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Weathered
Creed
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2001-11-20
Manufacturer: Wind-Up
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
The multiplatinum kings of MOR nu metal have gotten a bit more aggressive and intense--to fine effect--on some of Weathered's 11 stellar, radio-friendly tracks. For those who prefer the soft side of singer/stud Scott Stapp and his cohorts, there are the melodic and soaring "Hide" and "Don't Stop Dancing." But more interesting is "Bullets," which finds Stapp raging before a surprisingly heavy and intense musical backdrop. Other highlights include the Seattle-sound throwback "Freedom Fighter," the Zeppelinesque "Who's Got My Back," and the disc's first single, "My Sacrifice." The effects-laden, passionate "Signs" contrasts nicely with the laid-back, world-weary title track and "Lullaby." Ultimately, Weathered gently expands the seemingly fail-proof formula. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Dense, meaty 00's hard rock   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Creed copped grief over the years as they were considered lightweights. Which always confused me since they were at least as heavy as many other bands that were lauded by the purists as great hard rock bands. I mean put up just about any of their albums against stuff like a lot of Deep Purple or Thin Lizzy and you'll find Creed just as heavy. Not necessarily as good, but as heavy. So quite why magazines like Classic Rock always felt compelled to put them down I'm not sure, apart from the jealousy factor.And so that's my whine. As to the music? Well IMHO;This album is in my mind the heaviest of the three Creed albums. Not that My Own Prison wasn't somewhat raw and attacking, it's just that here the band are able to manipulate their attack better and use their years of experience to create a more satisfying listening experience. With a general philosophy of everything louder than everything else Scott Stapps beautifully powerful roar swoops and soars through and over heavy rock stompers like the opening Bullets, a statement of intent if ever there was one.As the album moves through it's numbers it becomes apparent that not every track is a gosh darn classic. I mean I've listened to this album plenty of times and still have trouble recalling the details of Freedom Fighter and Who's Got My Back but the fact is that even the more anonymous tunes here still fit on the album. They are consistent, if unspectacular.Of course what got this album to hit the stratosphere sales wise wasn't just the groundwork laid with the previous album but the heads down rock of songs like Weathered which ride a seductive vocal melody atop a slow stomper of a musical attack. Not to mention the huge hit that was My Sacrifice, a soulful effort that can be taken in a number of ways. And that is a good thing as my gut instinct is that people don't want to be preached at. If they wanted that they'd buy a Gregorian chant album or something wouldn't they! And while this bands and Stapps in particular religious bent is well known for the most part they are smart enough to leave their lyrics open enough to interpretation to allow everyone to enjoy them.As for the rest of the album, one of my favourite ever Creed numbers is Stand Here With Me where Stapp uses every ounce of that roaring voice of his to bring together both strident and lamenting aspects. But apart from that I find little use for songs such as Don't Stop Dancing or Lullaby, being the sort of tunes I listen once and then studiously ignore.And that's why I can only give this album a low four stars. It is a good rock album but it's marred by a dud track or two above the allowable quota.

2) Great   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is just a great cd. Love them or hate them, Creed made a stellar cd here. The absolutely perfect "Stand here with me", "My Sacrifice", "Weathered", "Signs", "Freedom Fighter" are all as infectious as they are quality! Just great stuff. Sure, there are a couple slow points, but that is to be expected. This is just an excellently (if not overly) produced and executed cd. Thats all there is too it.

3) Weathered Creed   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
When the rock group Creed stepped out of the studio for the third time, there were doubts about the band's third album. But once the record's first single: "My Sacrafice" hit the airwaves, it was clear that WEATHERED was going to be an amazing piece of work. And it was, ALL of the record's tracks stand out in their sound, lyrics, and originality. This time around, Stapp delved further into his Native American herritage for new sounds. This is quite apparent for the track "Who's Got My Back?". Amie Stapp along with the Tallahassee Boys' Choir joins her husband in peforming beautiful vocals for the song "Don't Stop Dancing". Stapp also brings forth his political lyrics again as he had for Creed's debut record. These words took on new meaning after the tragedy that struck our country just two months before WEATHERED's release. These words are really "in your ears" for the tracks "Freedom Fighter" and "Signs". Drummer Scott Phillips takes on a bigger role as well, for he produces more melodies and harmonies for he also performs keyboards. Mark Tremonti also performs bass as well as the guitar for this album, giving even more musical sounds than the group had ever produced. He backs off the distortion and dismisses it entirely for the beautiful accoustic performance on the track "Lullaby". When distortion is used, Tremonti balances it out with a clean guitar tone and this is apparent for most of the tracks. WEATHERED is Creed's most musical and best work. This record is a must have.

4) Creed releases their best effort   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
By the time 2001 had come around, Creed had established themselves as one of the top Rock bands in the world. Their 1997 debut album, "My Own Prison" showed the great potential that this band had. "My Own Prison" was an album with a very raw sound that was dominated by guitars. While "My Own Prison" demonstrated a very strong Rock sound, one problem was that the guitars of Mark Tremonti often overpowered Scott Stapp's vocals. As a result, we never really saw the full potential of Stapp's vocals on "My Own Prison". A unique thing about "My Own Prison" is that the band demonstrated a strong Christian influence. On the band's sophomore effort - "Human Clay" they moved away from the Christian influence and polished up their sound. However despite the fact that the Christian influence wasn't nearly as prevalent, there still was high quality in the music. Most importantly, Stapp's vocals and Tremonti's guitars stuck an equilibrium allowing each of them to showcase their amazing talents. As a result I had "Human Clay" as the Best Album of the year 2000. Now Creed faced the difficult task of following up an amazing album. This follow-up was 2001's "Weathered" - and despite being criticized by many, this album surpasses "Human Clay" in terms of quality. The only thing that prevents this from being the Best Album of 2001 is that U2 released their own masterpiece - "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (my pick for Best Album of 2001).There are two major changes that happen on this album. First up, Bassist Brian Marshall is no longer with the band - leaving Creed as a trio (Stapp, Tremonti, and Scott Phillips). Bass duties are now picked up flawlessly by Mark Tremonti. The second big change is that Creed mixes things up more on this album. Creed isn't afraid to improvise and experiment on this effort. They move away from the classic guitar formula they used on the first two albums and even make significant use of keyboards (in which the duties are picked up by Drummer Scott Phillips).Here is a review of each of the tracks:"Bullets": I admit, when I first heard this track - it did not impress me. It still doesn't impress me. I found this song to be a raw, guitar sound that seemed a cross between heavy metal and punk rock. I think this is the weakest track of the album. However, I still have to give Creed some credit for trying something different. Overall, this song is going to showcase Tremonti."Freedom Fighter": This song still also has a raw, hard-rocking grunge-like sound that Creed fans are accustomed to. This song gives Stapp more of a chance to showcase his vocals. This song didn't impress me much each."Who's Got My Back?": After a slow start to the album, it is on the third track where things really pick up. Creed assembles a 8 minute 25 second masterpiece. One of the highlights of the song is the use of a Cherokee Indian Prayer at the beginning and the end. The use of keyboards is very prevalent in this song. While this isn't necessarily a song about the American Indian, the lyrics can relate to the plight they went through ("There's Still Time; All that has been devastated; Can be recreated"). This song is a masterpiece and really demonstrates why Creed became on of the elite bands in music."Signs": This song goes back more toward Creed's trademark grunge-like sound. Here is another example where Tremonti's guitars and Stapp's vocals are in great balance. Many criticized this song, but I really enjoyed. Listen to how Stapp digs deep on the chorus by singing "Come with me...". This song discusses "Signs" that effect society today - age, spirituality, sex, and racism."One Last Breath": Creed "tones it down" for this song. Stapp's vocals are incredible and contain real emotion as Stapp reflects on the things that happened to him in his life as he thinks his life is over (as he knows it). This song contains some spirtitual references to God - particulary "Somewhere in His grace; I cried out heaven save me". There even is almost an orchestral quality to the melody at parts of this song. Perhaps the only thing this song is guilty of is that this song was overplayed too much on the radio."My Sacrifice": "One Last Breath" has gentle segue into this song. Like "One Last Breath", this song was overplayed a lot on conventional radio. However, musically this is one of the better tracks on this collection. Stapp's vocals shine on this track as well. The orchestral quality to the music also exists on this track. Phillips has some great drumming."Stand Here With Me": Another solid song. Tremonti delivers some of the best guitar riffs on any Creed album. Unlike in the early days, Tremonti delivers the guitar work without sacrificing Stapp's vocals."Weathered": This song deals with how the hardships of life eventually wears down someone. This is a song in which Stapp delivers another amazing performance - making this song worthy of a title track. Creed mixes up the tempo on this song - and it works."Hide": Creed continues to tone it down. This song demonstrates a typical post-grunge radio-friendly sound, but once again Stapp delivers a flawless performance."Don't Stop Dancing": This song also demonstrates the post-grunge radio-friendly sound. Not a bad song. Unfortunately it demonstrates much of the cookie-cutter sound that was soon to infiltrate conventional radio. This features a guest vocal from Stapp's sister Amy."Lullaby": While the album starts with a very raw and hard sound - things are "weathered" down by the end to this very soft and gentle sound. As indicated by the title, this is a lullaby.Creed demonstrated a lot on this collection. It is too bad that this would be their last album before splitting. This collection is highly recommended.

5) Weathered is a classic album   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Creed are one of the best bands to come out of America in the last ten years there was just something about the four of them they all just clicked and never made one bad song that's what made them so great which brings me to this album.So how the hell do you follow up on an album that just sold 11 million copies and is creeds best album human clay, well you write tracks like bullets, my sacrifice, who's got my back and freedom fighter this album is amazing I really cant find the words to explain how great this band was this cd weathered is has strong has human clay the lyrics are amazing the guitar riffs are great from start to finish there is not one bad song on this album which is very rare to find these days from bands. Its been five years since this album was released and still sounds fresh to me I wish I had heard of creed earlier than I did but they were never that big in England but I caught My Sacrifice on a music channel and I just thought that song is amazing and I was hooked on creed from that moment and got all there albums thery are really an inspiring band and I will always love creed until the day I die so id like to thank the great Mark Tremonti, Scoot Stapp, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall For giving us great music to listen to Thank You.