Be Here Now 25th Anniversary

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While history hasn’t been kind to the album, from a critical point of view, Be Here Now was certainly a commercial Colossus. That meant bold experiments like Blur’s Blur in February, Radiohead’s OK Computer in May, Primal Scream’s Vanishing Point in July, my beloved Pulp’s This Is Hardcore that winter. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. Released at midnight on Thursday 21 st August 1997, at a time when most albums were released on Monday, ‘Be Here Now’ sold a staggering 400,000 copies on the first day in the UK, with 663,400 sales in just 3 days. Be Here Now’ was produced by Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher and recorded at Abbey Road, Ridge Farm, Air, Master Rock and Orinoco Studios between November 1996 and April 1997.

Originally mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange; the album was then remastered in 2016 by Ian Cooper at Metropolis Studios. Be Here Now stands as a unique album in the Oasis catalogue with its unrepentant excess and supersize swagger. This is the 25th Anniversary edition of the third album by Oasis, which was released to huge anticipation in August 1997.While making Be Here Now, Noel bought a fancy London mansion that he dubbed “Supernova Heights,” with the name emblazoned in stained glass. Really, you can assemble a decent half-hour album: those three tracks, plus half of “Magic Pie,” maybe one-third of “D’You Know What I Mean? The previous summer, Oasis played to more than 250,000 people over two nights at Knebworth, with an astounding 2. Liam spends five, six, seven minutes promising this anthem is gonna blow our minds, as soon as Noel gets around to writing it. The boozing, brawling Manchester lads were on top of the world in 1997, coming off two perfect albums, Definitely Maybe and ( What’s The Story) Morning Glory?

This limited edition album format celebrates the Silver Anniversary of Oasis’ historic third album ‘ Be Here Now’, originally released on 21st August 1997. Compensation for damage or loss should be pursued through the claims procedure offered by the Royal Mail - contact us if you need help with this. It’s not clear why this is ever a controversial question, given how rock bands suck at not rocking; nobody ever suggests a baseball team should send nine dudes out there to play croquet (though the Red Sox should consider it). Happy 25th birthday to Be Here Now, Oasis’ third album and one of the most notorious bombs in rock history.

The appetite for ‘Be Here Now’ was immense and it was amid this overheated anticipation that they made arguably the most eagerly awaited record since the heyday of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Meanwhile, Liam found true love with actress Patsy Kensit, a matrimonial bond summed up by Noel as “little blonde chick, lunatic with a beard. They’ll play all three guitar solos, ‘course they will, because it’s got my name on it and I rule the fucking world! When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.Be Here Now’ was released on 21 st August 1997 and followed the success of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?