“With 1997’s Bloated Be Here Now, Oasis parked themselves in a retro cul-de-sac; the band’s second-coming-of-Beatlemania shtick was running on fumes, and more-forward-looking bands zipped by, fueled by funked-up hip-hop and electro dance beats. Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, the fourth studio album by Brit pop’s most celebrated revival band, puts Oasis back in […]”