Be Here Now
Studio album by Oasis
Released	August 21, 1997
Recorded	November 1996 – April 1997 at Abbey Road Studios, London Ridge Farm, Surrey Air Studios, London Master Rock, London Orinoco Studios, London
Genre	Britpop
Length	71:38
Label	Creation Records
Producer(s)	Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Oasis chronology
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)	Be Here Now (1997)	The Masterplan (1998)

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Oasis' previous worldwide successes with Definitely Maybe (1994) and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) made this album, Oasis' third, their most eagerly awaited. As a result, it was also their most hyped. While Be Here Now was commercially successful, it failed to live up to these massive expectations that preceded its release. Retrospectively, the album is criticised for being over-indulgent and bloated, with the guitar effects criticised as sounding slightly "acidy".^[1] The band has apparently felt the same way, as no songs from the album have appeared on the 2006 compilation album Stop the Clocks. Definitely Maybe is the highly acclaimed debut album of Britpop band Oasis, first released in 1994 on Creation Records. ... (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the English rock band Oasis, released in October 1995. ... Stop the Clocks is a best-of album by British rock band Oasis, released in November 2006. ...

When Be Here Now was released in the UK, Oasis were at the height of their fame. It became the UK's fastest selling album of all time, selling 423,000 copies on the first day of release alone, moving 695,761 copies in the first week and over 1 million within two weeks. Be Here Now went on to sell 10 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

All tracks written by Noel Gallagher.

1. "D'You Know What I Mean?" – 7:42
2. "My Big Mouth" – 5:02
3. "Magic Pie" – 7:19
4. "Stand by Me" – 5:56
5. "I Hope, I Think, I Know" – 4:22
6. "The Girl in the Dirty Shirt" – 5:49
7. "Fade In-Out" – 6:52
8. "Don't Go Away" – 4:48
9. "Be Here Now" – 5:13
10. "All Around the World" – 9:20
11. "It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)" – 7:00
12. "All Around the World (Reprise)" – 2:08

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Singles

Cover	Information
	"D'You Know What I Mean?" Released: July 7, 1997 Writer: Noel Gallagher Producers: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher Chart positions: #1 (UK), #1 (FIN), #1 (IRE), #4 (US)
	"Stand by Me" Released: September 22, 1997 Writer: Noel Gallagher Producers: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher Chart positions: #2 (UK), #5 (US), #2 (IRE)
	"All Around the World" Released: January 12, 1998 Writer: Noel Gallagher Producers: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher Chart positions: #1 (UK), #1 (IRE)
	"Don't Go Away" (Japan only) Released: May 13, 1998 Writer: Noel Gallagher Producers: Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher Chart positions: —

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Charts

• Billboard (North America)

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Album

Singles

Release

UK promotional teaser poster for Be Here Now

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Miscellanea

• Upon its release, Q magazine readers voted it the 13th greatest album of all time. However, in a 2005 retrospective on Oasis' career, the same magazine lowered its rating from a 5/5 to a 2/5. But soon afterwards, in its countdown of "50 Worst Albums of all time, it was "rescued" and is labelled "All because it's no (Whats The Story?) Morning Glory doesn't make it bad." But then in their 20th Anniversary Issue, it was mentioned in the "5 Overated Albums" list. So Q have mixed opinions on the album.
• Noel Gallagher said that, in fact, he wanted to make a double album, but later reconsidered and scrapped some of the tracks intended for this release. Some, like "Stay Young" and "Going Nowhere", were released as B-sides. Nevertheless, the record is their longest so far: at over 70 minutes, it is about 25 minutes longer than the average length of their other records.
• Be Here Now is the fastest selling album in UK chart history.
• The date on the calendar on the album cover varies depending upon the release date of Be Here Now in the relevant country. Therefore, it says August 21 on the British version, but August 26 in the American version.
• At the beginning of "D'You Know What I Mean?", the Morse code in the background is inspired by "Strawberry Fields Forever". It is intended to say "bugger all", following the line "Don't look back 'cause you know what you might see".^[2]
• The cover photo was taken at Stocks House in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, which used to be the rural base of Playboy UK.
• The car parked in the pool on the cover of the album has been widely assumed as a tribute to The Who drummer Keith Moon. The car in the pool refers to a myth that Moon parked a Rolls Royce in a Holiday Inn swimming pool during his 21st birthday party. The car also features a license plate that has the same letter and number combination as a car on the front of the Beatles album Abbey Road, as another one of many Beatle tributes the band has made over the years.
• According to Noel Gallagher, the album name stems from a John Lennon quote. When asked what history was, Lennon replied "to be here now" . "Be Here Now" is also the title of a song by George Harrison.
• Be Here Now is the name of an influential 1971 book by Richard Alpert. The phrase describes the Vedic teaching that to dwell in the past or future is to be dead in the present.
• Actor Johnny Depp guests on slide guitar on "Fade In-Out". Reportedly, Noel was too inebriated to perform it himself.^[2]

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Liam and Noel's opinions

The Gallagher brothers have different opinions about the record. While Noel washed his hands of it, blaming it for over-production and high intake of "booze" and cocaine, Liam defended and liked the record. Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... Cocaine (or crack in its freebase form) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

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Noel:

• "Liam thinks it rocks."
• "It's the sound of 5 men in a studio, on coke, not giving a fuck. There's no bass to it at all, don't know where that went. The songs are too long and the lyrics are shit and for every millisecond Liam is not singing, there's a guitar riff there in a 'Wayne's World' style."
• "It's surprising how many people say to me it's their favourite Oasis album, but I don't like it because I'm giving it all this on the guitar all the time Our Kid's not singing."

He also claims that the album will not be remembered like Definitely Maybe or Morning Glory, but says the title explains what the album is all about. It fitted the music of the day perfectly, but has not stood the test of time. Wayne (left) and Garth (right) displaying a list of the Top Ten Babes of All Time. Waynes World was one of the most popular recurring sketches to come from the NBC television series, Saturday Night Live. ... Definitely Maybe is the highly acclaimed debut album of Britpop band Oasis, first released in 1994 on Creation Records. ... (Whats the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the English rock band Oasis, released in October 1995. ...

Liam:

• "We thought it was great, and I still think it's great. People always talk about Definitely Maybe. Fuck Morning Glory, it's over! Fuck Definitely Maybe, it's over!"
• "Go buy it, there's plenty left!"

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