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8.0
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Mojo
Throughout the record, Gallagher demonstrates yet again his infernal gift for singing. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
The gobsmacking reality? It's one of Liam's best albums. Print edition only
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8.0
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BBC
The songs here are less oikish, more nimble and nuanced, than a lot of Oasis’ ponderous later music
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Comes off better than even this biased reviewer was hoping
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
In taking on the tough task of establishing themselves as more than ‘Oasis Without The Decent Songwriter’, Beady Eye have succeeded with some aplomb
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7.0
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PopMatters
Better than anyone shy of Liam Gallagher himself would have believed possible
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7.0
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Clash
Though hardly full of surprises, [it] is a compelling way to start
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
At 13 songs, Different Gear starts to wear out its welcome about two-thirds in,
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
Quite often the songs don't escape the shackles of clumsy pastiches
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6.0
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Evening Standard
The wheel remains un-reinvented but he's proved a few people wrong here
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Digital Fix
Not a crowning glory, but not an utter failure either
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6.0
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6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
There is enough here to suggest that Beady Eye might take on a life of its own
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6.0
21519
6.0 |
Uncut
A debut album with Liam Gallagher on it can still be a pretty exciting thing to listen to
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
Beady Eye may be just Oasis minus Noel, but this debut is rather better than the past few Oasis albums, if sadly no more innovative
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6.0
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The Guardian
You simply gawp, thinking: never mind anyone else, aren't you bored of this kind of thing now?
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6.0
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The Irish Times
Well-paced, melodic and surprisingly listenable
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6.0
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State
Unchallenging retro rock ‘n’ roll to drink to
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6.0
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AU Review
Despite its rather pedestrian pace and lack of originality, Different Gear, Still Speeding is a pleasant listen
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The vocal performances and songwriting should go some way to endearing even the staunchest detractors to the all-swaggering, piquant Mancunian
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6.0
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Eye Weekly
It’s an unabashedly fun, if overly simplistic, formula, yet one that Oasis’ purported songwriting genius would likely never have allowed to blossom
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5.8
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Beats Per Minute
Ultimately the album is a better first post-Oasis release from Liam Gallagher than expected
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5.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Chances are this isn’t the last we hear from the group, but hopefully the next listen will be a little more memorable and far more substantial
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5.0
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5.0 |
Rolling Stone
The group attempts stripped-down, Stones-y rock
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5.0
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No Ripcord
Could be a good album if they just scaled things down a bit
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5.0
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The Observer
Over the course of their overlong debut album, Beady Eye prove to be a little dull
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Fly
What lets it down is that it is unutterably, irrevocably and unswervingly dull. Dull, dull, dull. As boring as the hum of a fridge
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4.0
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Independent on Sunday
Gem Archer and Andy Bell were both in forward-looking bands before becoming Noel's yes-men. Sadly, it's Liam's aesthetic which dominates
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4.0
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4.0 |
Entertainment.ie
There comes a point about halfway through when the short-lived glimmer of hope that 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' will be just an unspectacular album as opposed to a downright terrible one is snatched sharply away
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4.0
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Drowned In Sound
Radiates the stolid competence of a band on autopilot
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4.0
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Scotland on Sunday
Their perspiration clearly lacks Noel's inspiration
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Scotsman
Here was an opportunity to start afresh and they waste it on deliberate pastiche. If you elect to doggedly imitate the greats, you will always fall short
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2.0
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Bowlegs
Sadly Beady Eye have pretty much picked up where Oasis left off, which truthfully is not in a very good state
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2.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Were it not for the Gallagher name, Beady Eye would not have made it past the notebook of the most junior of A&Rs
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