Liam Gallagher - As You Were

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The Liam we know and love may be lost forever.

As you were. Three words it feels like we've heard for eternity. A phrase that's become so ingrained in tweets and assorted social media posts that it's easy to forget there's an album attached to it and there's rather a lot riding on it.

Yes, Liam Gallagher's redemption trail has been long and winding, but ultimately, the music is what counts. It's put up or shut up for music's most notorious big mouth.

It's odd then that his solo debut ‘As You Were' is short on bluster and swagger, or the sort of intense, in-your-face aggression that Liam is famed for.

Instead, he seems to have gone for the softly, softly "Hey, I'm a serious songwriter too" vibe on an album that lacks conviction. The shadow of a certain potato-featured sibling hangs heavy.

Things start gloriously though with certified banger, ‘Wall Of Glass'. It's a bonafide hit that heralds the beginning of the album with the same kind of excitement we all felt when Liam returned to the stage for the first time by himself on that early summer night in Manchester.