Oasis — Don't Believe The Truth

Don't Believe The Truth

Big Brother/Sony BMG

Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack)

05/31/2005 11:15am

When the rockin' Brit-pop of What's The Story (Morning Glory?) made its way around the world, the quarreling Gallagher brothers claimed they were bigger than The Beatles. If Noel had kept writing hits, their outlandish boasts may have come true. Well, that was 10 years ago and since then the band have become masters of the mediocre.

On Don't Believe The Truth they fall even farther from their glory days. Like almost every album before, Oasis waste time with their self-indulgent wankery — while that worked on "Champagne Supernova," on "Turn Up The Sun" it's now just frustrating.

The group's first three discs were filled with catchy hooks and memorable tunes, but you'd be hard pressed to find anything worth listening to twice here. Although "Lyla," the record's first single, is one of the better numbers, it doesn't compare to the band's other singles. All this proves is that Oasis are having trouble staying in rock's pantheon and permanently moves them into "washed up" territory.

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