TRAINWRECKORDS: 'Be Here Now' by Oasis

Today is gonna be the day that we look at the album that killed Britpop and made Oasis has-beens overnight!

[fortheloveofbog]

On the radio yesterday the DJ was like "Hey everyone it's the 25th anniversary of Be Here Now! Definitely gotta be one of my favorite Oasis albums for sure" and then instead of playing a song from it he put on Champagne Supernova.

[CasperLD]

I was 18 when I bought this in 1997. I remember when I put it on for the first time. Life was good. At 20 I left the UK for the States to better myself. I became a citizen and worked hard. It was 5 whole years before I returned to the UK and when I finally got home the album was only on track nine.

[identifymenot]

I saw an interview from Noel once, who said that his creativity came from being unemployed in an economically depressed North of England.
And once he had rose to international stardom, he found it harder and harder to find inspiration.

[Krebfest]

The fact that we went from "I only got one request for Trainwreckords" to it arguably being the show Todds most known for is beautiful

[brenmidov]

I’m listening to all around the world, and Jesus Christ man you only covered half of it. I wasn’t ready for the La La section after the Na Na section, then an “and I know and I know” section, then more trumpets and a “please don’t cry I won’t say die”section. IT JUST KEEPS GOING. THERES ANOTHER NA NA SECTION AS IM TYPING THIS WTF IS HAPPENING???

[EazyB]

You know those times as a kid or teenager when your parents forced you to come with them to visit some relative or friend of theirs, and after an evening of excruciating boredom, it's FINALLY time to go? But then your mother starts talking as she's putting on her coat in the foyer, and they blather on for ANOTHER 40 minutes?

That's what listening to this album feels like...

[seatspud]

If there ever was a better image describing Noel and Liam, it's those trains smashing together.

[Mr_DPZ]

Four years after this review was originally posted, the idea of Noel and Liam going to every single individual person in the world singing the chorus to "All Around the World" at them still makes me chuckle.

[nellfromhell]

I remember one time when my dad was drunk I heard him singing all around the world but replacing every word with wank

[Redpipe]

Weird trivia but the Phantom Menace comparison is hilarious because Ewan McGregor was Noel’s next door neighbor when he was cast in Phantom Menace and when this album came out.

[recklessted]

I can appreciate that when Daft Punk makes a 10 minute song, they have the decency to title it "Too Long".

[weilim]

Noel Gallagher's DVD commentary for the All Around The World music video is hilarious.

"Anybody watching this video, I'd advise them to mow the garden because this takes forever."

"Is... Is that a man with legs made of sausages?!?!"

[PepsiEnthusiast]

As a kid, I thought "All Around the World" was just an ad jingle for a cellphone network rather than a real song.

[PoetryJesusYK]

Pitchfork said it best when they wrote that Oasis didn’t make this album, cocaine MADE them make this album

[TSFboi]

"Just great rock & roll!" - NME
Is this the guy who gave Bubsy 3D the Gold X award?

[teddydog]

"A death march of peace and love" was one of the funniest sentences I've heard in a very long time.

[Harvb]

I believe the working title for this album was "Lieutenant Paprika's Isolated Pancreas Group Band".

[jeremybean-hodges]

I went to listen to the album for the first time after watching this review, and I can absolutely confirm that it is 35 minutes' worth of music jam-packed into 75 minutes.

[callanfox]

I showed this to mom, and she said "oh I had this on CD!" and for the whole video she went
"don't remember this track,
don't remember this track,
don't remember this track,
don't remember this track,
Oh, I like 'Don't go away'
don't remember this track."

[skrounst]

The first time I heard "All Around the World" I didnt know it was 9 minutes long and at like 3 and a half minutes when the key change happened I thought it was the last chorus (foolishly) and thought it was a FANTASTIC song... Then it goes on for another SIX MINUTES. I was laughing my ass off by the end at how absurd it was. Why didnt anyone stop them? Not one person in the recording process said anything to dissuade a catchy single from being nine and a half minutes long... Crazy..