Audio CD review:
Oasis - Stand by Me

Oasis - Stand by Me

Band: Oasis Title: Stand by Me Rating: Release Date: 25 September, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Stand by Me 2: (I Got) The Fever 3: My Sister Lover 4: Going Nowhere

Customer Reviews a terrific CD single--Oasis' seemingly magic touch is on full display here In addition to the great title track, you get 3 additional tracks, all of which are terrific songs written by Noel Gallagher, and of these, only "Going Nowhere" appears on the b-sides compilation "The Masterplan". Oasis were already legendary by this time for their terrific non-LP b-sides, and by all means, the trend continued with the "Stand By Me" UK CD single. The rocker "(I Got) The Fever", which somewhat recalls the Happy Mondays' "Kinky Afro", has jangly guitars, a bluesy guitar riff, and neatly switches from minor-keyed verses to a major-keyed chorus. The religion-themed "My Sister Lover" does have noticeably weak and surprisingly simplistic lyrics, but despite this, it's an irresisible rocker with an absolutely larger-than-life sound, with an ultra-distorted fuzzy lead guitar tone from Noel, and superb harmony on the chorus. The disc closes with the breezy, wistful ballad "Going Nowhere" which recalls Burt Bacharach with its electric piano and horn arrangement. For any genuine Oasis fan, this single ranks as a must-have. Awesome I've run out of superlatives to throw at this Oasis tune, my second best from them behind Champagne Supernova (and that is a amazing song). This is just a brilliant, fantastic, great, awsome and marvellous song. I just love this band. If you've never heard this song before than you are missing a gem. A hard rock single..... exciting¡¡¡ This songs talks about someone you should care about, and the message just gets to your heart. The song "Stand by me" is just very good and has romantic, heart touching lyrics. A single that rocks¡¡¡. The songs are just great, the last one is a noel acoustic song that inspires people to make true the dreams they have, it has positive lyrics that makes you fight for a dream. . . . a must have for any "hard" fan of OASIS. . You can see a complete list of all Oasis discography, or go back to the Oasis tabs