10 Rock Albums That Went From Hated To Loved

From where it stands today, it’s almost impossible to even pinpoint what the rock community even thinks of Oasis’ Be Here Now. Upon its first release, this was the record that was bound to put Oasis in the upper echelon of the greatest bands in the world, only to become one of the biggest miscalculations in music history with far too many guitar overdubs to go around. Now that the anti-hype has died down, does it really warrant all that scorn?

It’s not like those people don’t have a fair point, as Noel Gallagher has made mention of not liking the record very much. When you look at the songs by themselves, this is still the classic Oasis sound that everyone was expecting, as the Gallaghers stroke their own egos in song and make tracks that try to give the Beatles a run for their money at the best of times. Granted, the songs are very long, but that doesn’t make them automatically bad either, with All Around the World being the closest that the band has come to writing their own version of Hey Jude. It’s not like long songs were out of the question for Oasis back in the day either, with tracks like Columbia lulling you into a bit of a trance whenever it came on.

Even if fans weren’t as receptive to them in the following years, the highlights of this album would be enough for any other band’s career, from Liam actually getting a bit more emotional on Don’t Go Away or making one of the heaviest songs they have ever created on Fade In Out. This is the kind of record that could only be made when you’re too big to fail, but it doesn’t feel like the Gallaghers are playing it safe. They thought they were the greatest band in the world, and every song on here is them capitalizing on that promise.