V (Live album)

V
Studio album by Live
Released	September 18, 2001
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
"Deep Enough" Released: 2001 "Simple Creed" Released: September 25, 2001 "Overcome" Released: December 11, 2001 "Like a Soldier" Released: 2002 "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" Released: 2002

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[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

• A^ : "Simple Creed" did not chart on the Flemish Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 4 on the Ultratip chart.
• B^ : "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" did not chart on the Flemish Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 18 on the Ultratip chart.

Personnel

Live

• Patrick Dahlheimer – bass guitar, production
• Chad Gracey – drums, percussion, backing vocal
• Ed Kowalczyk – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocal

Additional personnel

• Adam Duritz – backing vocals on "Flow"
• Alain Johannes – "Intro" concept, sitar on "The Ride", production
• Adam Kowalczyk – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Michael "Railo" Railton – keyboards, backing vocals, production
• Natasha Schneider – backing vocals on "People Like You"
• Tricky – vocals on "Simple Creed"
• Shawn Williams – bass guitar on "Flow"

References

1. "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. "Ultratop chart history for V". Ultratop.
7. "V > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic.
8. "Chartverfolgung / LIVE / Longplay". Musicline.de.
9. "Chart Log UK entry for Live". Chart Log UK.
10. "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.

External links

• V at Metacritic