With new band members Gem and Andy installed, this release tests the band's legacy and relevance, neither of which is looking that hot. But every added layer and solo brings Oasis closer to Sweet and Sugarloaf than Lennon and McCartney. Liam is buried under mountains of riffs for better and worse. An arrogant band with contempt for their remaining fans. This Wembley gig was not a monument.
Oasis are simply too lazy to compile a thought-out compilation.
Most likely, Noel, in his eternal reach for Cleveland, yearned for an At Leeds or At Budokan . But the catch is, you have to capture your band at their height. Familiar to Millions reheats leftovers of better songs written six years ago and force-feeds them as reminders that Oasis could once write an uplifting song.