Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants is not a bad album, there are five stellar songs on here that would grace anyones' album any day, four that are average and one that is so bad it makes me want to vomit listening to it...
The album opener is a great way to start. Fuckin In The Bushes has thunderous drums and catchy as hell guitar riffs all laced with samples which are funny, god knows where they're from though!
Go Let It Out is next and you can see why it was the lead single from the album. It's led by Liams' sneering vocals and a loud bassline all held together by driving acoustic guitars and a catchy chorus. Great stuff.
Who Feels Love is a mellower affair but is still one of the best tracks on the cd.
Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is is a traditional Oasis guitar track which struggles to get above average and sounds a bit paint-by-numbers Oasis. It's listenable but nowt more than that.
Track 5 on the album is Little James, which was Liams' first song to make it onto an Oasis album. Words cannot describe how awful this is. The lyrics are so awful they make me squirm with embarrassment. Why the hell is this song on here? Did Noel have a shortage of songs? Were they high whilst recording it? Easily the worst Oasis track ever, I would rather listen to Westlife than that again.
The next track is the best (talk about chalk and cheese!!), Gas Panic is simply awesome with a fantastic uplifting guitar solo halfway through. If anyone ever says they hate Oasis play them this track and they will be converted. Trust me.
Where Did It All Go Wrong? is one of those boring Noel sung ballads which has good lyrics but they are not enough to rescue it from the clutches of avaregeness. (if that's even a word)
Sunday Morning Call is another Noel sung one. This one is great though which this time has the melodies to match the great lyrics.
I Can See A Liar is yet more paint-by-numbers Oasis. Boring Boring Boring.
The album finishes with Roll It Over which attempts to be another Champagne Supernova. The trouble is I don't like Champagne Supernova so this one doesn't click with me.
So, Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants whilst being very up and down, still has it's classics and is better than Be Here Now any day of the week. 3/5
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