Every Oasis Album - Ranked From Worst To Best

Oasis' most overt attempt to modernise their sound and keep up with the times, the band's 2008 offering Dig Out Your Soul (their last studio record - so far) embraced psychedelic and contemporary alternative rock influences, leaving nostalgic tunes inspired by Britain's musical past (largely) behind.

Shedding their skin after a string of stagnant records, Oasis proved they could still craft a tune. 'The Shock of the Lightning' was their punkiest track since Definitely Maybe, while the haunting 'I'm Outta Time' is the band at their most Beatlesesque, featuring no less than a voice recording of John Lennon himself.

The double-whammy of the spectacular '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady' and dreamlike 'Falling Down' laid the foundations for Noel Gallagher's solo career, while the record's opening tracks seem to hint toward what could have been the band's masterpiece.

Unfortunately, the record's quality is inconsistent, with the album particularly falling in quality in its second half. 'Ain't Got Nothin' and 'The Nature Of Reality' retread old ground, feeling like psychedelic re-dos of Don't Believe The Truth rejects, while 'Soldier On' is a muted closing track that does the opposite of making fans want to spin the record again.

For all the experimentation here, Oasis left keeping up with the times a little too late, and despite their best efforts failed to prove their continuing relevance as the noughties edged toward the 2010s and bands like Arctic Monkeys were breaking into the mainstream.