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Oasis - Be Here Now

Be Here Now

by Oasis

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Released
21/08/1997
Music Genre
Pop

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Description

Oasis: Liam Gallagher (vocals); Noel Gallagher (guitar, background vocals); Bonehead (guitar); Guigsy (bass); Whitey (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Johnny Depp (slide guitar); Mark Feltham (harmonica); Mike Rowe (keyboards); Mark Coyle (programming). Recorded between November 1996 and April 1997. "All Around The World" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. Shamelessly enamored of The Beatles, Oasis uses BE HERE NOW to serve up another heaping platter of larger-than-life rock and roll garnished with Fab Fourisms. Noel Gallagher's ambitious songwriting and production (which, not coincidentally, was done at Abbey Road) result in an average song length of almost six minutes and the full, gnarly guitar sound that's become Oasis' trademark. "Magic Pie" and "All Around The World" incorporate brassy orchestration reminiscent of "Let It Be," while the former's name seems a less-than-subtle nod to Macca's FLAMING PIE album released a few months prior. Aside from the band's constant worship at the Beatles shrine, Gallagher occasionally draws from other sources, sharply addressing the uncertainty of fame with the slam-bang rock and roll of "I Hope, I Think, I Know" and the latter-day Stone Roses sound of "Fade In-Out" which prominently features guest Johnny Depp's slide guitar. With their nemesis Blur busy trolling the noisy depths of lo-fi, American indie rock, BE HERE NOW proves to be another jewel in the crown of Brit-pop, which is now perched more firmly than ever on the collective, if occasionally swollen, head of Oasis.

Product Details

Artist
Oasis
Number of Discs
1
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
CREATION
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
1997
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
1997
Cast & Crew
Oasis (Music Performer)
Noel Gallagher (Producer)
Owen Morris (Producer)

Press Reviews

Ranked #8 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year. Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67)

...At their best Oasis is untouchable. Here they occasionally reach a best which is better than any best you might have previously imagined possible. Melody Maker (8/16/97, p.49)

Ranked #25 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll. NME (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79)

...Mammoth. Probably. But without the large hairy bollocks....each song already resonates with the vast, communal spirit that has propelled them thus far....here are yet another 11 songs the slightly sozzled world will be bursting to sing... NME (8/16/97, pp.50-51)

Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997. Q (1/98, p.114)

4 Stars (out of 5) - "...'60s and '70s rock classicism writ large and loud, all broad strokes and bullish enthusiasm....[Noel Gallagher] fires up sing-along hooks with industrial-strength glam-rock licks... Rolling Stone (9/4/97, pp.65-66)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. D'You Know What I Mean
  2. My Big Mouth
  3. Magic Pie
  4. Stand By Me
  5. I Hope I Think I Know
  6. Girl in the Dirty Shirt
  7. Fade in Out
  8. Don't Go Away
  9. Be Here Now
  10. All Around the World
  11. It's Gettin Better (Man)
  12. All Around the World (Reprise)
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