V (Live album)

Not to be confused with V Live.
V
Studio album by Live
Released September 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)
Recorded 11 AD Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre 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. "Deep Enough"
    Released: 2001
  2. "Simple Creed"
    Released: September 25, 2001
  3. "Overcome"
    Released: December 11, 2001
  4. "Like a Soldier"
    Released: 2002
  5. "Forever May Not Be Long Enough"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[4]
Spin(5/10)[1]

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

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.[5] V only reached number 22 on the album chart in the US and failed to attain gold status, despite reasonably positive reviews. The bonus track, a remix of "Deep Enough", was featured in the movie The Fast and the Furious.

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

Charts

Album

Chart Peak
Australian Albums Chart 1 [6]
Austrian Albums Chart 24 [6]
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart 2 [6]
Canadian Albums Chart 5 [7]
Danish Albums Chart 22 [6]
Dutch Albums Chart 1 [6]
Finnish Albums Chart 23 [6]
German Albums Chart 17 [8]
New Zealand Albums Chart 1 [6]
Norwegian Albums Chart 1 [6]
Swedish Albums Chart 6 [6]
Swiss Albums Chart 37 [6]
UK Albums Chart 80 [9]
US Billboard 200 22 [7]

Singles

Song Peak chart positions
US (M.R.) AUS BEL (FL) NED
"Simple Creed"[10][11] 18 43 —[A] 18
"Overcome"[10][12] 30 — 2 3
"Forever May Not Be Long Enough"[13] — — —[B] 59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
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

Personnel

Live
Additional personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Critic Reviews for V". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "V - Live". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Morgan, Laura (2001-09-21). "V Review". Entertainment Weekly. p. 84. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  4. ↑ Moon, Tom (2001-09-17). "Live: V : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  5. ↑ "An Answer to a Question". All Things Chad Taylor (blog), July 19, 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ultratop chart history for V". Ultratop.
  7. 1 2 "V > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
  8. ↑ "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay". Musicline.de.
  9. ↑ "Chart Log UK entry for Live". Chart Log UK.
  10. 1 2 "V > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop entry for Simple Creed". Ultratop.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop entry for Overcome". Ultratop.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop entry for Forever May Not Be Long Enough". Ultratop.
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