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''Different Gear, Still Speeding'' is the debut studio album by English
rock
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band
Beady Eye
Beady Eye were an English rock band formed in London in 2009 by former Oasis members Liam Gallagher (vocals), Gem Archer (guitar), Andy Bell (guitar), and Chris Sharrock (drums). In 2013, former Kasabian guitarist Jay Mehler joined the band ...
, released on 28 February 2011. It debuted at number three in the
UK Albums Chart
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selling 66,817 in the first week. As of August 2012, the album has sold 174,487 copies in the UK. On ''Different Gear, Still Speeding'', all members contributed to the instrumentation, much like the later albums of
Oasis.
Reception
Reviews of the album have been generally mixed-to-favourable. According to review aggregator site Metacritic, the album has an average score of 65%.
Reviewing for ''
Rolling Stone
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'', Stacey Anderson, who gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, said "On Different Gear, the band attempts stripped down, Stones-y rock but ends up with 'Be Here Now'-style guitar bluster and Liam's blithely boilerplate lyrics".
Drowned in Sound awarded the album 4/10 saying that "By and large it radiates the stolid competence of a band on auto-pilot, with a few flashes of likeable enthusiasm." The ''
Independent on Sunday
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'' gave it 2/5 stars. Simon Goddard, reviewing for ''
Q'', gave the album four-out-of-five stars and described it as "the strongest record Liam's made" since ''
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
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'',
while Garry Mulholland, in his three-star review for ''
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'', denied that the album "remotely matches" ''
Definitely Maybe
''Definitely Maybe'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Oasis, released by Creation Records on 29 August 1994. Oasis booked Monnow Valley Studio near Rockfield in late 1993 to record the album and worked with producer Dave Batchel ...
'', but felt the album was a step in the right direction. ''
Mojo
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'' also gave the album four stars out of five, citing Gallagher's singing as a highlight.
''
The Fly'', however, remarked that the album was "dull", and a disappointment, while ''
Scotland on Sunday
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'' added that
Noel Gallagher
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is missed as a songwriting partner.
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The Independent
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'' both commented that the album bests Oasis' later music, if not lacking innovation from the previous group,
while ''
The Sun'' praised the album's simplicity and variety, citing "
Bring the Light" as a surprising highlight, a comment that ''
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'' repeated.
The album is generally agreed to have surpassed expectations, with ''
Mojo
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* ' ...
'' remarking that the album "shaped up better than many imagined," and ''Q'' saying that it "decimates all negative preconceptions."
Track listing
iTunes Bonus Tracks
Japanese Edition
Special edition
There is a
special edition of the album, which includes a DVD with music videos for "Bring the Light", "Four Letter Word" and "Sons of the Stage", as well as a documentary entitled ''RAK Them Out''. Japanese copies included the music video for "The Roller".
A Japan-only "Limited Tour Edition" includes a bonus DVD featuring highlights from the concert in Paris on 13 March 2011, containing twelve songs in 52 minutes, and music videos including "The Beat Goes On".
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.
Beady Eye
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Liam Gallagher
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– vocals, acoustic guitar
*
Gem Archer
Colin Murray Archer (born 7 December 1966) is an English musician and singer, best known as a member of the English rock bands Oasis, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, making him, alongside Chris Sharrock, one of the only member ...
– lead guitar, piano, bass guitar, backing vocals
*
Andy Bell – rhythm guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
*
Chris Sharrock
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– drums
Additional musicians
* Victoria Akintola, Nomvula Malinga – backing vocals on "Bring the Light" and "Kill for a Dream"
Production
* Beady Eye,
Steve Lillywhite
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–
producers
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* Beady Eye, Jonathan Shakhovskoy –
mixing
* Jonathan Shakhovskoy –
engineer
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* Helen Atkinson –
recording
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assistance
* Rich Cooper – mixing assistance
* John Davis –
mastering
* Steve Gullick – photography
* Lawrence Watson – photography
* Paul 'Spooner' Heywood – photography
* Paul Heywood – photography
* House@Intro – album art
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
As of January 2012 UK sales stand at 165,864 copies according to The Guardian.
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
''Different Gear, Still Speeding'' – on Rdio
''Different Gear, Still Speeding'' – on Spotify*
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2011 debut albums
Albums recorded at RAK Studios
Albums produced by Steve Lillywhite
Beady Eye albums