Keeping in mind what a world-class dickhead Liam Gallagher is, it's hard to believe how long it took his brother Noel—the Gallagher who wrote most of Oasis's songs—to decide he'd had enough. He finally left for good in summer 2009, and the rest of the erstwhile Oasisans announced before the year ended that work had begun on their first album under the name Beady Eye. The finished product, Different Gear, Still Speeding (released in February on the band's own Beady Eye Records), has some bright spots, like the ripping "Bring the Light," but often it just sounds like a half-decent band who wish they were Oasis. —Miles Raymer

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