Oasis

Be Here Now

Oasis on top of the world

Review Score:

(8/10)
With the release of "Be Here Now" Oasis were giants and the world stood to see what was next for the cocaine snorting-groupie shagging Rock N' Roll Animals. What we got was a giant Rock N Roll epic that went to the loudest and fullest sound Oasis had ever gone to. While still sticking to the basics with a notch louder Oasis experimented with such songs as "D'ya Know What I Mean?" reycling chords from "Wonderwall" and doing a slide guitar track with Johnny Depp on "Fade In/Out". This album however doesn't sound all new, we get tracks like beautiful "Stand By Me" and "Don't Go Away" which is like an updated version of "Wonderwall". Also a touching tribute to Noel's wife Meg "The Girl With The Dirty Shirt". The only weak tracks I feel on this album are "I Hope I Think I Know" and "Be Here Now". "Be Here Now" ends in a blaze with the song-along epic ending oasis album song with "All Around The World" than when you think its over it comes back with an encore of "It's Getting Better(Man)" and the ends on a light note with a little muzik instrumental version of "All Around The World". I do admit this song was a little too loud and overdone which is what kept it from being a classic. Its still worth getting though because singles like these don't come along alot these days.

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