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V by Live
V is an album by Live, released in 2001. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 16 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Simple Creed”, on 9 lists with a best position of #56.
V, Live's fifth album, landed on Radioactive in 2001, with Alain Johannes producing the band from York, Pennsylvania. The four who started it all are still the core, Ed Kowalczyk singing and playing guitar, Chad Taylor on guitar, Patrick Dahlheimer on bass and Chad Gracey on drums, and Ed's younger brother Adam adds another guitar. Seven years on from the Throwing Copper blockbuster, Kowalczyk still sings every line like it's carved on a tablet, and the band still builds each song toward a big, swelling payoff.
Two singles carried it. "Simple Creed" comes in chunky and muscular, while "Overcome" is the slow, grieving one, and it picked up heavy exposure in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from V on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simple Creed | 9 | #56 | – | 2001 | |
| 2 | Overcome | 7 | #65 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.