Listening to Creed is like putting a book about why bad things happen to good people on one’s nightstand.
Scott Stapp is the primary reason many people love to loathe Creed.
If it was possible to listen to the guitar solos of Mark Tremonti without hearing Scott Stapp sing, this album wouldn’t be half bad.
The song “Overcome” sounds as though he is simply trying to repeat the word over and over again and trying far too hard.
But it’s understandable. Of course he’s trying to ‘overcome’; he’s trying to overcome the pain of his past albums.
But this album does not do what he was aiming to do.
“Bread of Shame” is similar to “Overcome,” in that Stapp seems to be repeating himself, it feels like he is using this album as some sort of therapy session.
Ironically, in the song “Away in Silence,” Stapp belts out, “I’m not the man I used to be; I’ve changed, don’t give up on us, don’t give up on love.”
It’s too little, too late, Stapp.
He also says in the song “Fear” that one should “leave the past behind, let go,” which is clearly ironic, since he cannot leave the past behind him when it comes to Creed and their reuniting.
He needed Creed to get back together for another album and tour.
People can only hope this album is some sort of closure, so he can move on.
They should have stuck with their old music and just did a reunion tour, instead of tormenting people with new songs.
At the end of certain words Stapp adds an “ah,” in attempt to emphasize certain words. This is clearly unnecessary.
From a musical standpoint, the music on this album, such as the guitar solos and the drumming, is powerful.
But it just really seems like a therapy session for Stapp, as though he needed this to help him come to terms with the fact that they weren’t a band anymore.
After listening to Alter Bridge, (the other bandmates band they formed with Myles Kennedy after Creed broke up), there are a lot of similarities in the music style, but not really the vocals.
Although it sounds like Stapp is trying to be morph into a new cooler Myles, it is not working.
This album is a sad attempt at a comeback with sappy lyrics. Stapp should change his last name to ‘Sapp’ because of this album.
This album is not worth picking up.
Only pick this up as a last resort, if there are no movies to see, and nothing good on television.
In the end, Full Circle faces the same problem Creed has always faced: the pseudo-Christian spirituality that functions as a lynchpin of their mythology is also their undoing.
Rock ‘n’ roll is devil music, and has been since time immemorial (or, at least, the 1950’s.)
So until Stapp learns to stop whining and accept his inner Lucifer, a new Creed record will never be a good idea.
Thirteen years after they first tasted mainstream success, Creed remains locked in a prison made of pomposity and frustration.
They still can’t shake the shackles of sadness that is their band.
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