Council Skies (Deluxe 2CD)

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For this new record, it was the first thing I wrote, the first thing I demoed, and the first thing I finished, so it’s only right that it’s the first thing people get to hear,” Gallagher previously said of “Pretty Boy.”“Massive shout out to my mainest man Johnny Marr for taking it somewhere special.” Brown, Helen (1 June 2023). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Council Skies review: Oasis brother relaxes into big, bittersweet tunes". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023 . Retrieved 4 June 2023. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying BirdsRelease the New Single ‘Council Skies’ . A semi autobiographical take on Noel’s Mancunian youth the song features Johnny Marr on guitar and a Mancunian legend in the video who you may recognise being very close to home and very much louder than a war.

Elsewhere, Gallagher further spotlights his newfound love for The Cure (that first surfaced with Who Built The Moon?’s It’s A Beautiful World) in the propulsive, A Forest-like Pretty Boy, which has already been remixed and rendered even more Cure-like by Robert Smith, who half-timed the tempo from Seventeen Seconds to Disintegration. Album – Classifica settimanale WK 23 (dal 02.06.2023 al 08.06.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 10 June 2023. Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number 01176085; Bauer Radio Limited, Company number: 1394141; Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; Registered office: The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2PL Dutchcharts.nl – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 June 2023.After Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds promised an upcoming album when they released their Johnny Marr-assisted new single at the tail end of 2022, the former Oasis guitarist has finally announced that a new LP, Council Skies, will arrive this summer. Austriancharts.at – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2023. He added: “Top Of The Pops on TV transformed your Thursday night into this fantasy world, and that’s what I think music should be. I want my music to be elevating and transforming in some way.” Swisscharts.com – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

Top of the Pops on TV transformed your Thursday night into this fantasy world, and that’s what I think music should be. I want my music to be elevating and transforming in some way.” Ultratop.be – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2023. a b Harrison, Emma (31 May 2023). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies". Clash. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023 . Retrieved 4 June 2023. Top Albums (Week 23, 2023)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 12 June 2023. If there’s the odd stray into old habits – the plod of ‘There She Blows’, for one – such feelings are masked by what now seems like a blatant decision to not repeat the past. The Johnny Marr-starring ‘Pretty Boy’s muted but motorik drive is as close as we’ve heard Noel to re-capturing the rawness of Oasis’ early demos, while ‘Trying To Find A World That’s Been and Gone’ could have been written while daydreaming as a teenager, looking to forge a new path. The days of his audience listening to tunes that they “won’t give a shit about” could be about to end – these songs bridge the gap splendidly. DetailsThe album's cover photo is shot by Mancunian photographer Kevin Cummins, with the band's live equipment set up on the original centre spot of where Maine Road Football Stadium once stood. Offiziellecharts.de – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

Noel went on: "Pete's book happened to be on my coffee table at home. So I called him up and said, Can I use this title? And he said yeah. And I rewrote the song and then subsequently a lot of other things started to fall into place." The artwork, shot by renowned Manchester photographer Kevin Cummins, sees Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ live equipment set up in the original centre spot of what was Maine Road Football Stadium. 2023 marks 100 years since the ground was opened and forever remains Manchester City FC’s spiritual home. Ultratop.be – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

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Asked if he though that Council Skies saw a more "spiritual" Noel, the musician replied: "I'm not religious in any way I'm not spiritual, although I do believe in the universe. I guess to me, it reminded me of my youth and all my dreams all took place underneath the council skies."

Smith, Thomas (2 June 2023). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – 'Council Skies' review: brighter than before". NME. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023 . Retrieved 4 June 2023. All in all, then, Council Skies is very much a creative success. It’s the sound of Noel Gallagher pushing onwards, while once again playing to his strengths.Billboard Japan Hot Albums: Week of June 7, 2023". Billboard Japan (in Japanese) . Retrieved 7 June 2023. The artwork is taken by Kevin Cummins and features the band's live equipment set up on the original centre spot of where Manchester City's Maine Road football stadium once stood.