Editing Heathen Chemistry (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 55/100<ref name="metacritic" />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/heathen-chemistry-mw0000219095 |title=Heathen Chemistry – Oasis |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 February 2013 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804231127/https://www.allmusic.com/album/heathen-chemistry-mw0000219095 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50539/heathen-chemistry.html |title=Oasis: Heathen Chemistry |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=8 |date=August 2002 |access-date=10 February 2013 |last=Collis |first=Clark |page=120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928085733/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50539/heathen-chemistry.html |archive-date=28 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Oasis|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=London|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = B−<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/07/12/heathen-chemistry/ |title=Heathen Chemistry |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=12 July 2002 |access-date=14 June 2019 |last=Willman |first=Chris |page=84 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107091211/https://ew.com/article/2002/07/12/heathen-chemistry/ |archive-date=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/jun/21/popandrock.shopping |title=Yawning glory |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 June 2002 |access-date=27 January 2013 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |archive-date=9 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909152141/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/jun/21/popandrock.shopping |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-30-ca-rack30-story.html |title=Oasis, 'Heathen Chemistry' Epic |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=30 June 2002 |access-date=14 June 2016 |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev7Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/oasis/6492 |title=Oasis : Heathen Chemistry |journal=[[NME]] |date=25 June 2002 |access-date=27 January 2013 |last=Fox |first=Jason |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093808/http://www.nme.com/reviews/oasis/6492 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev8Score = 1.2/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5931-heathen-chemistry/ |title=Oasis: Heathen Chemistry |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=10 July 2002 |access-date=27 January 2013 |last=Mitchum |first=Rob |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127190041/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5931-heathen-chemistry/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Oasis: Heathen Chemistry |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=192 |date=July 2002}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="RSReview">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/oasis/albums/album/94798/review/5942714/heathen_chemistry |title=Oasis: Heathen Chemistry |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=4 July 2002 |access-date=27 June 2017 |last=Moon |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Moon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216152610/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/oasis/albums/album/94798/review/5942714/heathen_chemistry |archive-date=16 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev11Score = 4/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Vy26TGdauEC&pg=PA113 |title=Oasis: Heathen Chemistry |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=18 |issue=8 |date=August 2002 |access-date=10 February 2013 |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |page=113 |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804231127/https://books.google.com/books?id=6Vy26TGdauEC&pg=PA113 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev1score = 
}}
Reception for the album varied wildly. On [[Metacritic]] it had a score of 55 out of 100 based on reviews from 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/heathen-chemistry/oasis |title=Reviews for Heathen Chemistry by Oasis |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=1 November 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216212948/https://www.metacritic.com/music/heathen-chemistry/oasis |url-status=live }}</ref> Some reviewers noted that it was better than the band's last effort, ''[[Standing on the Shoulder of Giants]]'', with ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' writing that Oasis was "a band back on track".<ref name="Blender"/> However, a number of other reviewers offered scathing assessments of the album; notably, ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'',<ref name="DIS">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2997/reviews/4316-oasis-heathen-chemistry |title=Album Review: Oasis – Heathen Chemistry |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=11 July 2002 |access-date=10 February 2013 |last=Reed |first=Mark |archive-date=28 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928035613/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2997/reviews/4316-oasis-heathen-chemistry |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'',<ref name="Pitchfork"/> and ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''.<ref name="Stylus">{{Cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/oasis/heathen-chemistry.htm |title=Oasis – Heathen Chemistry – Review |last=Chakroff |first=Evan |date=1 September 2003 |website=[[Stylus Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202051424/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/oasis/heathen-chemistry.htm |archive-date=2 February 2010 |access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2017, Liam Gallagher ranked ''Heathen Chemistry'' as his least favourite Oasis album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beaumont |first1=Mark |title=Liam Gallagher ranks every Oasis, Beady Eye and solo album from worst to best |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/liam-gallagher-oasis-beady-eye-best-album-2147407 |website=NME |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>