Review: Noel Gallagher - Who Built The Moon

There was a twist recently in the Battle of the Gobs between Liam and Noel Gallagher as Liam’s solo record vaulted straight to number one in the UK, writes Ed Power.

The biggest surprise was that the chart-topping success was entirely deserved, with the younger Gallagher thrillingly conjuring the spirit of Oasis’s glory days (albeit with the help of a behind the scene team of songwriters including Adele’s best mate Greg Kurstin).

So much, then, for the idea that Liam minus Noel was a puzzle to which there was no correct solution. Moreover, with Liam having pushed past the failure of Beady Eye, the round spherical object was very much back in Noel’s court. He was allegedly the genius behind Oasis — was he really going to be eclipsed by his junior sibling?