Heathen Chemistry
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Heathen Chemistry
Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 1 July 2002 by Big Brother Records.
A self-produced effort, the album was written and recorded with a back-to-basics sound with a more rock feel to it; the more crude and simple sound differs from the musical grandiosity of their previous records, Be Here Now (1997) and Standing on the Shoulder of Giants(2000), being more comparable to their early work. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
So it's like our hypothetical artist repackaged the text of Russian Psycho as Latvian Maniac and passed it off as his newest work. Still art?
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Drowned in Sound
“Heathen Chemistry“, is pedestrian, dull, unimaginative pub-stadium rock shite that no label would touch in a million years if it was made by an unsigned band.
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Sputnik Music
This album shows though that, sad as it may be, the Oasis that strode over the British music scene for a period in the mid-1990s may be well and truly dead.
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Rolling Stone
Liam wrote several songs — the overweening “Songbird,” the inspired neopsychedelic fantasy “Born on a Different Cloud” — but it’s his torn-apart vocals that redeem the better material on Chemistry, providing the blood and the guts, the heathen-ness and humanness necessary to make the songs feel like declarations from the heart, not idle exercises.
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Pop Matters
While I'll never tout Heathen Chemistry as the apotheosis of Britpop or the cornerstone achievement of Oasis' career, I will say that it is a damn fine rock album that got released at the wrong time.
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The Guardian
Oasis got to the top and, with Heathen Chemistry, they have finally got down. As it plays, however, you can't help thinking: there has to be a more dignified route than this.
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MusicOMH
A job only half done then. Oasis will still sell-out stadiums and the summer festivals but they can do better than this – much better.
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WPGM
This album definitely marked a comeback for Oasis. The anthems of “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” and “Little By Little”, separated by the almost folksy rock of “Songbird”, make for a varied and satisfying listening experience. Song writing showing the Mancunians to be back at their very best.
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NME
The days when you took the country’s pulse from their albums have long gone, but play it loud and you can still believe this is the band who hosted the biggest rock’n’roll block party since punk. In gloomy times Oasis have remembered how to cheer us up. What else, really, are pop groups for?
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Alan's Album Archives
A sorely under-rated album.
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All Music
Heathen Chemistry -- the band's fifth album -- is where Oasis returns to form and starts acting like a band again (hell, not only does Liam contribute three songs, but so does bassist Gem Archer, while Andy Bell throws in a minute-long instrumental).
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Altrockchick
I knew Oasis was capable of so much more, but I also knew from following baseball that all the fucking high-priced talent in the world won’t save your team unless the guys can get their shit together. I didn’t think these guys would ever get their shit together.
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CLUAS
"Heathen Chemistry" is a disjointed fragmentary affair, cluttered with lyrical shortcomings and predictable Beatles influences. Its demeanour is that of the same old story as they have once again failed to exceed their own limitations, making it a must for fans but not so hot for the rest of us.
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oocities
this is a strong effort that wisely reins in the indulgences of Be Here Now and scraps the tepid electronica experiments of Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants. The full integration of the new band members and the increased songwriting wealth within the band seems to have invigorated them, making me feel that the best of this Oasis lineup is yet to come.
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Retro Album & Music Reviews
The thing is they didn't even try. Forget the comparisons; treat this as a debut by a hot new band. With a new bass player and guitarist, they almost are a new band!
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RTE
This album gets even better towards the end. Appreciate the diversity in Noel's accolade 'She Is Love' and understand their inspirations in 'Born On A Different Cloud' - but don't expect them to better the golden days. They've been dragged down by physics but, for now, the chemistry's almost right.
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AV Club
much of the album seems like an overplotted comeback attempt, shameless Beatles-isms and all—but the effect remains almost the same.
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R4NT
Ok folks, I don’t know how else to say this, so I’m just going to say it: This “album” is pure shit.
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