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Familiar to Millions
Release Date: 2001 12 11
Label: Epic
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Fed up with the Gallagher brothers? Believe they long ago grew too big for their (Beatle) boots? Be that as it may, here's a pointed reminder of just why the siblings' heads and egos became so outsized. Familiar to Millions Highlights slims down the band's double-live CD Familiar to Millions to one disc, which also makes for a handy-dandy greatest-hits set. Recorded at London's Wembley Stadium across two nights at the end of their 2000 grand world tour, Oasis were more than at the top of their game, they were gods. The band sound omnipotent, and were met by a crowd of adoring worshippers whom they drove to a screaming frenzy. One of the many highlights of the show was a seething "Shakermaker," and behind the group you can hear the whole stadium singing along in ecstasy. For all the comparisons with the Fab Four (and on record there was no denying them), live the band brought a power to their music that even the Mop Tops at their early Hamburg heights could never equal. The thundering sound of "Who Feels Love" is a case in point, both brothers' emotive performances across "Gas Panic" is another, and when they burst into "Roll with It," Oasis would have brought the walls down if they'd been indoors. But it's the one, two, three sucker punches of "Wonderwall," a hard rocking "Cigarettes and Alcohol," and the wave your lighters in the air "Don't Look Back in Anger" that brings the entire arena to their feet. A strutting "Rock 'N' Roll Star" hauls the set to a suitable close with all the insouciance of the early Small Faces and bad boy attitude of the '60s Rolling Stones. If ever a band wanted to go out on a high, this was the chance; nothing Oasis have done before or since has equaled this show, and having heard the Highlights, you'd be a fool not to go and hear the entire set in all its glory. Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Fuckin' in the Bushes	Gallagher	3:02
2	Go Let It Out	Gallagher	5:29
3	Who Feels Love?	Gallagher	6:02
4	Supersonic	Gallagher	4:31
5	Shakermaker	Gallagher	5:13
6	Acquiesce	Gallagher	4:17
7	Step Out	Cosby, Gallagher, Wonder, Moy	3:52
8	Gas Panic!	Gallagher	8:15
9	Roll with It	Gallagher	4:43
10	Stand by Me	Leiber, Gallagher, King, Stoller	5:48
11	Wonderwall	Gallagher	4:43
12	Cigarettes and Alcohol	Gallagher	6:55
13	Don't Look Back in Anger	Gallagher	5:27
14	Live Forever	Gallagher	5:07
15	Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)	Young	3:45
16	Champagne Supernova	Gallagher	6:36
17	Rock 'N' Roll Star	Gallagher, Mat Baker	7:23
18	Helter Skelter	McCartney, Lennon	6:30

Other Releases:

Familiar to Millions [Highlights]
Release Date: 2001
Label: Big Brother/Reprise

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