As the journey of Creed ended in June 2004 due to tensions between Scott Stapp and rest of the band (according to Mark Tremonti), their third album 'Weathered' (2003) remains their last "proper" release. Since they already had composed three studio albums, they had enough material for this 'Greatest Hits' compilation. By the way, all members of Creed except Scott Stapp moved to form Alter Bridge after the break-up.

Creed's Greatest Hits proceeds chronologically (Tracks 1-4 are taken from 'My Own Prison', 5-8 are from 'Human Clay' and 9-13 are from 'Weathered'). This allows listener to compare how Creed has improved over the years. Although some good songs are missing from the compilation, it definitely contains all of their "hits".

Production of this compilation varies between the songs taken from different albums... Songs from 'My Own Prison' don't sound as good as other songs. Fortunately, the CD has been re-mastered so there aren't differences in the levels. Unfortunately there's some distortion in some songs (for example, distortion occurs in 'Bullets' and 'My Sacrifice'). For some reason the videos didn't have the same re-mastering treatment which is unfortunate. Also the picture quality in videos of My Own Prison era isn't as clear as in the videos of Weathered era. Nevertheless, the overall production is rather good. An option to watch all the videos would have been nice though (the DVD only contained a content screen where each video had to be clicked individually in order to watch it).

In case you're quite new to Creed and haven't got all their albums, this collection is a good buy. Also a Creed fan, who owns all three albums, may find this release worth buying as it includes a bonus DVD containing all Creed music videos in addition to three live performances (the live performances don't sound too good though, as they're lacking dynamics). It would have been nice to hear band's comments on each song and an interview as an added bonus on the DVD. Regardless, Creed's Greatest Hits is good release as such.

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- MAGE (20.12.2004)

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LINE-UP:
- Tracks 1-8 - Stapp, Scott: Vocals Tremonti, Mark: Guitar Phillips, Scott: Drums Marshall, Brian: Bass - Tracks 9-13 - Stapp, Scott: Vocals Tremonti, Mark: Guitar & Bass Phillips, Scott: Drums & Keys with Kurzweg, John: Additional Keyboards Stapp, Amie: Backing Vocals on "Don't Stop Dancing" The Tallahassee Boys Choir: Choir on "Don't Stop Dancing"
Producer:	Kurzweg, John (Tracks 1-13) & Kelsey, Kirk (Tracks 9-13)
Mixing by:	Saint-Germain, Ron (Tracks 1-4), Kurzweg, John (Tracks 5-13) & Kelsey, Kirk (Tracks 9-13)
Mastering by:	Smith, Ryan (Compilation), Weinberg, Howie (Tracks 1-4), Jensen, Ted (Tracks 5-8) & Ludwig, Bob (Tracks 9-13)

	TRACKLIST:
	CD: 01. Torn 02. My Own Prison 03. What's This Life For 04. One 05. Are You Ready 06. Higher 07. With Arms Wide Open 08. What If 09. One Last Breath 10. Don't Stop Dancing 11. Bullets 12. My Sacrifice 13. Weathered DVD (Videos): 01. My Own Prison 02. What's This Life For 03. Higher 04. What If 05. With Arms Wide Open 06. Bullets 07. My Sacrifice 08. One Last Breath 09. Don't Stop Dancing 10. Torn (Live) 11. Higher (Live) 12. Weathered (Live)