Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

This article is about the Oasis album. For the metaphor, see Standing on the shoulders of giants. For the Tribe of Gypsies album, see Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Tribe of Gypsies album).

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Studio album by
Oasis
Released28 February 2000 (2000-02-28)
RecordedApril–August 1999
StudioOlympic, Supernova Heights (London, England), Wheeler End (Buckinghamshire, England), Château de La Colle Noire (Montauroux, France)
Genre
Length47:53
LabelBig Brother
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

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000. It was the band's first album under their new record label Big Brother Recordings. In the year preceding the album's release, Alan McGee closed Creation Records, and Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired new producer Mark "Spike" Stent to replace Owen Morris.

The album marked a significant change from the Britpop scene to a modern psychedelic record complete with drum loops, samples, electric sitar, Mellotron, synthesisers 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!" departed from the band's earlier style. This album also marked the first time that lead singer Liam Gallagher contributed on songwriting ("Little James"), and this process continued for their subsequent albums, instead of relying solely on Noel Gallagher's songwriting as they had for the first three albums.

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[1] and has sold around 208,000 copies in the US.[2][3]

  1. ^ Standing on the Shoulder of Giants certification Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  2. ^ Downey, Ryan J. "Oasis Set Up U.S. Tour Whether Liam Likes It Or Not" Archived 4 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. MTV News.com. 16 May 2002.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary. "Ask Billboard: "English Beat" Archived 1 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. billboard.com. 23 January 2009.