Be Here Now - Oasis > Reviews > Start of the slump

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Advantages:	one or two good tracks
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no

Full review

It was always going to be difficult for Oasis to follow Definitely Maybe and Whats The Story with another storming album, and so it proved. A car in a pool and a clock without a face on a bizarre front cover give the impression of a rather bizarre album, and that's basically what Be Here Now is.

The major fault was choosing the wrong tracks to release as singles, "D'You Know What I Mean?" is a good album track but when released on it's own did the band's reputation little good. Because of mistakes like this the album was criticised before iteven hit the shops. "All Around The World" stands out as by far and away the best track on what is otherwise an average album. Oasis fans will like it, but general music lovers may not.