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D'You Know What I Mean? | Oasis | 7:43 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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My Big Mouth | Oasis | 5:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Magic Pie | Oasis | 7:19 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Stand By Me | Oasis | 5:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I Hope, I Think, I Know | Oasis | 4:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Girl In the Dirty Shirt | Oasis | 5:49 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Fade In-Out | Oasis | 6:52 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Go Away | Oasis | 4:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Be Here Now | Oasis | 5:13 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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All Around the World | Oasis | 9:19 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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It's Getting Better (Man!!) | Oasis | 7:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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All Around the World (Reprise) | Oasis | 2:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
iTunes Review
It was impossible for Oasis to exceed the rock’n’roll heroics of their sophomore album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, but that didn’t stop them from trying with 1997’s Be Here Now. The album finds Noel Gallagher desperately attempting to write his own “Hey Jude” in the form of several extended anthems —“D’You Know What I Mean?,” “All Around the World,” and “Magic Pie.” Weighed with guitar overdubs, banner-waving choruses, and multi-part song structures, those songs and others on Be Here Now nearly collapse under their own sense of self-importance. In his obsession with making every aspect of Oasis bigger and bigger, Noel was in danger of letting go of the sneering punk recklessness that had made the band such a success to begin with. Yet, listening back to Be Here Now ten years after its release, one can find great songs lurking behind the bombast. “The Girl in the Dirty Shirt” swirls into an easygoing psychedelic groove, while “My Big Mouth” and “I Hope, I Think, I Know” feature electric vocals from Liam Gallagher that recapture some of the spit and fire of Definitely Maybe.
Customer Reviews
A Flawed, But Still Brilliant Album
First off, sure this album isn't as good as Definitely Maybe or (What's The Story) Morning Glory?. Noel Gallagher had set a lightning pace with Oasis's first two albums, and at some point they had to make an album that was a step backwards. It's unfortunate that it happened right when the band was the biggest band in the entire world, leaving Oasis vulnerable to a gigantic backlash if they didn't follow with an album at least as good as (WTS)MG?. And they indeed found lots of backlash. However, once you get past the fact that no, this isn't as good as the first two albums, you realize its a very very good album on its own merits. There is just too much great material here to support the opinion that this was a terrible album, or even a mediocre album. Oasis kicks off the album with an absolute face eating psychadelic rocker, D'You Know What I Mean? Ironic in that the lyrics are darn nigh impenetrable, so no, we actually didn't know what Noel Gallagher meant, lyrically. But the attitude and the tone, yeah, we picked up on that, seeing how it smashed our faces in. This song makes Noel 3/3 on album openers. Keeping the all out rocking up, My Big Mouth follows. It's not a terribly remarkable tune, but it rocks hard and its enjoyable when it comes on. It might have a touch too many layers of guitars, but it does contain one of Noel Gallagher's better guitar solos prior to the last chorus. The song is also maybe one chorus too long. When people talk about Be Here Now being too long, its times like this that they're talking about. It's not that its unlistenably too long, its more of a cumulative effect of extending songs that shouldn't be extended. It was fine to extend D'You Know What I Mean, because the song was strong enough to carry it, but My Big Mouth wasn't. Finally they slow things down with Noel Gallagher sung Magic Pie. A largely overlooked song, It holds up well enough. Again, it probably has one too many chourses, and a few too many layers of instrumentation in the background. Stand By Me is an absolutely amazing song. While this song is long at 4 seconds short of 6 minutes, its a strong enough song to deal with the length. Noel's harmony on the choruses is just so perfect. Just such a simple, but perfect chorus. Again proving that at this time, as a pop-rock melodist Noel Gallagher was simply without peer. I Hope, I Think, I Know may very well be Oasis's most underrated album track. Even though it's 4:22, it seems short in comparison to the other songs, allowing the intensity to just explode our of your speakers and maintain it throughout the song. One of Liam's better vocal performances doesn't hurt either. The Girl in the Dirty Shirt is a legitimately average track, although the pre-chorus is pretty. I hate to keep harping on this, but why did this song need to last nearly 6 minutes? It would be perfectly fine as a 3 minute change of pace track, like Digsy's Dinner. Fade In-Out is an intense song, perhaps the most intese song Oasis has written this side of Gas Panic!. Perhaps with one of Noel's best guitar riffs to open the song up. Noel's guitaristry throughout this song is just so spot on. Liam sings with such a perfect attitude here. Liam may not be a brilliant vocalist, but he nails the attitude that many of these songs require, which is the big point with Oasis. The explosion at 3:12 is freaking MEGA. Oasis takes a step down tempo with Don't Go Away, perhaps one of Noel's better lyrical efforts. Liam's vocals are spot on. It's just a beautiful, bitter-sweet song. An example of a subtle and well used orchestral section, unlike some other songs, it fits here. And here is where, in my opinion, the album fell apart for many and helped cause them to overlook the many brilliant moments in the album. Be Here Now is an odd choice for the title track of the album. It would be an okay change of pace type song, but its not a great track. Its been rumored that this track is the reason why Noel never named another album after any of its songs. Again, its not a terrible song, but it drags on a little too long, and its placement in the album as a feature track is a bit quizzical, at best. As the subsequent AT&T commercials have shown, taken in bits, All Around the World is a great song. But its just too long, with too much reptition to hold its place here. In a way, its the album in a nutshell. In pieces, its brilliant, but some really questionable parts are bloated. Any time an Oasis song has a key change, you know things have lingered a bit too long. It's Getting Better (Man!!) almost saves the ending of the album, but it just isn't quite strong enough. And in any case, the All Around the World reprise is lurking to mess up what little bit was reclaimed. Because most people never finished listening to All Around The World, it often gets overlooked, which is a mistake, because its a good song. As has been alluded to a few times, I try to pretend that the All Around the World Reprise never happened. Why Noel, why? Yes, this is a flawed album. Why give it 5 stars? It's hard to, in good consience. give an album that contains D'You Know What I Mean?, Stand By Me, I Hope, I Think, I Know, Fade In-Out and Don't Go Away 4 stars. Those songs alone are brilliant enough for 5 stars, and then you add in a lot of other very good parts, and its clear that, despite its flaws the album deserves 5 stars. Sure, its not Definitely Maybe or What's The Story, but any album that brings this many great moments to us, deserves to be cut some slack for the multiple missteps. That's what makes this album better than Don't Believe the Truth, despite the fact that DBTT doesn't really have flaws. A classic case of the good outweighing the bad.
Oasis Most underrated album
OK, the crap people spew about this album is just mystifying. This album was my introduction to Oasis, so before SUPERSONIC and WONDERWALL came ALL AROUND THE WORLD and THE GIRL IN THE DIRTY SHIRT. The songs are long, but so is The Godfather, War and Peace and The Golden Gate bridge and that doesn't make them bad. This album, front to back, is fast and hard and excellent. Now, their next album, STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS: THAT album is garbage! BE HERE NOW is big, long and ferocious!
Bet you didn't know...
Good Album... Bit o' Trivia: Johnny Depp stepped in and played the lead slide guitar for "Fade In-Out." Didn't know that did you?
Biography
Formed: 1993 in Manchester, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Oasis
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Wonderwall | (What's the Story) Morning Glory | 4:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Champagne Supernova | (What's the Story) Morning Glory | 7:26 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Don't Look Back In Anger | (What's the Story) Morning Glory | 4:47 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Stop Crying Your Heart Out | Heathen Chemistry | 5:03 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Shock of the Lightning | Dig Out Your Soul | 5:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Live Forever | Definitely Maybe | 4:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Go Away | Be Here Now | 4:48 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Falling Down | Falling Down - Single | 4:29 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Some Might Say | (What's the Story) Morning Glory | 5:28 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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I'm Outta Time | Dig Out Your Soul | 4:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Adult Alternative, Pop, Pop/Rock, Britpop, British Invasion
- Released: Aug 26, 1997
- ℗ 1997 Big Brother Recordings Ltd., under exclusive license to Reprise Records for the U.S.
