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Familiar to Millions
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Familiar to Millions multaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, CD, double cas-
sette, triple vinyl, and MiniDisc.
Track listing
All songs written by Noel Gallagher, except where noted.
The disc division and track lengths below are taken from
the double-CD edition of the album.
Disc one
1. "Fuckin’ in the Bushes" (intro tape) – 3:04
2. "Go Let It Out" – 5:32
3. "Who Feels Love?" – 5:59
4. "Supersonic" – 4:30
5. "Shakermaker" – 5:13
Live album by Oasis 6. "Acquiesce" – 4:18
7. "Step Out" (Gallagher, Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby,
Released 13 November 2000 (UK)
21 November 2000 / 17 March 2001 (US) Sylvia Moy) – 4:05
8. "Gas Panic!" – 8:01
Recorded 16 April 2000 & 21 July 2000 9. "Roll with It" – 4:43
Genre Alternative rock, Britpop 10. "Stand by Me" – 5:49
Length 45:14 (CD 1) Disc two
46:29 (CD 2)
68:29 (Short Edition CD) 1. "Wonderwall" – 4:34
2. "Cigarettes & Alcohol" – 6:53
Label Big Brother (UK)
3. "Don’t Look Back in Anger" – 5:09
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4. "Live Forever" – 4:52
Epic E2K 85267 (US) 5. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Neil Young) –
3:45
Producer Jon Lemon, Mark Stent, Paul Stacey 6. "Champagne Supernova" – 6:31
Oasis chronology 7. "Rock ’n’ Roll Star" – 6:19
8. "Helter Skelter" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) –
Standing on the Shoulder Familiar to Heathen 6:32
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The ’Highlights’ Version
(This version is on one CD, (rather than two, as shown
Familiar to Millions is a live album by the British rock band
above). All songs are written by Noel Gallagher.)
Oasis. It was recorded at Wembley Stadium on 21 July
1. "Go Let It Out"
2000. It debuted at #5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies
2. "Who Feels Love?"
sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold
3. "Supersonic"
around 310,000 copies in Britain alone (Platinum), about
4. "Shakermaker"
70,000 copies in the U.S.[3][4] and and estimated 1 million
5. "Acquiesce"
copies worldwide. The album was initially released si-
6. "Gas Panic!"
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Format Colour
4x LP Grey
2x CD Red
1x CD Violet
4x Cassette Yellow
1x VHS White
1x DVD Light Blue
2x MD Light Green
7. "Roll with It" • A highlights CD was released on 1 October 2001 to
8. "Wonderwall" celebrate Oasis’ tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin’
9. "Cigarettes & Alcohol" In The Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand by Me", "Hey
10. "Don’t Look Back in Anger" Hey, My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all omitted.
11. "Live Forever" • As Liam let the audience sing the choruses of
12. "Champagne Supernova" "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other
13. "Rock ’n’ Roll Star" parts of the song ("By now you should have somehow...
realised not to sniff glue" / "And all the lights that light the
Video version (DVD/VHS) way are... doin’ me fuckin’ ’ead in!") at the 21 July gig,
the version on the various audio formats features a
As well as the whole show the DVD features the follow- different vocal track to the original one recorded at
ing: Wembley. This also applies to Noel’s backing vocals.
• 45-minute documentary shot in and around Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded live
Wembley by Grant Gee including backstage at Oasis’ gig at the Yokohama Arena, Tokyo, on 5
interviews and fans footage. March 2000. Only one line: "I’m sure you heard it all
• Multicamera angles on the track "Cigarettes & before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the
Alcohol". actual Wembley gig, as Liam failed to sing this line
• Live screen films for "Go Let It Out", "Supersonic", correctly in the Tokyo performance.
"Live Forever" and "Rock ’n’ Roll Star". • The audio version of the album is also missing
• Complete Discography (inc. international releases) various bits of between-track banter.
with audio clips and artwork.
• PCM 2.0 Stereo Sound.
• Dolby Digital 5.0 Surround Sound.
Promos
• CD-ROM element, which links to an exclusive page • A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas
on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video
Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves featured visuals from throughout the gig and was
to play "Live Forever". slightly edited down to 6:57.
• ’Tambourine’ icon: click it and it takes you to and • "Gas Panic!" and "Hey Hey, My My" promo CDs were
from the documentary in real time. A first for a non- issued in Brazil to promote Oasis’ appearance at the
film release. Rock in Rio festival on 14 January 2001. The 2-track
The VHS features the whole show and a 20-minute docu- CD of Gas Panic! included the album version and an
mentary (entitled "Mad Fer It") featuring exclusive inter- edited version of the Wembley track, which was
views with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is edited down to 4:28. The 1-track CD of Hey Hey, My
unique to the VHS format. My included the live version from Wembley.
Audio version (CD/Vinyl/Cas- Artwork
sette/MiniDisc) Each of the six different formats (plus the 2001 highlights
CD) had a different colour for its own cover art. Below is
• The CD features an extra bonus track, a cover of The a table featuring each colour for each format
Beatles’ song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at
the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on 16
April 2000. Personnel
• Liam Gallagher – lead vocals, tambourine
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Year Chart Position
2000 UK Albums Chart 5
2000 US Billboard 200 182
• Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, vocals Album
• Gem Archer – rhythm guitar
• Andy Bell – bass guitar
• Alan White – drums References
• Jay Darlington – keyboards [1] Allmusic Familiar to Millions review
[2] Oasis: Familiar To Millions (2000): Reviews
Charts [3] Basham, David. "Got Charts? Making Grammy
Predictions, Counting Crowes". MTV.com. January
Billboard (North America) 11, 2002.
[4] Goldner, Jonathan. "Oasis Badger ’Thieving’ Fans At
Las Vegas Gig". MTV.com. April 29, 2002.
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