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Manufacturer: Wind-Up
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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Creed
EAN: 0601501318726
Label: Wind-Up
Manufacturer: Wind-Up
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Wind-Up
Release Date: 2009-10-26
Studio: Wind-Up
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Summary: If making money is the point of music...
Comment: ...then this is a great album. But if you're looking for something fresh, creative, and interesting, this isn't it. The album has a few things going for it, though. It's got excellent musicianship and production quality. The guitar riffs are flawless and occasionally offer a little variety from the standard direction, but this variety is usually only in the magnitude of one or two notes. The songs follow a very stiff structure of time tested radio playability. The lyrics are obviously relevant to the person writing them, so I can't call them completely contrived, but they obviously don't come from a place of creativity. It's more like a topic fed into a machine that always produces a certain result. The topic may come from the heart, but the resulting music is nothing more than the answer at the end of a mathematical equation.
The album features an even mix of nod-your-head hard rocking songs with heavy guitars and acoustic ballads, all of which primarily serve as a backing to focus on Scott Stapp's vocal melodies. But at times his voice sounds TOO good. I wouldn't be surprised if was altered to be pitch-perfect in the studio. This is not what music should be about in my opinion. Over-production detracts from the actual content of the music, and in this case it just acts as a crutch to fill in for the missing creative musical content.
The title of the album fits really well. It's exactly the same as the stuff they've played in the past. They made a circle, and they're staying inside of it. If you want some easy listening, something that is the same as everything else you've ever heard, something that takes no risks and has top quality production and no cursing whatsoever, then this album is for you. But for a hard rock fan with an appetite for the new and different, then this album will not be worth your time.
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Summary: This aint your dad's Creed.
Comment: Great Odin's Raven! Creed's new album Full Circle is like a caged tiger, coming to claw everyone's face off! This aint the Creed from the My Own Prison days... and that's NOT a bad thing. Whatever doubt you would feel about a new Creed album after so much time apart should be cast aside. And to that effect, whatever Creed fans feel about Scott Stapp leaving the band should also be put aside, simply because of the quality of this record. Stapp's vocals are on point and the guitars are very crunchy! This disc is worthy of a 5 star rating because Creed's sound right now is just as good as My Own Prison was in the late 90's. As for comparing Creed to Alter Bridge... I love both. I'm so glad that Full Circle wasn't just a mediocre awkward reunion attempt. The sound is clean and I highly recommend this to anyone thinking about picking it up.
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Summary: Glad there back!!! :-)
Comment: Well lets just say its been a long time and I really missed Creed. I knew this CD would be good and I was right, when I first saw it on Amazon I was like in shock I couldn't believe it I had to buy it right away. I usually don't do that with New CD's that come out. But because the way Creed write the Lyrics I just had to get it and I am so happy that I did. The First two songs "Overcome" and "Bread of Shame" its speaking to me because of my past life of things I did while being an Adult which Im sure that Mr. Stapp was refering to in his life or someone elses. No. 3 "Thousand Faces" also good song remind me of who is real and who is not real. N0. 4 "Suddenly" its about facing your fears and own up to it". The rest of my favorite songs are "Fear" "On my Sleeve" and "Full Circle" which is why they name the cd "Full Circle" because that is what Creed has done come around and back again to be better than ever.
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Summary: Ham-headed Comeback
Comment: Creed was never a critically-acclaimed band. Much of their career were plagued with constant unfavorable Pearl Jam comparisons, accusations of megalomania and labeled the "worst" and most "derivative" band of all time. Nevertheless, Creed sold around 30 million albums, a feat very few if any of their post-grunge or hard rock critics achieved. Despite their major commercial success, Creed unexpectedly disbanded on June 4, 2004. The internal friction of the band was exemplified by the band's split from the seam of its singer Scott Stapp and instrumentalists Mark Tremonti (guitar), Brian Marshall (bass) and Scott Phillips (drums). Tremonti, Marshall and Phillips netted Mayfield Four singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy to form Alter Bridge, a post-grunge group who were better received than Creed possibly because of Kennedy's far superior vocals to Stapp and the fact his ability to play guitar allowed Tremonti to become a far more versatile performer.
Meanwhile, Scott Stapp embarked on a solo career in which his music was identical to Creed possibly exposing Stapp as the songwriting drive of the group. However, Stapp's The Great Divide poorly performed in comparison to his former work with Creed. At the same time, Stapp's personal life overwhelmed the attention of his music career. He appeared as a pompous alcoholic who made drunken appearance on Celebrity Poker where he commented on Dave Grohl's endowment (or lack thereof). His Christ-like posture was verified as hypocritical and with Stapp seeming unworthy. A few years later, Creed reunites scaring Alter Bridge fans and depressing their detractors. Full Circle is the return of this heavily criticized band.
The first thing to notice is that the band works with Howard Benson, the guy who brought us works for Daughtry, Hoobastank, Less Than Jake, Seether and My Chemical Romance among various others. Previously, the group worked with John Kurzweg on all previous albums. Gone from much of the band's style is what lies underneath it; the brooding yet grooving bass of Marshall and the light-heavy dynamics of songs such as "Faceless Man." Instead, the album is built on heavy riffs possibly as a ploy to gain the respect of their contemporaries who hold them in ill-regard. Many of the songs are similar with flat production and lack of interesting progression. The songs plod not play. The performance is professional not unexpected. The album is fully devoid of any of the hooks that make Human Clay such a big seller and a fan favorite. "Overcome," the album's first single comes along as a successor to "Bullets." But where "Bullets" succeeds, "Overcome" fails. Even "Rain," the band's only attempt a hook falls great short of "With Arms Wide Open." The album quickly becomes disappointing and tired because of the striking similarities of all of the songs. This is what happens when you make every song riff-based.
Although I'm greatly depressed by the absence of any dynamic on this album, I rest assure in wait for its successor.
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Summary: Good to see them back together.
Comment: I don't care much about the whole "God Rock" theme of this band. If that's what turns some people on about them, that's fine, more power to them. I just think they are immensely talented, especially Tremonti on guitar (amazing). I like their heavier, guitar-driven songs and unfortunately this album does not lean that way. The album has something for every Creed fan, though. I'm glad I bought it, and whatever it is that you like about Creed, you should get it, too. I just hope this is not a one-time-only reuniting of this band. This way I can hold out hope that the next album will be HEAVIER.
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