Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

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Artist Oasis

Title Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

Release type Album

Date of release 23rd February 2000

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Record label Big Brother

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Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Tracklisting

1. Fuckin' in the Bushes
2. Go Let It Out
3. Who Feels Love?
4. Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
5. Little James
6. Gas Panic!
7. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
8. Sunday Morning Call
9. I Can See a Liar
10. Roll It Over
11. Let's All Make Believe

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Reviews

Amazon Review

With Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, Oasis--the self-professed "biggest rock & roll band in the world"--continue exploring their fascination with Great British Bands of the late 1960s. Paying homage to your heroes is one thing, but many of Standing On The Shoulder's best moments sound like their icons' worst. However, this is Oasis, and 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 (What's 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 Wher... Read full review »

Slightly different, but better than Be Here Now

This is the album that spans the old/new Oasis - Bonehead and Guigsy had departed amd Noel had to re-record their parts, and Andy and Gem were yet to join the band. So it's Liam, Noel + friends, and Alan White. It's not the greatest thing you're ever likely to hear and the production leaves a bit of a rough edge to the sound, but that's no bad thing. My highlights are Sunday Morning Call - sounds better played live... Read full review »

Occasionally great.

The highlights of this album are great. However,I Can See A Liar, Little James And Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is are far from great.... Read full review »

Only Two Songs Stop This Being Five Stars

It is a real shame. No, I'm not talking about the 'demise of Oasis', but I'm talking about this album. The shame is that it is so underrated as an Oasis album. It doesn't deserve the amount of criticism it received when released.

The thing is with this album is that it is much better than Be Here Now. Although the singles of that album were the best thing about it, the rest of the songs were devoid of any inspiration. However, many of the songs tackle Noel coming off drugs, the big comedown on the heydays in the nineties and even one about Liam's son.

There's no 'Live Forever' or 'Don't Look Back In Anger'. Don't expect any of these sort of stadium anthems because your not going to get any. The lead single 'Go Let It Out' is probably the nearest thing to the big anthem on this album. But that's the thing. The album is not about big anthems. Instead, psychedelia is brought to the fold, and while initially many of the songs may se... Read full review »

Average for Oasis

After 3 great albums, this album seemed pretty tame for Oasis. It's an average piece of work for them, but still pishes all over anything that most bands could put out. Ever heard Franz Ferdinand or Razorlight write a song like Gas Panic? Songs like Gas Panic, Where Did It All Go Wrong?, Go Let It Out and Roll It Over are as good as a... Read full review »

Just about good enough

With only 10 songs to its name, Shoulder of Giants is already looking a bit think before we even begin. 'F'ing in the Bushes' is an instrumental opener which is not bad, but you get the feeling Oasis were trying to scrape enough songs together to make an album.

However, a fair amount of what is there is pretty darn good. First single 'Go Let it Out' is great, as is the Noel sung 'Where did it all go Wrong' and 'Gas Panic!', which is my favourite from the album. It starts fairly quiet and builds throughout, becoming a realy force by the end of the song.

The main problem with the rest of the songs is the lyrics. For example 'I can see a Liar' rhymes liar/fire and goes/overdose...hardly something you would expect from Noel. Saying that, Liam's effort is even worse... Read full review »

Lyrics

You can get the lyrics to the songs on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants from the Bands Only Oasis lyrics section.