01: F*ckin' In The Bushes
02: Go Let It Out
03: Who Feels Love?
04: Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
05: Little James
06: Gas Panic!
07: Where Did It All Go Wrong?
08: Sunday Morning Call
09: I Can See A Liar
10: Roll It Over
Release Date: February 28th 2000
Highest Chart Position: Number 1 in the UK
02: Go Let It Out
03: Who Feels Love?
04: Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
05: Little James
06: Gas Panic!
07: Where Did It All Go Wrong?
08: Sunday Morning Call
09: I Can See A Liar
10: Roll It Over
Release Date: February 28th 2000
Highest Chart Position: Number 1 in the UK
Oasis
Liam Gallagher – vocals (2–6, 9–10)
Noel Gallagher – lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (7–8), co-lead vocals (4), production
Alan White – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Paul Stacey – keyboards, additional lead guitar (1), backwards guitar (3), bass guitar (3, 6, 9–10), additional acoustic guitar (7)
P. P. Arnold and Linda Lewis – backing vocals (1, 4, 10)
Mark Coyle – electric sitar (4), twelve-string acoustic guitar (5)
Mark Feltham – harmonica (6)
Charlotte Glasson – flute (6)
Production
Mark Stent – production, engineering
Paul Stacey – engineering
Wayne Wilkins – assistant engineering
Paul "P-Dub" Walton – assistant engineering
Aaron Pratley – assistant engineering
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Jan "Stan" Kybert – programming, Pro Tools
Steve "Rambo" Robinson – studio assistant
Design
Art Direction – Noel Gallagher
Art Direction, Artwork [Photo/collage] – Simon Halfon
Photography By [Chateau] – Jill Furmanovsky
Photography By [Cover] – Andrew MacPherson
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by Oasis, released on February 28th 2000.
In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members Bonehead and Guigsy and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.
Songs such as the Indian-influenced Who Feels Love?, the progressive Gas Panic! and the electronica Go Let It Out depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album on it's release was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums.
Trivia
The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants — A Bum Title".
Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.
The first track, F*ckin' In The Bushes, is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.
In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number forty six and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."
A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a five star classic.
Demos
A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.
The tracklisting of the demo bootleg was.
Carry Us All
Who Feels Love?
F*ckin' In The Bushes
Little James
Gas Panic!
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
Sunday Morning Call
I Can See A Liar
Go Let It Out
Roll It Over
Revolution Song
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
Just Getting Older
Let There Be Love
Liam Gallagher – vocals (2–6, 9–10)
Noel Gallagher – lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (7–8), co-lead vocals (4), production
Alan White – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Paul Stacey – keyboards, additional lead guitar (1), backwards guitar (3), bass guitar (3, 6, 9–10), additional acoustic guitar (7)
P. P. Arnold and Linda Lewis – backing vocals (1, 4, 10)
Mark Coyle – electric sitar (4), twelve-string acoustic guitar (5)
Mark Feltham – harmonica (6)
Charlotte Glasson – flute (6)
Production
Mark Stent – production, engineering
Paul Stacey – engineering
Wayne Wilkins – assistant engineering
Paul "P-Dub" Walton – assistant engineering
Aaron Pratley – assistant engineering
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Jan "Stan" Kybert – programming, Pro Tools
Steve "Rambo" Robinson – studio assistant
Design
Art Direction – Noel Gallagher
Art Direction, Artwork [Photo/collage] – Simon Halfon
Photography By [Chateau] – Jill Furmanovsky
Photography By [Cover] – Andrew MacPherson
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants is the fourth studio album by Oasis, released on February 28th 2000.
In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members Bonehead and Guigsy and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.
Songs such as the Indian-influenced Who Feels Love?, the progressive Gas Panic! and the electronica Go Let It Out depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album on it's release was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums.
Trivia
The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants — A Bum Title".
Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.
The first track, F*ckin' In The Bushes, is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.
In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number forty six and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."
A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a five star classic.
Demos
A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.
The tracklisting of the demo bootleg was.
Carry Us All
Who Feels Love?
F*ckin' In The Bushes
Little James
Gas Panic!
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is
Sunday Morning Call
I Can See A Liar
Go Let It Out
Roll It Over
Revolution Song
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
Just Getting Older
Let There Be Love