|
''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〔(''Standing on the Shoulder of Giants'' certification ). British Phonographic Industry. Accessed on 25 January 2009.〕 and has sold around 208,000 copies in the US.〔Downey, Ryan J. ("Oasis Set Up U.S. Tour Whether Liam Likes It Or Not" ). mtvnews.com. 16 May 2002.〕〔Trust, Gary. ("Ask Billboard: "English Beat" ). billboard.com. 23 January 2009.〕 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 band's earlier style. ==History== 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.〔Letter from Isaac Newton to Robert Hooke, 5 February 1676, as transcribed in Jean-Pierre Maury (1992) ''Newton: Understanding the Cosmos'', New Horizons〕Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin while 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 while drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the ''Shoulder'' of Giants".〔Oasisnet "A Bum Title" which was also missing a letter due to him actually meaning to write "Album title Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. ()〕 Due to the departure of Alan McGee and two original band members, Bonehead and Guigsy, while the album was still in production, their parts had to be re-recorded for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White, and the sleeve of the album also features them. Noel decided to drop the equipment used in the three previous albums and instead buy "loads of really weird pedals, old guitars, and small amps", as the lack of deadline to deliver the album allowed Gallagher to "take quite a few days just messing around" and attempt new musical sonorities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Standing on the Shoulder of Giants」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|