Dig Out Your Soul

Note that the following information relates to the UK release of the Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul. However, details of non-UK releases are listed in the Other Versions section.

Release details

Artist Oasis

Title Dig Out Your Soul

Release type Album

Date of release 6th October 2008

Highest chart position 1 (UK)

Record label Big Brother

Catalogue number RKID 051

Producer Dave Sardy

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Dig Out Your Soul Tracklisting

1. Bag It Up
2. The Turning
3. Waiting for the Rapture
4. The Shock of the Lightning
5. I'm Outta Time
6. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
7. Falling Down
8. To Be Where There's Life
9. Ain't Got Nothin'
10. The Nature of Reality
11. Soldier On

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Other Versions

An Japanese version of Dig Out Your Soul was released on 7th October 2008 through the Big Brother Recordings record label. It has the tracklisting: 1. Bag It Up 2. The Turning 3. Waiting for the Rapture 4. The Shock of the Lightning 5. I'm Outta Time 6. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady 7. Falling Down 8. To Be Where There's Life 9. Ain't Got Nothin' 10. The Nature of Reality 11. Soldier On 12. I Believe in All 13. The Turning (Alt. version #4)

Reviews

Amazon Review

Though Oasis are forever fated to live in the shadow of their initial success, they remain capable of producing exciting and touching music, and Dig out Your Soul continues the upswing in their fortunes sparked by 2005's Don't Believe the Truth. Unashamedly an album of two halves, the first part is heavily loaded with Noel Gallagher's tunes, including the pounding single "The Shock of the Lightning", a taut and pacy rocker nearer to the light touch of the Smiths' "The Queen Is Dead" than their usual Pistols-inspired power plod. The rocking "Bag It Up" shares nothing but a title with Geri Halliwell's already forgotten 2000 hit, while "Waiting for the Raptur... Read full review »

Nothing to dig

I have been given some great moments of musical joy by Oasis over the years but this is not one of them. It's a problem when bands decide to believe in their own greatness and infallibility. This album is clichéd, contrived and the brothers G... Read full review »

Good but not great

Bearing in mind the usual expectations of Oasis and the general disappointment that follows each release, this is a nice surprise.

An album generally full of strong tunes, where whilst hardly moving on from past glories, they have played to their strengths and delivered a good set of tunes.

Liam is in fine voice, full of venom and charm where needed and Noel certainly brings the classic Oasis sound to the fore.... Read full review »

Back in form!

Back to their best.

My favourite songs are: I'm outta time, Falling Down, Shock of... Read full review »

Average oasis

Average oasis but a few good tunes and nice... Read full review »

Solidly good album

Really good album. was surprised actually. I... Read full review »

Come on

Oasis wind me up,with all their songs sounding just like the last, don't get me wrong i love noel, he's quite bright, witty and down to earth. so why don't they ever push it out? you want them to be a bit more rip... Read full review »

Ill keep this short - Its OK

As a lifelong Oasis fan I was expecting the usual drivel that accompanied any new release from them, Oasis are back, Oasis still sound the same etc...
My thoughts are that this is just ok, its a grower. Some tracks... Read full review »

It's the tunes that needed digging out...

After the undoubted return to form that was Don't Believe The Truth, Oasis have taken a step backwards here. What made DBTT such a good record was that Noel had rediscovered his ability to make catchy pop songs and was rewarded with a couple of number one hits. The problem here is that, quite simply, there aren't any good tunes. Whereas Oasis are often criticised for being too derivative - and with good reason in some instances: Shakermaker/Coca-Cola song - here they are actually resorting to ripping off their own back catalogue. Shock Of The Lightning sounds like Rock 'N' Roll Star;... Read full review »

Welcome back Oasis!

I've been an Oasis fan since I was 11 - I'm now 24 - and agree with the previous reviewer re: people's expectations. Oasis are never going to suddenly completely change their style to try and please fickle magazine critics. They know what their fans like and they know what works for them. That's not to say Dig Out Your Soul is identical to previous albums, it does have plenty of new ideas and sounds - try listening for all the different sound effects they use in the songs. They're... Read full review »

Faintly surprising

Ever since the time of (What's the Story) Morning Glory? every Oasis album has been hyped before release with the promise of it being a 'return to form', usually ending in a form of mild disappointment when the album turns out to be good, but lacking the urgent punch and rawness of Definitely Maybe. Don't Believe the Truth was the last such album to suffer from such comparisons. Is Dig Out Your Soul going to fare any better?

Probably not. But that's not because the album's no good. Far from it. Oasis today are not the same band they were in 1994 (in the case of Andy and Gem, quite literally). However, to cut off any sneering gainsayers, 14 years after this debut, they're still here and sound surprisingly energised and fresh. There's nothing in similar vein to the knowing Kinks-ness of The Importance of Being Idle, the highlight of DBTT, but plenty to like all the same.

The good news is that there's nothing embarrassing on this album, pretty much everything passes muster from a quality control point of view. And The Turning, a decent song with a nice Chemical Brothers-style drum break in the intro, is the album's longest song at a touch over 5 minutes. None of the overindulgences of Be Here Now then! A song by song rundown would probably be too dull so I'll pick out a few high spots as far as I am concerned.

First up is Bag It Up, a rollicking stompe... Read full review »

Lyrics

You can get the lyrics to the songs on Dig Out Your Soul from the Bands Only Oasis lyrics section.