hes rarely sounded better. Its probably all that Guinness Ive been walloping down in the boozer, he reveals. No, I feel good. To be honest, I always sing well if the songs are good. If the songs are good, then I am and these songs are great.
Liam Gallagher both eyes firmly fixed on the horizon, as ever. Because he knows, the best is still come.
Track Listing
1 Shockwave
2 One of Us
3 Once
4 Now That Ive Found You
5 Halo
6 Why Me Why Not.
7 Be Still
8 Alright Now
9 Meadow
10 The River
11 Gone
