Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants Album Cover Analysis

This album was released in 2000 and signifies a turning point for Oasis. This is when the whole of the band began to change with Gem Archer and Andy Bell joining and the band started to have families and fully grew up. They're sound completely changed for this album. As well as sound, the logo across the top of the album is different to the past four albums, not creating that synergy the band had with all its previous products, symbolising that the band is moving in a different direction to start the mark of a new century. The album cover features the skyline of New York City, with the Empire State Building in the foreground. This implies that the band are sitting at the top of the music business and reinforces the size of the bands popularity. This is also reinforced with the title of the album. The mystique blue look is quite distinctive and iconic and stretches outside the box as this is a colour Oasis haven't yet slapped on an album cover.  The same skyline is featured but from a different angle on the back cover of the album. This is a very simplistic album cover but also very effective!