Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021)
| type = greatest
| cover = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Back the Way We Came Vol. 1.png
| alt =
| artist = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| released = 11 June 2021
| recorded = 2010–2021
| studio = Various
| genre = Rock
| length = 79:09
| label = Sour Mash
| producer = {{hlist|Noel Gallagher|Dave Sardy|Paul Stacey|David Holmes}}
| prev_title = Blue Moon Rising
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Council Skies
| next_year = 2023
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021)
| type = greatest
| single1 = We're on Our Way Now
| single1date = 29 April 2021
| single2 = Flying on the Ground
| single2date = 7 June 2021
}}
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Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) is a compilation album by English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was released on 11 June 2021 by Sour Mash Records. The album was curated and compiled by Noel Gallagher.{{Cite web|title=Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011 - 2021) Double Heavyweight Picture Disc (Exclusive) + A4 Print (Exclusive) on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Official Store Official Online Store|url=https://store.noelgallagher.com/product/79284|access-date=2021-06-13|website=store.noelgallagher.com}} The standard 2-CD version of the album includes tracks from the band's first three albums, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015) and Who Built the Moon? (2017), and the three EPs Black Star Dancing (2019), This Is the Place (2019) and Blue Moon Rising (2020), plus two previously unreleased tracks, "We're on Our Way Now" and "Flying on the Ground", the former of which was released as a single the same day as the announcement of the album, on 29 April 2021.{{cite web|last=Richards|first=Will|date=29 April 2021|title=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds announce Greatest Hits album with new track 'We're On Our Way Now'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-announce-greatest-hits-album-with-new-track-were-on-our-way-now-2930265|access-date=8 June 2021|work=NME}} A deluxe edition includes a third CD of alternative versions, instrumental versions and remixes of various tracks.
In an interview with Apple Music, Gallagher said that Best of Bee Gees is one of his favourite albums and that it inspired the cover of Back the Way We Came.{{Citation|title=Noel Gallagher: Evolution Since Oasis, Meeting Bruce Springsteen and Best Of Album {{!}} Apple Music|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW4b_n-NEmw|language=en|access-date=2021-06-13}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-the-way-we-came-vol-1-2011-2021-mw0003522800|title=Back the Way We Came, Vol. 1: 2011-2021 – Noel Gallagher, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|publisher=AllMusic|date=11 June 2021|access-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628042511/https://www.allmusic.com/album/back-the-way-we-came-vol-1-2011-2021-mw0003522800|archive-date=28 June 2021|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = Clash
| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Hansen |first=Susan |title=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011–2021) |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-back-the-way-we-came-vol-1-2011-2021|website=Clash|date=4 June 2021|access-date=16 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612115432/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-back-the-way-we-came-vol-1-2011-2021|archive-date=12 June 2021|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = Irish Examiner
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Power|first=Ed|title=Album reviews: Noel Gallagher flies high with greatest hits, while Biig Piig makes her mark|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40310603.html|website=Irish Examiner|date=10 June 2021|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611080753/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40310603.html|archive-date=11 June 2021|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = The Irish Times
| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news|last=Clayton-Lea |first=Tony |title=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Back the Way We Came: Vol 1 (2011–2021) – A bit of a swizz |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/noel-gallagher-s-high-flying-birds-back-the-way-we-came-vol-1-a-bit-of-a-swizz-1.4579961|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=4 June 2021|access-date=16 June 2021}}
}}
Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) received generally positive reviews from music critics.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc one
| all_writing = Noel Gallagher
| title1 = Everybody's on the Run
| note1 = from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| length1 = 5:31
| title2 = The Death of You and Me
| note2 = from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = AKA... What a Life!
| note3 = from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = If I Had a Gun...
| note4 = from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
| length4 = 4:09
| title5 = In the Heat of the Moment
| note5 = from Chasing Yesterday
| length5 = 3:30
| title6 = Riverman
| note6 = from Chasing Yesterday
| length6 = 5:43
| title7 = Lock All the Doors
| note7 = from Chasing Yesterday
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = The Dying of the Light
| note8 = from Chasing Yesterday
| length8 = 5:07
| title9 = Ballad of the Mighty I
| note9 = from Chasing Yesterday
| length9 = 5:09
| title10 = We're on Our Way Now
| note10 = new song
| length10 = 4:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Black Star Dancing
| note1 = from Black Star Dancing EP
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Holy Mountain
| note2 = from Who Built the Moon?
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = A Dream Is All I Need to Get By
| note3 = from This is the Place EP
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = This Is the Place
| note4 = from This is the Place EP
| length4 = 4:17
| title5 = It's a Beautiful World
| note5 = from Who Built the Moon?
| length5 = 5:19
| title6 = Blue Moon Rising
| note6 = from Blue Moon Rising EP
| length6 = 3:44
| title7 = Dead in the Water (Live at RTÉ 2FM Studios, Dublin)
| note7 = from Who Built the Moon?
| length7 = 5:21
| title8 = Flying on the Ground
| note8 = new song
| length8 = 3:13
| total_length = 79:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition bonus disc
| total_length = 62:17
| title1 = It's a Beautiful World
| note1 = Instrumental
| length1 = 5:23
| title2 = If I Had a Gun...
| note2 = Acoustic Version
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Black Star Dancing
| note3 = Skeleton Key Remix
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Black Star Dancing
| note4 = 12" Mix Instrumental
| length4 = 4:38
| title5 = The Man Who Built the Moon
| note5 = Acoustic Version
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = International Magic
| note6 = Demo
| length6 = 5:17
| title7 = Blue Moon Rising
| note7 = Sons of the Desert Remix
| length7 = 7:05
| title8 = The Dying of the Light
| note8 = Acoustic Version
| length8 = 5:13
| title9 = This Is the Place
| note9 = Skeleton Key Remix
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 = This Is the Place
| note10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 4:17
| title11 = Black Star Dancing
| note11 = The Reflex Revision
| length11 = 10:06
| title12 = Be Careful What You Wish For
| note12 = Instrumental
| length12 = 5:41
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/noelgallagher/info/528915|title=オアシス解散後ソロ始動10周年！ノエル・ギャラガーズ・ハイ・フライング・バーズ、初のベスト盤6月リリース決定&新曲解禁！日本盤はFRF ‘12ライヴ音源収録＆グッズ付き超豪華盤仕様|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|access-date=September 1, 2021|language=ja}}
| total_length = 76:21
| title13 = Everybody's on the Run
| note13 = Live at Fuji Rock Festival 2012
| length13 = 5:23
| title14 = Dream On
| note14 = Live at Fuji Rock Festival 2012
| length14 = 4:13
| title15 = If I Had a Gun...
| note15 = Live at Fuji Rock Festival 2012
| length15 = 4:15
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 5 July 2021|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1635|page=6|date=5 July 2021}}
| 51 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Austria|19|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=23 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|49|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|47|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|32|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came: Vol. 1 - 2011-2021|rowheader=true|access-date=18 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|France|164|M|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=24?&annee=2021&categorie=Top%20Albums|title=Top Albums (Week 24, 2021)|publisher=SNEP|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=21 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|12|id=480059|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back The Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best Of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=18 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|2|date=20210618|rowheader=true|access-date=18 June 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2021/24|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 24 (dal 11.6.2021 al 17.6.2021)|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=19 June 2021}}
| 48 |
| scope="row"| Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2021&month=06&day=21|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2021/06/16|work=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=30 June 2021}}
| 24 |
| {{album chart|Oricon|14|date=2021-06-21|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20210618|rowheader=true|access-date=19 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|61|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back the Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=23 July 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|14|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|album=Back the Way We Came - Vol. 1 2011-2021 - The Best of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20210618|rowheader=true|access-date=18 June 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UKIndependent|1|date=20210618|rowheader=true|access-date=19 June 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ Year-end chart performance for Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021) ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20210101/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=6 January 2022}}
| 93 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds|title=Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1|award=Gold|id=17538-2395-2|type=album|relyear=2021|certyear=2022|accessdate=December 17, 2022}}
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|2167267|name=Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011–2021)}}
{{Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds}}
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