Name: V
Brand: MCA
SKU: 8800
Price: 8.26 GBP
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Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

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Album: V
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intro Album Version	More Info...	0:37
2)	Simple Creed	More Info...	3:25
3)	Deep Enough Album Version	More Info...	3:20
4)	Like A Soldier Album Version	More Info...	3:13
5)	People Like You Album Version	More Info...	3:18
6)	Transmit Your Love Album Version	More Info...	4:36
7)	Forever May Not Be Long Enough Album Version	More Info...	3:49
8)	Call Me A Fool Album Version	More Info...	2:38
9)	Flow Album Version	More Info...	3:31
10)	The Ride Album Version	More Info...	3:55
11)	Nobody Knows Album Version	More Info...	4:27
12)	OK? Album Version	More Info...	3:11
13)	Overcome Album Version	More Info...	4:16
14)	Hero Of Love Album Version	More Info...	5:12

Album: V
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Intro Album Version	More Info...	0:37
2)	Simple Creed	More Info...	3:25
3)	Deep Enough Album Version	More Info...	3:20
4)	Like A Soldier Album Version	More Info...	3:13
5)	People Like You Album Version	More Info...	3:18
6)	Transmit Your Love Album Version	More Info...	4:36
7)	Forever May Not Be Long Enough Album Version	More Info...	3:49
8)	Call Me A Fool Album Version	More Info...	2:38
9)	Flow Album Version	More Info...	3:31
10)	The Ride Album Version	More Info...	3:55
11)	Nobody Knows Album Version	More Info...	4:27
12)	OK? Album Version	More Info...	3:11
13)	Overcome Album Version	More Info...	4:16
14)	Hero Of Love Album Version	More Info...	5:12

Tracks

1. Simple Creed

2. Deep Enough

3. Like A Soldier

4. People Like You

5. Transmit Your Love

6. Forever May Not Be Long Enough

7. Call Me A Fool

8. Flow

9. The Ride

10. Nobody Knows

11. OK?

12. Overcome

13. Hero Of Love

Performer Notes

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. The Enhanced portion includes a music video for "Simple Creed."
Live: Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar); Chad Taylor (guitar); Patrick Dahlheimer (bass); Chad Gracey (drums).
Additional personnel: Tricky (vocals); Adam Kowalczyk (guitar, background vocals); Eric Gorfain (violin); John Krovoza (cello); Michael Railo (keyboards, background vocals); Shawn Williams (bass); Adam Duritz, Natasha Schneider (background vocals); Alain Johannes.
Producers: Live, Alain Johannes, Michael Railo, Glen Ballard.
Principally recorded at 11 AD Studios, Hollywood, California.
Personnel: Ed Kowalczyk (vocals, guitar); Tricky (vocals); Chad Taylor (guitar); Eric Gorfain (violin); Chad Gracey (drums); Adam Duritz (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Tim Palmer; Ben Grosse.
Recording information: 11 AD Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Photographer: Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica.
Following up the didactic pretensions of THE DISTANCE TO HERE, Live steps back a bit on V and instead infuses a bit more experimentation into their normally straightforward post-grunge sturm-and-drang thanks to production help from Eleven's Alain Johannes. These changes jump out right from the one-two punch of "Intro" and "Simple Creed" with its backwards-masked guitar and sinister-sounding vocals from guest Tricky. The rap-rock of "Deep Enough" captures a Limp Bizkit-like rhythmic flow without resorting to lyrical inanities.
Ed Kowalczyk's interest in non-Western culture continues to provide musical cues whether it's the sitar and tabla woven into the churning groove of "The Ride" or the Middle Eastern rhythms looped into the hard-hitting "Deep Enough." Interestingly enough, Kowalczyk addresses his band's socially conscious image with "People Like You," a thudding rocker with Qawwali-flavored harmonies that mentions a dream featuring his band alongside Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and Michael Stipe. Best of all is the gorgeous, piano-driven "Overcome," an anthem of optimism needed in the wake of the World Trade Center tragedy that occurred the week before V's release.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (10/11/01, p.92) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A hard-grinding hip-hop-tinged album.... peddling the enlightened life with tongue in cheek...wisely [leaving] the jagged edges in their music..."