Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011 – 2021) (Vinyl 2LP)

Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021) is a Best Of celebrating the first decade of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. This double album, curated and compiled entirely by Noel, includes tracks from the three No. 1 albums (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Chasing Yesterday and Who Built The Moon?) and the three acclaimed EPs (Black Star Dancing, This Is The Place and Blue Moon Rising) – plus two previously unreleased tracks including the brand new single “We’re On Our Way Now.”

Since establishing Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds post the legendary success of Oasis, Gallagher has never sat still creatively. He’s mastered the art of embracing an instinctive sonic evolution and creative freedom whilst never neglecting the songcraft. From the New Orleans brass powered blast of debut single “The Death Of You And Me” via the self-produced psych-pop and space bound experimentation of “Chasing Yesterday” and the disco saturated, sonic veer of “Who Built The Moon?” and the subsequent EP releases, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have proven time and time again to be unshackled by genre and expectation. That Gallagher has so successfully married this bold and blistering approach with huge commercial success (over 2.4 million albums sold with three UK No. 1 albums – marking a record-breaking ten consecutive UK No. 1 studio albums across his career), coupled with relentless touring globally, is testament to Gallagher’s unerring ability to marry laser-guided melodies and fearless creativity.

Speaking of the timing of High Flying Birds’ greatest hits album, Noel says, “10 years of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds?? Blimey! … Just think of all the things I could have done in that time! The title just came to me one afternoon, at the kitchen table. It’s a saying isn’t it: ‘Back the way we came’. I actually thought it was a great title. Which is why it’s got Vol 1. Because if there’s another one, I’m not coming up with another title!”

Now with the best part of thirty years as one of the country’s most respected and prolific songwriters under his belt, Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011-2021) celebrates another landmark in Noel Gallagher’s unparalleled career.

LP1

1. Everybody’s On The Run
2. The Death Of You And Me
3. AKA … What A Life!
4. If I Had A Gun …
5. In The Heat Of The Moment
6. Riverman
7. Lock All The Doors
8. The Dying Of The Light
9. Ballad Of The Mighty I

LP2

1. We’re On Our Way Now
2. Black Star Dancing
3. Holy Mountain (Remastered)
4. A Dream Is All I Need To Get By
5. This Is The Place
6. It’s A Beautiful World
7. Blue Moon Rising
8. Dead In The Water (Live At RTÉ 2FM Studios, Dublin)
9. Flying On The Ground