Every Oasis Album - Ranked From Worst To Best

9. Don’t Believe the Truth

After fans' and critics' lukewarm reception of fourth and fifth records Standing on the Shoulder of Giants and Heathen Chemistry, sixth full-length Don't Believe The Truth was hailed as something of a return to form by Oasis, who finally seemed to ditch their 60s-era rock influences for something a little different.

In reality, though, the band had simply stopped looking to The Beatles and Rolling Stones as their primary influences, trading them out for Bob Dylan. 'Mucky Fingers' in particular could have leapt off any of Dylan's records, and in spite of its urgent guitar and semi-satirical lyrics that seem to poke fun at the Britpop label the band themselves had ardently embraced, the song feels particularly derivative.

Lead single 'Lyla' and opening track 'Turn Up the Sun' were bland and directionless, the former being a generic rock-stomper that could have been penned by any other mid-noughties guitar band and the latter being an inappropriately dull introduction to an album.

Don't Believe The Truth did have its moments, though, and it seems that critics at the time focussed more on its redeeming features than the multitude of tracks that were nothing more than filler. The rousing 'The Importance of Being Idle' is the best song Oasis penned in their late career, while 'Guess God Thinks I'm Abel' and 'Part of the Queue' are brooding and complex. 'Let There Be Love' closes the album on a suitably nostalgic note, featuring the Gallagher brothers' best duet on tape.

But besides from these choice cuts, Oasis' penultimate studio album doesn't have much to offer - and that's a truth that few can deny.