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| Be Here Now | 
| Artist: Oasis
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (281 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7745
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 68530
UPC: 074646853023
EAN: 0074646853023
ASIN: B000002C25
Publication Date: 1997
Release Date: August 26, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | D'You Know What I Mean? | | • | My Big Mouth | | • | Magic Pie | | • | Stand by Me | | • | I Hope, I Think, I Know | | • | The Girl in the Dirty Shirt | | • | Fade In-Out | | • | Don't Go Away | | • | Be Here Now | | • | All Around the World | | • | It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) | | • | All Round the World (Reprise) |
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Album Description
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of their third album, originally released in 1997, comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 12 tracks including 'All Around The World', 'D'You Know What I Mean' and 'Don't Go Away'. Sony. 2006.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 276 more reviews...
 This item has been discontinued by the manufacturer - say no more! November 26, 2008
This cd isn't awful. The word that to me best describes Oasis' third release is disappointing. After two superb recordings I was expecting so much more. I wanted these fellows to keep their streak alive. They didn't come close! Compared to Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory the music here is plodding, heavy handed and unimaginative. The songs are too long and, at 72 minutes, so is the cd. I don't know whether the lack of "spark" is a result of trying too hard or not hard enough? What I do know is that I wanted to love this when it was released eleven years ago (I didn't) and I wanted to discover that I was initially mistaken when I listened again today (I wasn't). So there you have it! On the other hand I have continued to purchase Oasis cds as they are released. As of November 2008 I am still hopeful that the boys will rediscover the magic and, indeed, I have to admit that there have been exciting moments on each of their last three. However, as far as Be Here Now is concerned it's back to the cd rack for another decade. Maybe in 2018........?
 4.85 STARS: A Classic Hard Rocking Album --Very Underrated October 14, 2008
I don't understand Noel's disdain for this record. Hell, it might be my FAVOURITE Oasis album of all (7) !! I bought the album on August 26, 1997 and it has been close at hand ever since. This is a pure, powerfully agressive masterpiece that I bet will get recieved better as the yrs go by. This record is about as subtle as a nuclear bomb. Raw aggression, yet still very listenable. Unlike the "hard rock" that is played on the radio these days, there is some quality to it. Sure, it's a bit overdone, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. To me, music serves as escapism, a mood changer of sorts and BHN completes that mission with flying colors. If you haven't listened to BHN in some time, try it again. If you have never heard BHN give it a try. THIS IS OASIS in it's purist, rawest form !!! BTW, I got to see them live on the BHN tour !!!!
Another Oasis masterpiece October 4, 2008
I will never understand why oasis get's bashed by critics. Do they sound like the Beatles? Yes. Do they have over inflated egos? Yes. Are they one of the all time great bands? Yes. BE HERE NOW is nothing short of a masterpiece. Do not listen to critics, or to Noel(his ego will not let him say he likes this album.) Every song is great and will be remembered by us fans forever.
Very good September 29, 2008
"Be Here Now" is Oasis's third studio album. Over the years, it has been criticized for sloppy recording and subpar lyrics. Overall, the criticism doesn't hold up, as there are many standout Oasis tracks on the album. The album has it's great moments, like My Big Mouth, Stand By Me, and Don't Go Away. On this album, Oasis relies less on beautiful melodies and more on a big sound characterized by many guitars, keyboards, and vocal overdubs. "Be Here Now" is their last great album, and is just as great as their first two albums.
Initially hailed by critics, then bashed a month later. July 15, 2008
Some reviews here state that this album initially had negative reviews. This couldn't be further from the truth. Oasis were all over MTV, Rolling Stone, etc. during the lead-up to their third album, and the initial reviews were of high praise. [...]And let's not forget that in their homeland, the album accounted for two-thirds of ALL music sold for the entire WEEK it came out. Simply put, very few people were listening to anything else.
It seemed kind of cool at first to have an expanded album; 72 minutes of pure mayhem, starting out with D'You Know What I Mean? - Noel's anti-Wonderwall track which helped hype the album ahead of its release, and one of their best songs of all time. My Big Mouth continued with the wall of sound, while being concise in relation to the other tracks at about five minutes, and Fade In-Out - though too long, a problem with many tracks on the album - was a truly unique Oasis track. But after the initial buzz wore off, people realized that seven minutes of Magic Pie was a bit much. It's Gettin' Better (Man!!!) was a great four-minute song in the body of a seven-minute song; chorus after chorus, solo after solo, it just got worse as the album wound down. Unfortunately, Noel had relegated some of his best music as B-sides which would wind up in obscurity for casual fans - check out the All Around The World single to hear some of their best work from the period.
Despite its flaws - obviously a cocaine album, and Noel admitted at the time he didn't take any creative chances ("it's pub rock", he said at the time) - this album still takes me back to a great time, eleven years later. This was the height of Brit-pop, and yet The Verve hadn't even released Urban Hymns yet. As the summer turned to fall of 1997, people began moving on to other bands and looking for the next best thing, as Brit-pop had overstayed its welcome with one too many near-breakups, cancelled tour dates, and hubris from these bands, let alone the tabloid drama.
This isn't to say that great music wasn't made in Britain after 1997 - I still think this album holds up well against the other albums of its time. Be Here Now caught Oasis, and the music world, at a very particular place in time; the sound and the length of the album remain true to that. After Noel realized the drugs truly didn't work, it took a couple of albums for them to regain their footing, but after 2005's Don't Believe The Truth, a cleaned-up Oasis is ready to storm back with 2008's Dig Out Your Soul, which is receiving a lot of early praise.
No matter what Oasis do next or sound like five years from now, this album will always be in my playlist due to the time capsule it has become for those of us who loved good rock music back in the heyday of Britpop.
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