Oasis’ third studio album remains one of the fastest selling in British history.
There’ll be another re-release of Oasis’ Be Here Now on August 19th, this one to mark the album’s 25th anniversary.
Following the Chasing The Sun reissue series of the mid-2010s, the anniversary version will offer limited collectors’ editions on various formats, including silver vinyl (pic) and cassette. To mark the announcement, a lyric video for the 2016 edit of lead single D’You Know What I Mean? has premiered on YouTube.
“Far more than the sum of its parts, Be Here Now too is about memories,” our Chasing The Sun-era feature reads.
“Your memories. The memory of being young. Of your favourite band being omnipresent in your life. Of sharing the excitement of release day outside a record shop with family, or friends, or complete strangers.”
“The journey home which lasted ten minutes but on this occasion felt like hours. Of pressing play and embarking on that bloody long odyssey for the very first time. Of that summer, when Britpop was about to be shown up for the sham that it was, when Noel Gallagher was shaking hands with the new Prime Minister, but when Oasis were, like all the great bands, still a gang. A gang which had – without an ounce of compromise – become the biggest and, for millions, the best.”
“For those who adore it, to question their character, their credentials as music fans, is to miss the point entirely. Just like Definitely Maybe always had, with the passing of time today Be Here Now’s greatest strength is its escapism – a time capsule packed with cherished moments that are all your own, and need no-one else’s justification.”
“Thursday, August 21st 1997 will always be right here, right now.”
