Liam Gallagher - All You're Dreaming Of... (7") - 45RPM

Liam Gallagher’s “All You’re Dreaming Of” arrived in late November 2020 like a postcard from a kinder world. Co-written with Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost, it’s a seasonal ballad in the classic sense, built on piano, soft brass, and a melody that sounds like it’s been waiting on a mantelpiece next to the tinsel for years. Gallagher sings it with a gentleness that sneaks up on you. The grit is still there, but the edges soften, and what’s left is a voice carrying a simple plea that lands even harder because he doesn’t oversell it.

The timing mattered. That winter felt heavy for everyone, and he chose to donate proceeds to Action for Children, which made the song’s hopeful title feel like more than branding. It’s a rare case where the sentiment on the sleeve matches the action behind it. You can hear that spirit in the arrangement. The horns move like a slow exhale, the strings rise without fuss, and the piano keeps everything grounded, more pub singalong than glossy holiday lounge. Gallagher has called it a “classic” style tune in interviews, and for once the ambition suits him. He leans into the old-fashioned romance of it, but doesn’t tip into schmaltz.

Live, it found a perfect debut on his Down By The River Thames broadcast in December 2020. That set, filmed on a barge rolling past London landmarks, framed the song the way you want to hear it: winter air, city lights, and a singer who knows how to fill space with a straight-ahead melody. You could feel the tune settle into the repertoire right then, not as a novelty, but as a keeper he could bring back every December without anyone groaning.

What makes “All You’re Dreaming Of” click is how spare the writing is. The chorus turns on a few words you can hum after one listen, and the verses lean on images that feel lived-in. There’s no wink, no novelty hook. It’s closer to a standard than a pop single angling for a supermarket playlist. That’s probably why it nudged into the UK Top 40 and stuck around on radio as the year wound down. It’s built to last, which is a rarer thing than it should be.

If you’re the sort who files your seasonal spins next to your staples, this sits comfortably near your Weller and Lennon cuts, and it’s worth tracking down on wax. The All You’re Dreaming Of vinyl 7-inch pairs the warm, analog-friendly mix with sleeve art that feels properly wintry on the shelf. It’s the kind of single you pull out when friends drop by and you want that first song to set the room right. For collectors, it rounds out a shelf of Liam Gallagher vinyl nicely, a bridge between the swagger of As You Were and the stadium heft of Why Me? Why Not. and C’mon You Know. If you buy Liam Gallagher records online, it’s an easy add to cart, but it’s also the sort of thing you might stumble across in a Melbourne record store and bring home on instinct. Either way works.

There’s a neat bit of historical symmetry here too. Gallagher built a career on making simple things feel big, and here he flips it. He takes a big idea and makes it feel small and close. You can hear the intimacy in the way he lingers on the title phrase, in the slight rasp that creeps in right where someone else might belt. Fans have long known he can do tender when he wants to. This is the cleanest modern proof, a reminder that the snarl and the croon have always lived side by side.

Ten years from now, when you’re pulling out the crate marked December and flipping past the usual suspects, this will earn its spin. It’s not trying to reinvent anything. It just shows up with heart, a strong tune, and the right amount of shine, which is most of what great records do. For those building a stack of Liam Gallagher albums on vinyl, it’s a smart seasonal anchor. And for anyone in Australia hunting through bins, it’s one of those vinyl records Australia seems to snap up fast once the weather warms and the holidays creep in. Put it on. Let the room soften. Let the chorus do its quiet work. That’s the whole point.