Familiar to Millions is a live album by the British rock band Oasis. It was recorded at Wembley Stadium on 21 July 2000. It debuted at No. 5 in the UK charts with 57,000 copies sold in the first week. To date Familiar to Millions has sold around 310,000 copies in Britain alone, about 70,000 copies in the United States and an estimated 1 million copies worldwide. The album was initially released simultaneously on six formats: DVD, VHS, double CD, double cassette, triple vinyl, and double 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.
CD-ROM element, which links to an exclusive page on the Oasis website with as-yet unseen photos and Songplayer module where fans can teach themselves to play "Live Forever".
'Tambourine' icon: click it and it takes you to and from the documentary in real time.
The VHS features the whole show and a 20-minute documentary featuring exclusive interviews with Liam and Noel Gallagher. This documentary is unique to the VHS format.
Audio version (CD/Vinyl/Cassette/MiniDisc)
The CD features an extra bonus track, a cover of The Beatles' song "Helter Skelter", which was recorded at the Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA on 16 April 2000.
A highlights CD was released on 1 October 2001 to celebrate Oasis' tenth anniversary as a band. "Fuckin' in the Bushes", "Step Out", "Stand by Me", "Hey Hey, My My", and "Helter Skelter" were all omitted.
As Liam let the audience sing the choruses of "Wonderwall" and also changed the words to other parts of the song at the 21 July gig, the version on the various audio formats features a different vocal track to the original one recorded at Wembley. This also applies to Noel's backing vocals. Most of these overdubbed vocals were recorded at Oasis' gig at the Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa, Japan on 5 March 2000. Only one line: "I'm sure you heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt", is from the actual Wembley gig, as Liam failed to sing this line correctly in the Yokohama performance.
The audio version of the album is also missing various bits of between-track banter.
Promos
A promo video of the Wembley version of "Gas Panic!" was distributed to music channels. The video featured visuals from throughout the gig and was slightly edited down to 6:57.
"Gas Panic!" and "Hey Hey, My My" promo CDs were issued in Brazil to promote Oasis' appearance at the Rock in Rio festival on 14 January 2001. The 2-track CD of Gas Panic! included the album version and an edited version of the Wembley track, which was edited down to 4:28. The 1-track CD of Hey Hey, My My included the live version from Wembley.
Artwork
Each of the six different formats had a different colour for its own cover art. Below is a table featuring each colour for each format
Format
Colour
3× LP
Grey
2× CD
Red
1× CD
Violet
2× Cassette
Yellow
1× VHS
White
1× DVD
Light blue
2× MD
Light green
Personnel
Noel Gallagher – lead guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Don't Look Back in Anger", "Hey Hey, My My", "Step Out" and "Helter Skelter"
