Oasis

Be Here Now

[****] the critics!

Review Score:

(8/10)
When 'Be here now' came out I was incredibly disappointed with it. In fact, I disliked the album so much that within months of it's release I wound up getting rid of it.
Recently though, I found the interest in purchasing it again, more or less for giggles, and I found that I actually like it.
Some of my original complaints were with the longevity of the songs, they would either take an eon to start or to finish, and the numerous Beatle references throughout, with Noel Gallager using at least 4 Beatle titles in his lyrics. Which brings up my biggest problem here with the sometimes very weak lyrical contexts. Such lines as "Sing a song for me/one from Let it be", and "I don't believe in everything I see/Y'know I'm blind so why d'you disagree" make the listener think that Noel wasn't even trying when the songs were being written.
On the good side, there are some great tunes here. "D'you know what I mean?", "Stand by me", and "Don't go away" are all excellent songs, and "Magic pie" is my personal favorite.
Also of note is the general amount of energy here. It's a fun record that was apparently fun to make.
All in all it's a great album to listen to if you can sit through all 70 odd minutes of it, and if you can put up with the occasonal weak line or two.

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