Oasis so-so as Bowie's back in time

Nostalgia isn’t all it's cracked up to be. The first two Oasis albums were extraordinary, but their fourth - re-released today on silver vinyl - is at best so-so.

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Oasis
Standing On the Shoulder Of Giants

It opens gloriously with the rowdy F****** In The Bushes, a combative instrumental driven by a Zeppelin-like riff, adorned with quickfire samples from the Isle Of Wight festival. As hooligans tear down fences, a promoter rants: "We worked for one year for you pigs..."

The track feels simultaneously dangerous and uplifting. But nothing else comes close to it.