Group’s iconic third album will be reissued on Aug 19th

Big Brother Recordings has announced the release of limited edition collector’s album formats to celebrate the silver anniversary of Oasis’ historic third album, Be Here Now. Released on August 19th, ahead of the anniversary of the original release date of August 21st, formats include a silver colored double heavyweight LP, plus a double picture disc and cassette available exclusively from the band’s online store, all with remastered audio.

The group also unveils a new lyric video for “D’You Know What I Mean? (NG’s 2016 Rethink).” The original version of the track which marked the introduction to the album, charted at No. 1 in the Official UK Singles Chart on this day 25 years ago. Additional lyric videos and original Oasis content from the era will be made available throughout the campaign with special activity to celebrate the album.

Be Here Now was released on August 21, 1997 and followed the success of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis’ biggest selling album and the record that brought them international acclaim. The previous summer, Oasis played to more than 250,000 people over two nights at Knebworth, with an astounding 2.5 million people applying for tickets.

With last year marking a quarter of a century since the shows, a cinematic documentary of the event was released, Oasis Knebworth 1996. Directed by Grammy Award-nominee Jake Scott, it became the UK’s highest grossing documentary of 2021. Accompanied by the definitive live album of the era-defining concerts, they received critical acclaim and rave reviews globally by both existing fans and a new generation of young followers.

By 1997, Oasis were at the pinnacle of their success and had become omnipresent in British youth culture. The appetite for Be Here Now was immense and it was amid this overheated anticipation that they made arguably the most eagerly awaited record since the heyday of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Be Here Now was produced by Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher and recorded at Abbey Road, Ridge Farm, Air, Master Rock and Orinoco Studios between November 1996 and April 1997. As well as “D’You Know What I Mean?,” the band’s third No. 1 single, the album features the ambitious nine-minute “All Around The World” plus evergreen classic “Stand By Me,” which is one of Oasis’ most streamed tracks. The epic elements of Be Here Now are contrasted by the heartfelt introspection of “Don’t Go Away” and the surreal psychedelia of “Magic Pie.”

Released at midnight on Thursday, August 21st 1997, at a time when most albums were released on Monday, Be Here Now sold a staggering 400,000 copies on the first day in the UK, with 663,400 sales in just three days. It was No. 1 in 15 countries and remained at the top of the UK Album Chart for four weeks. To date, it has the most album sales in the first seven days of release in UK Official Chart history and has sold over eight million copies globally.

A1. D’You Know What I Mean? (Remastered)
A2. My Big Mouth (Remastered)
A3. Magic Pie (Remastered)
B1. Stand By Me (Remastered)
B2. I Hope, I Think, I Know (Remastered)
B3. The Girl In The Dirty Shirt (Remastered)
C1. Fade In-Out (Remastered)
C2. Don’t Go Away (Remastered)
C3. Be Here Now (Remastered)
D1. All Around The World (Remastered)
D2. It’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) (Remastered)
D3. All Around The World (Reprise) (Remastered)