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Arriving over a decade after the simple single-disc Greatest Hits, With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective triples its predecessor by offering three distinct thematic discs in its march through the past. First up is "Best Of: The Singles," a 16-track collection of the songs that made it onto charts all around the world. Of their 18 singles, only two are missing -- "Riders on the Storm," from a 2001 tribute to the Doors, and "Hide," which was only a single in Australia -- and they're by and large presented in their radio edits (although one of these, "Higher," is called a "Top 40 Version," and "Rain" is in its "Pop Mix"). The only real departure from this template is "With Arms Wide Open," which is presented in a "New Version with Strings," the only brand-new addition to the collection, so it serves as fan bait while also possibly confounding casual fans who want to have the original hit versions of all the singles. Then again, those listeners probably won't have much use for the other two discs in the collection, which amount to a CD of "Rarities & Demos" and a CD of "Acoustic." Bonus tracks, live cuts, covers (including two Doors songs), and other oddities provide the bulk of the second disc, while most of the third is devoted to live acoustic versions, none of them sourced and sometimes present in shaky fidelity that is nevertheless acceptable because those performances are more interesting than the ones with crisper audio. All and all, it's hard not to shake the notion that this is a set for fans who used to collect all of Creed's singles and now just want to have them in a handy set, either for reasons of nostalgia or devotion.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - John Kurzweg, Producer - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - John Kurzweg, Producer - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Wind-Up Entertainment Inc.
Creed, Producer, MainArtist - John Kurzweg, Producer - Mark Tremonti, Composer, Author - Scott Stapp, Composer, Author - Kirk Kelsey, Producer
℗ 2001 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, Producer, MainArtist - John Kurzweg, Producer - Mark Tremonti, Composer, Author - Scott Stapp, Composer, Author - Kirk Kelsey, Producer
℗ 2001 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
DISC 2
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Howard Benson, Producer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Plotnikoff, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer - Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, Composer, Author - Scott Stapp, Composer, Author
℗ 2009 Wind-Up Records, LLC
Glen Buxton, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Dunaway, ComposerLyricist - Alice Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Creed, MainArtist - Michael O. Bruce, ComposerLyricist - Neal A. Smithh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
JOHN DENSMORE, ComposerLyricist - Ray Manzarek, ComposerLyricist - Robby Krieger, ComposerLyricist - James Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Creed, MainArtist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
JOHN DENSMORE, ComposerLyricist - Ray Manzarek, ComposerLyricist - Robby Krieger, ComposerLyricist - James Morrison, ComposerLyricist - Creed, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Elektra Entertainment Group
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
DISC 3
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Creed, MainArtist - Mark Tremonti, ComposerLyricist - Scott Stapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
Album review
Arriving over a decade after the simple single-disc Greatest Hits, With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective triples its predecessor by offering three distinct thematic discs in its march through the past. First up is "Best Of: The Singles," a 16-track collection of the songs that made it onto charts all around the world. Of their 18 singles, only two are missing -- "Riders on the Storm," from a 2001 tribute to the Doors, and "Hide," which was only a single in Australia -- and they're by and large presented in their radio edits (although one of these, "Higher," is called a "Top 40 Version," and "Rain" is in its "Pop Mix"). The only real departure from this template is "With Arms Wide Open," which is presented in a "New Version with Strings," the only brand-new addition to the collection, so it serves as fan bait while also possibly confounding casual fans who want to have the original hit versions of all the singles. Then again, those listeners probably won't have much use for the other two discs in the collection, which amount to a CD of "Rarities & Demos" and a CD of "Acoustic." Bonus tracks, live cuts, covers (including two Doors songs), and other oddities provide the bulk of the second disc, while most of the third is devoted to live acoustic versions, none of them sourced and sometimes present in shaky fidelity that is nevertheless acceptable because those performances are more interesting than the ones with crisper audio. All and all, it's hard not to shake the notion that this is a set for fans who used to collect all of Creed's singles and now just want to have them in a handy set, either for reasons of nostalgia or devotion.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:57:28
- Main artists: Creed
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: The Bicycle Music Company
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2015 The Bicycle Music Company ℗ 2015 The Bicycle Music Company
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