V (Live album)

Not to be confused with V Live.
V
Studio album by Live
Released September 18, 2001
Recorded 11 AD Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Hard rock
Length 52:31
Label Radioactive
Producer Live, Michael Railo, Alain Johannes
Live chronology
The Distance to Here
(1999)		 V
(2001)		 Birds of Pray
(2003)
Singles from V
  1. "Simple Creed"
  2. "Overcome"
  3. "Like a Soldier"
  4. "Forever May Not Be Long Enough"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

V is the fifth album by the band Live, released in 2001. It featuring the singles "Simple Creed" and "Overcome", the latter of which received significant exposure following the September 11 attacks.

Contents

History

The collection of songs that became V was never intended to be released as an album. Guitarist Chad Taylor said, "The goal was to prepare songs for the next studio session. MCA got a hold of the material and pushed us to call it an album." The songs were originally going to be released free to fans as a collection called Ecstatic Fanatic.[2] V only reached number 22 on the album chart in the US and failed to attain Gold status, despite reasonably positive reviews.

"Deep Enough" was intended to be the album's first single until the record company overruled the band and released "Simple Creed" instead.

Track listing

All songs written by Ed Kowalczyk, except where noted:

  1. "Intro" – 0:37
  2. "Simple Creed" (Kowalczyk, Tricky) – 3:24
  3. "Deep Enough" – 3:19
  4. "Like a Soldier" – 3:12
  5. "People Like You" – 3:17
  6. "Transmit Your Love" – 4:35
  7. "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" (Kowalczyk, Glen Ballard) – 3:49
  8. "Call Me a Fool" – 2:38
  9. "Flow - 3:30
  10. "The Ride" – 3:54
  11. "Nobody Knows" – 4:26
  12. "OK?" – 3:11
  13. "Overcome" – 4:16
  14. "Hero of Love" – 5:12
  15. "Deep Enough" (remix, bonus track) – 3:11

Outtakes

Chart Positions

Album

Preceded by
A Funk Odyssey by Jamiroquai		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
September 24 - October 7, 2001		 Succeeded by
Beautiful Garbage by Garbage
Chart Peak
UK Albums Chart 80 [3]
US Billboard 200 22 [4]
Canadian Albums Chart 5 [4]
Swiss Albums Chart 37 [5]
Austrian Albums Chart 24 [5]
Dutch Albums Chart 1 [5]
Belgian Flanders Albums Chart 2 [5]
Swedish Albums Chart 6 [5]
Finnish Albums Chart 23 [5]
Norwegian Albums Chart 1 [5]
Danish Albums Chart 22 [5]
Australian Albums Chart 1 [5]
New Zealand Albums Chart 1 [5]
German Albums Chart 17 [6]

Singles

Song Peak chart positions
US (M.R.) Aus Ned Bel (Fl)
"Simple Creed" [7][8] 18 43 18 4
"Overcome (song)" [7][9] 30 — 3 2
"Forever May Not Be Long Enough" [10] — — 59 18
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Songs from V used in film and TV

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex "Allmusic Review" Allmusic
  2. ^ "An Answer to a Question" All Things Chad Taylor (blog) - July 19, 2010
  3. ^ "Chart Log UK entry for Live" Chart Log UK
  4. ^ a b "V > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" Allmusic
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ultratop chart history for V" Ultratop
  6. ^ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay" Musicline.de
  7. ^ a b "V > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" Allmusic
  8. ^ "Ultratop entry for Simple Creed" Ultratop
  9. ^ "Ultratop entry for Overcome" Ultratop
  10. ^ "Ultratop entry for Forever May Not Be Long Enough" Ultratop
  11. ^ "Soundtrack details for The Fast and the Furious" IMDb
  12. ^ "Soundtrack details for The Mummy Returns" IMDb
  13. ^ "Soundtrack details for Dominoes Falling" IMDb

External links

Live
Patrick Dahlheimer · Chad Gracey · Chad Taylor
Ed Kowalczyk
Touring musicians: Adam Kowalczyk · Michael Railton · Christopher Thorn
Studio albums
EPs
Divided Mind, Divided Planet · Four Songs
Compilations
Live albums
Singles
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