title: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Tribe of Gypsies album)
text: # Standing on the Shoulders of Giants (Tribe of Gypsies album)
  
  Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is the third full-length album by San Fernando Valley, California-based Latin rock band Tribe of Gypsies. It marks the swan song for percussionist Mario Aguilar and bassist Eddie Casillas, who was replaced by Juan Perez (ex-Civil Defiance) for the final three songs the band recorded for the album.
  
  The title refers to a saying first attributed to Bernard of Chartres. It was most famously used by the 17th-century scientist Isaac Newton and is also inscribed on the edge of the British £2 coin. The album was re-titled Tribe of Gypsies III for the European market and released by Bruce Dickinson's Air Raid label.
  
  The album contains a cover of "Parisienne Walkways" (dedicated to Philomena Lynott in the liner notes), co-written by Phil Lynott and Gary Moore for Moore's 1979 Back On The Streets album. The track also appears on The Spirit of the Black Rose - A Tribute to Philip Parris Lynott, released by Swedish label Record Heaven in 2001. Another song, "Over All", written with Downset's Rey Oropeza, is uncredited and plays at roughly the ten-minute mark of "Parisienne Walkways".
  
  "The Flower" was co-written by Roy Z and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.
  
  Sian Llewellyn of Classic Rock magazine called the album "a summer stunner".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * The Flower
  * Rays Of The Sun
  * Admit It
  * It Don't Bother Me
  * Puro Party
  * What Cha Want
  * Angel
  * Up
  * Better Days
  * Dreams
  * Puro Party (Reprise)
  * Parisienne Walkways [bonus track]
  * Over All [uncredited bonus track]
  