Back the way we came, vol. 1, 2011-2021

"Det giver ganske enkelt ikke mening at udgive en plade med titlen Back The Way We Came - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. For de bedste sange er ikke særligt gode. Noel Gallagher må indse, at han har brug for sin lillebror, hvis han fortsat vil gøre sig gældende inden for rockmusikken ... Hans stemme, sangene, produktionen, det er hele er søvndyssende".

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"Since freed of stadium obligation [after Oasis' split], Gallagher Sr talks of his solo career as "like a flower unfolding". That image holds good for this roughly chronological 18-song canter through his first 10 High Flying years, as tight-arsed neo-Manc strictures quickly loosen to allow delicious infusions from Chicago, New Orleans and Brazil. By CD2's selections from 2019-20's three EPs, ethereal disco (Black Star Dancing) and untethered joy (A Dream Is All I Need To Get By) are the defining characteristics. Two new gospel-voiced cuts, the slow-burning We're On Our Way Now and the breezy, Style Council-ish Flying On The Ground, complete the sense of spiritual uplift".