Weathered by Creed (1~Post-Grunge)

Pros: Inspirational music, uplifting themes for those who may be struggling and looking for hope.
Cons: Some lyrics are simple and the religious message is maybe too obvious.

Creed: Weathered. Parent Approved, and I think it Rocks.

I like a lot of different kind of music. Some stuff that I like is plain offbeat and weird (e.g., Einsturzende Neubauten). Some of it is pretty popular and...

Pros: Creed diversifies their sound for a more "interesting" listening experience.
Cons: "Interesting" doesn't always equate to "enjoyable".

It was about two years ago when I was first introduced to what looked like the happiest hard rock band in the world. I was up late watching David Letterman, and Creed was performing their still-breaking hit “Higher”. All I had heard...

Pros: All songs are good, especially the heavy ones.
Cons: They need to make more heavy songs.

Creed has followed up their massively successful Human Clay with an even better album, Weathered. I felt many of the songs on the last album blurred together, only to be broken up by very different songs like What If and With...

Pros: Often great musicianship from Tremonti and Phillips.
Cons: Scott Stapp, generic, bland, any other synonyms.

I’ll admit, it’s been a while since I typed up a negative review. Yes, I agree with what you are all thinking. I have been too full of love and joy lately, and have been unnecessarily licking the @ss of some bands. (Well, not really, it just happens that ...

Pros: some nice musicianship by both Tremonti and Phillips, decent lyrics here and there
Cons: lyrics are poor for the most part, repetitive, you've heard it before

Back in 1998, a roar began to grow from Florida. A young upstart band named Creed dominated rock radio all year long with strong melodies, heavy guitar hooks, a powerhouse rhythm section, and a fiery lead singer named Scott Stapp. Stapp's lyrics...

Pros: They're trying very hard to grow and establish themselves as THE band of the era.
Cons: They don't always succeed. And Scott, get a vocal coach.

Man, does this band ever get a lot of slack or what? Powered by the lead single 'My Sacrifice', released in the late summer, Creed returned to the spotlight with their third album 'Weathered', and made many more fans, and 10 times more enemies, it...

Pros: Good Musicianship from Mark Tremonti and Scott Phillips.
Cons: So Far, One of the Worst Records in 2001.

(Dedicated in memory to the late and great American rock critic Lester Bangs (1948-1982), may his wisdom guide the many young music critics today.) Since the 1990s grunge rock explosion, there have been many bands that were innovators and ...

Pros: Half the songs.
Cons: Half the songs.

There is a popular misconception about Creed that seemed to spread like wildfire when they first hit the radio: This is a Christian band! Wrong. Creed's lead singer Scott Stapp has announced time and time again that Creed is not a CHRISTIAN band, they ...

Pros: Bullets, Freedom Fighter, My Sacrifice, Stand Here With Me
Cons: Who's Got My Back?, Weathered, Don't Stop Dancing, Scott Stapp

By the year 2001 there had already been plenty of hatred built up and thrust upon the once-untouchable band Creed. Scott Stapp (referred to from here on out as Jesus Christ Superstar) had become known more for his egocentric ways than for his talent (?). ...

Pros: "Bullets" is almost an okay song.
Cons: Do I really need to explain myself?

Over the course of history, there are the great wonders of music and there are rip-offs who cash in. I'm sure Cain killed Abel because Abel ripped off his lyrics. I bet Mozart was mightily p*ssed at Beethoven (or, as Mozart is historically known as ...

Pros: Healthy lyric and inspiration base... diversed album keeps you listening.
Cons: Too many people freak out that it is "christian" music.

After hearing CREED single after single come out on top 40 radio stations, I decided it was time to pack it in and buy myself a CREED album. The purchase of this album also lead to my purchase of their previous two albums as well. Let me tell ya, this is...

Pros: Uplifting, powerful, some amazing songs.
Cons: In some cases not the greatest lyrics.

What is it with the Christian rock band Creed, that gives them the reputation of being one of the most criticized bands around? People complaining their music is too simple, their lyrics to banal. Even though Creed has had to face some harsh criticism, ...

Pros: Very slick production, severa; really great sing-alongs that make you feel what Stapp's feeling
Cons: Too many overt power ballads, not too terribly original

First of all, Creed's first two albums are just really great rock albums. I remember hearing "Torn," and "My Own Prison," my senior year of high school(spring of '98) and being impressed by the depth of the lyrics, and that all of their songs sounded...

Pros: Good guitar work from Mark Tremonti and some good lyrics from Scott Stapp
Cons: A bit repetitive in parts

I've been a Creed fan ever since the My Own Prison days and when Human Clay was released I saw their grunge style revived. To some degree we can see those old Creed flares throughout Weathered as well, but Creed has brought their...

Pros: Nice mixture of light and heavy songs, great hooks
Cons: Collective Soul-ism: sounds a little repetitive from previous 2 albums

Maybe I like Creed because of their uplifting (if not generic spiritual) lyrics and driving songs, or maybe I just like them because I was an extra in one of their videos. I didn't even know who they were that day, but they were cool. I was out in the...