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Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
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Studio album by Oasis
Released 28 February 2000
Recorded April–August 1999
Studio Château de la Colle Noire in Montauroux, France; Olympic Studios, Supernova Heights, and Wheeler End Studios in London
Genre
Length 47:53
Label
Producer
Oasis chronology
The Masterplan
(1998)
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
(2000)
Familiar to Millions
(2000)
Singles from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
  1. "Go Let It Out"
    Released: 7 February 2000
  2. "Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
    Released: 29 February 2000
  3. "Who Feels Love?"
    Released: 17 April 2000
  4. "Sunday Morning Call"
    Released: 3 July 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Alternative Press 3/5
Entertainment Weekly B
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars
Melody Maker 3.5/5 stars
NME 6/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2/5 stars
Spin 3/5 stars

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000 by Big Brother Records. It 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 and has sold around 208,000 copies in the US.

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 a 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 band's earlier style.

The album's title was taken from the words made famous by Sir Isaac Newton:

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.


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