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Despite the critics to this album, the tracks are extremely catchy once you have heard them a few times. The true Oasis fan will appreciate this album, but it probably wont appeal to the commercial audience.
they do manage to pull some stunners out of their hats: “Gas Panic” and “Where Did It All Go Wrong?” demonstrate the command of catchy hooks and epic anthems that made their first two albums–Definitely Maybe and (Whats The Story) Morning Glory?–such classics. Elsewhere, their influences are more obvious. The psychedelic “Who Feels Love?” is a perfect example of George Harrison in full Eastern Mystic mode, complete with sitars, tablas and tape-loops. Outright rocker “Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is” has the strut and stomp of vintage Doors or Rolling Stones, but is ultimately let down by its weak songwriting (“Ready or not, come what may/The bets are going down for judgement day”). The most dubious lyrics are saved for the Liam Gallagher-penned “Little James”, his paean to paternal love which–perhaps unintentionally–contains some of rocks most laughable couplets (“You live for your toys, even though they make noise”). Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants doesn’t represent a major step forward for Oasis, but it is a definite improvement on the bands previous album.
All songs written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.
“Fuckin’ in the Bushes” 3:18
“Go Let It Out” 4:38
“Who Feels Love?” 5:44
“Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is” 4:27
“Little James” (Liam Gallagher) 4:15
“Gas Panic!” 6:08
“Where Did It All Go Wrong?” 4:26
“Sunday Morning Call” 5:12
“I Can See a Liar” 3:12
“Roll It Over” 6:31
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000. The album is the 16th fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry[1] and has sold around 208,000 copies in the US.[2][3] Despite becoming their fourth number-one album in the UK, it is currently the bands lowest selling album to date.
In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Alan McGee closed Creation Records and Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark Stent) to replace Owen Morris.
The album is an effective modern psychedelic record complete with drum loops, samples, electric sitar, mellotron, synthesizers and backward guitars, resulting in an album more experimental with electronica and heavy psychedelic rock influences. Songs such as “Go Let It Out”, the Indian-influenced “Who Feels Love?”, and the progressive “Gas Panic!” were a departure from the bands earlier style. “Fuckin’ in the Bushes” has been considered to be the closest Oasis have come to hard rock with Led Zeppelin style riffs
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