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Oasis

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Oasis 25th Anniversary Limited Edition (Silver Vinyl) featuring the remastered soundtrack of "Be Here Now", the third album of Oasis released in 1997, will be released in a collector's limited silver-colored vinyl heavyweight edition to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of "Be Here Now", the band's third album released in 1997. Be Here Now - 25th Anniversary Limited Edition (Silver Vinyl)", a collector's exclusive silver-colored vinyl heavyweight edition featuring remastered soundtracks, will be released. released on August 21, 1997, was Oasis' third album, following the smash hit "Morning Glory," which became the band's best-selling album of all time and a stepping stone to their worldwide breakthrough. The previous summer, the band played two nights in front of more than 250,000 people at the Nevworth. An astonishing 2.5 million applications for tickets were received. Last year, a quarter of a century later, the documentary film "Oasis: Nebworth 1996" was released, featuring footage from the show.Directed by Grammy-nominated director Jake Scott, the film became the highest-grossing documentary film in the United Kingdom in 2021. By 1997, Oasis had reached the pinnacle of their success and had become the embodiment of British youth culture as a whole. Oasis had become the embodiment of British youth culture as a whole. The clamor for a third album to follow "Morning Glory" was immense, and amidst the heated expectations, they had arguably made the most anticipated album since the heyday of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Produced by Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher and recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Ridge Farm Studios, Eyre Studios, Masterlock Studios, and Orinoco Studios between November 1996 and April 1997 after the Nebworth show, Be Here Now".In addition to the band's third number one single, "D' You Know What I Mean?", the ambitious nine-minute "All Around The World", and one of the most streamed songs of all Oasis songs, the evergreen classic " Stand By Me," among others. The juxtaposition of the heartfelt introspection of "Don't Go Away" with the surreal psychedelia of "Magic Pie" is what makes "Be Here Now" such an epic masterpiece. At a time when most albums were released on Mondays, "Be Here Now" was released at midnight on Thursday, August 21, 1997, and immediately sold an astounding 400,000 copies in the UK on its first day and 663,400 in just three days. In addition to reaching #1 in 15 countries around the world, it held the top spot on the UK Albums Chart for four weeks. To date, it is the highest-selling album of all time in the first seven days of its release in the history of the Official UK Charts, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide.Twenty-five years later, the sound of a band synonymous with a generation at the height of its powers lives on as a legend.