Oasis ★★★

Be Here Now

The overblown production is a given, and the triumphalism that rang false in the dusk of Britpop is no more charming now. But Noel rightly rates its standout tunes – D’You Know What I Mean, My Big Mouth, Stand By Me – and later Oasis albums would have begged for an I Hope, I Think, I Know (although maybe not a Magic Pie). If only A1 B-sides Stay Young and Going Nowhere had been on it.