On This Day In Oasis History...
On January 24th 1995 Oasis won the following awards at the NME Awards in London.
Best Single (voted by NME readers): Oasis - 'Live Forever'
Best New Band: Oasis
NME Album Of The Year: Oasis - 'Definitely Maybe'
Also Godlike Genius Award For Services To Music went to Alan McGee from Creation Records.
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Noel Gallagher Confirms He Is Working On An Acoustic Album
Noel Gallagher is set to release a much-anticipated fully acoustic album.
He told the Matt Morgan’s podcast: “I’m back in the studio – not rock, the acoustic stuff. I’m doing it for fans really.
“I’ve had to take all the electronic equipment out of the studio… because I’ve tried to make an acoustic album three times, and every time (I’ve used the electronics)… so it’s just acoustic instruments in the studio.”
Noel added he gets “bored of listening to acoustic songs” so has decided to add other “acoustic instruments” to his upcoming album.
He said: “I’ve come up with working just with acoustic instruments, so instead of a bass it’ll be a double bass.
“That way I can say, ‘I’ve made an acoustic album, but it’s used all acoustic instruments.’
“So it’ll not all be me strumming a guitar with the same four chords and singing about the weather.”
Despite his desire to add depth to his next record, Noel said it is very difficult to mess up acoustic sounds.
He said: “It is the essence of what every song is. There’s nothing you can do after that, you can’t (mess) it up.”
Turning to the track list for his forthcoming LP, Noel revealed: “I’ve got a CD with six (acoustic tracks) on it already.
“There’s a song called ‘God Help Us All’, which is an old song from another 2005, so when I was still in Oasis, but I never recorded it.
“But there is a demo of it when a load of EPs came out. Then there’s one that was bootlegged called ‘Just Let It Come Down Over Me, which is quite country.
“I’ll do that, but the rest of it is all new stuff.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge of seeing it through… as long as the melody and lyrics are good, it’s good.”
