Oasis’ third full-length studio album Be Here Now is being given the re-issue treatment by Big Brother Recordings for the record’s 25th anniversary.
The re-issue will be released on August 19th as a silver-coloured double LP. The album will also be available on picture disc and cassette and will feature completely remastered audio. A lyric video for the song “D’You Know What I Mean? (NG’s 2016 Rethink)” has been unveiled, which you can see at the link below.
Oasis’ third record was originally released in August of 1997, three years on from their debut Definitely Maybe, and two years following their sophomore effort (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? On first release, the record received somewhat mixed reviews, with some critics offering up negative reception in regard to the length of certain songs, lyrics and the production. Naturally however, the album also received a great deal of love and praise, with Dele Fadele of Vox having referred to the album as: “a veritable rock’n’roll monsoon of an album; a giant jigsaw puzzle, an elemental force, a monster that cannot and will not be contained.”
In a 2020 documentary, Noel Gallagher reflected on the critical reception to the record, highlighting in particular the more negative reviews, saying: “I mean it goes to prove that really, journalists, they know fuck all. They had to second guess everything after ‘Morning Glory’, cos they’d got it so wrong…That’s why when ‘Be Here Now came’ out, which isn’t a great album, it got 10/10 everywhere, it didn’t get one bad review, because they didn’t want to be made to look like dicks again, and they were, because it’s not half the record ‘Morning Glory’ is… After that, they properly hated us after that, cos they didn’t understand us.”
Fans will be able to buy the record from the band’s online store. Pre-orders can be found at this link.
Big Brother Recordings previously re-released Be Here Now in 2016, following the re-release of Oasis’ first two records. The re-release featured B-sides and unheard tracks alongside the original tunes from the record.
