Council Skies
by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

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Council Skies by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-06-02
Overall rank: 5,003rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 77 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2023 (61st)
Award Top albums of of the 2020s (361st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,003rd)

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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds bestography

Council Skies is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Noel Gallagher on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Noel Gallagher is Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds which is ranked number 1683 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,017.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album bestography « Higher ranked (4,416th)
Who Built The Moon? This album (5,003rd)
Council Skies Lower ranked (36,289th) »
The Dreams We Have As Children - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

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Council Skies rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,003rd | 2020s rank: 361st | 2023 rank: 61st  Overall chart history
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74/100 (from 77 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.


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Council Skies forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 06/02/2023 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2023-05-29) (week 22, 2023)
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From 09/25/2025 06:50 | #311061 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I don’t know how it’s possible, but this album is both the blandest and the most sincere of Noel’s entire career. There are tracks like Dead To The World that make me cry every time. Easy Now could have been Oasis in the 2000s. Council Skies feels like a plagiarism… of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Think Of A Number has a beautiful solo… But my favorite is There She Blows. (Edited)
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From 06/09/2023 17:14 | #297514 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I have the same feeling after 2 listens. Really good at the very least.
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From 06/02/2023 09:38 | #297341 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Probably the best record Noel has done since Morning Glory
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From 08/04/2023 15:57 | #298493 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I was pleasantly surprised by this release :))
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From 12/27/2023 13:33 | #300686
Album Rating: 73.30
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02.06.2023

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (UK): Council Skies

1.I'm Not Giving Up Tonight 75
2.Pretty Boy 78
3.Dead To The World 66
4.Open The Door, See What You Find 74
5.Trying To Find A World That's Been And Gone Pt. 1 79
6.Easy Now 70
7.Council Skies 81
8.There She Blows! 72
9.Love Is A Rich Man 63
10.Think Of A Number 75 (Edited)
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