The Creed

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The Creed
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2004
Recorded2003
Genre CCM, Inspirational
Length42:12
Label Sparrow
Producer Brown Bannister, Charlie Peacock, Tedd Tjornhom
Avalon chronology
Testify to Love: The Very Best of Avalon
(2003)
The Creed
(2004)
Stand
(2006)
Professional ratings
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The Creed is the eighth album released by Christian vocal group Avalon, their fifth studio project. It is the first Avalon album to include Greg Long (group member Janna Long's husband), who replaced Michael Passons after his unexpected departure in mid-2003. The Creed debuted and peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week of March 13, 2004, and to date has spent a total of eight weeks there. [2] It also made an appearance on Billboard's Christian Albums chart, its highest ranking #4, also for the week of March 13, 2004. On the Christian Albums chart, it spent a total of nineteen weeks. [2] The project was unable to produce a No. 1 radio single, a rare occurrence in the group's successful career. However, lead single "All" did manage to peak at #2 on Radio & Records' Christian AC chart and spent a total of eight weeks in the chart's top five. [3] It also made chart positions in all three major Christian formats—AC, CHR, and Inspirational. [3] The Creed contains the track "Overjoyed", lifted from Janna Long's self-titled solo album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "All" – 3:46; Sung by Janna and Melissa (writers: Ian Eskelin, Brian White, Tedd Tjornhom)
  2. "The Creed" – 4:56; All split lead (Greg and Jody are most predominant) (writers: Matt Huesmann, Chris Davis, Cindy Morgan, Michael Passons)
  3. "Abundantly" – 3:56; Sung by Janna (writers: Joe Beck, Janna Long, Sam Mizell, Brian White)
  4. "I Wanna Be with You" – 4:05; Sung by Greg (writers: Will Owsley, Dillon O'Brian, Keith Thomas)
  5. "You Were There" – 6:53; Sung by Jody (writer: Ben Glover)
  6. "Far Away from Here" – 4:38; Sung by Melissa and Jody (writers: Jason Barton, Howie Dorough, Dan Muckala)
  7. "Overjoyed" – 4:03; Sung by Janna (writers: Kevan Cyka, Stephanie Lewis)
  8. "I Bring It to You" – 3:49; Sung by Melissa (writers: Phil Barnhart, Kevin Page, Bob Raglan)
  9. "The Good Way" – 3:23; Sung by Janna and Melissa (writers: Damon Riley, Melissa Greene, Janna Long, Cindy Morgan)
  10. "Renew Me" – 4:43; Sung by Janna, Melissa and Jody; (writers: Bernie Herms, Stephanie Lewis)

Personnel

Avalon

Musicians

Production

Radio Singles

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References

  1. "Overview: The Creed". Allmusic.
  2. 1 2 The Creed – Avalon | Billboard.com
  3. 1 2 Avalon - EMICMG Fact Sheet Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine