Council Skies (Deluxe 2CD)

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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.

Ultratop.be – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in Dutch). 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.” 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.Austriancharts.at – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 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." Horowitz, Hal (1 June 2023). "Review: Who Needs an Oasis Reunion When You Have Noel Gallagher's 'Council Skies'?". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023 . Retrieved 4 June 2023. A decade since the formation of High Flying Birds and having achieved four UK Number One albums, ‘Council Skies’, produced by Noel and Paul ‘Strangeboy’ Stacey, is the band’s fourth studio album and Noel’s most complete solo statement to date. 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.

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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. Dutchcharts.nl – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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.” 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. Album – Classifica settimanale WK 23 (dal 02.06.2023 al 08.06.2023)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 10 June 2023. Noel Gallagher announces new album 'Council Skies', shares single 'Easy Now' ". NME. 17 January 2023.

Ultratop.be – Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Council Skies" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 June 2023. 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. 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.