- Music
- 25 Aug 17
As the eagerly anticipated October release of his debut solo album ‘As You Were’ draws near, the iconic Liam Gallagher shares a new live performance of ‘For What It’s Worth’.
Filmed at AIR Studios in London and backed by his live band and a string section, the live performance finds Liam’s towering vocal soaring skyward on a song which serves up the biggest chorus of the album.
The studio version of the track was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat and written by Liam with Simon Jons. NME highlighted it in their Best New Tracks feature and commented: “Liam goes full Oasis ballad on this emotive powerhouse of a tune. One for festival fields and arenas.”
Rolling Stone agreed and stated: “’For What It's Worth’ bears the hallmarks of a classic Oasis track like ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’.
“I wanted to write an apology,” says Liam. “Not to one person, but to everyone, because I’m no good at saying sorry. That song is a tune.”
With his famous vocal and irrepressible charisma dominating his life-affirming live shows, Liam Gallagher’s comeback is fully capturing the public’s imagination.
The three tracks which have previewed the album – ‘Wall Of Glass’, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘For What It’s Worth’ – have already been streamed over 22 million times.
Liam wrote or co-wrote every song that features on ‘As You Were’. In addition to Dan Grech-Marguerat, other key collaborators include Greg Kurstin and Andrew Wyatt.
One of the most striking aspects of the album is that all the songs have a purpose.
‘As You Were’ is now available to pre-order from http://apple.co/2xf6wc2 with ‘Wall Of Glass’, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘For What It’s Worth’ provided as instant downloads. It will be released on digital (standard and deluxe), CD (standard and deluxe) and vinyl(standard 12” and limited edition coloured 12” formats).
The track-listing for ‘As You Were’ is:
1. ‘Wall Of Glass’
2. ‘Bold’
3. ‘Greedy Soul’
4. ‘Paper Crown’
5. ‘For What It’s Worth’
6. ‘When I’m In Need’
7. ‘You Better Run’
8. ‘I Get By’
9. ‘Chinatown’
10. ‘Come Back To Me’
11. ‘Universal Gleam’
12. ‘I've All I Need’
Bonus tracks on deluxe editions of the album:
13. ‘Doesn’t Have To Be That Way’
14. ‘All My People / All Mankind’
15. ‘I Never Wanna Be Like You’