It was assumed this album would be shit, but with a title like that, I mean how can it go wrong? Liam's brilliant: a fucking crack-up and an instigating motherfucker, making him the most entertaining gent in music business after all these years. Just Google "Liam Gallagher" + "potato" - you won't be disappointed. 'As You Were' doesn't really break new ground, it's what you would've expected if Liam went solo after say 'Be Here Now,' at least more so than his previous band Beady Eye (which I loved, but most didn't). There are really strong songs here, some clunkers, but what makes it a Liam album more than anything is LIAM. That's where he smartly lays his focus, and the result is his voice sounds better than ever. The best part though? That this exists at all, and Liam's still in our lives. With that voice and swagger. Long live the king.