V (Live album)

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V
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Studio album by
Live
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2001 (2001-09-18)
Recorded11 AD Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Post-grunge, hard rock
Length52:31
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. "Simple Creed"
    Released: September 25, 2001
  2. "Overcome"
    Released: December 11, 2001
  3. "Forever May Not Be Long Enough"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Spin (5/10) [1]

V is the sixth studio 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.

Contents

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. The tracks included two songs featured in films released prior to the release of V, "Forever May Not Be Long Enough", written for the closing credits of The Mummy Returns , and "Deep Enough", which appears in the opening of The Fast and the Furious because director Rob Cohen was a fan of Live. Taylor would later express dismay at the label's disinterest in promoting those two songs, particularly in light of the box office success of both films. [6] V only reached number 22 on the album chart in the US and failed to attain gold status, despite reasonably positive reviews.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ed Kowalczyk, except where noted

V
No.TitleLength
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
Total length:49:23

Personnel

Live

Additional personnel

Charts

Singles

SongPeak chart positions
US (M.R.) AUS BEL (FL) NED
"Simple Creed" [26] [27] 1843— [A] 18
"Overcome" [26] [28] 30—23
"Forever May Not Be Long Enough" [29] ——— [B] 59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [30] Gold35,000^
Belgium (BEA) [31] Gold25,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [32] Platinum80,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [33] Gold7,500^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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