''V'' is the sixth studio album by the band

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, released in 2001. It featured the singles "

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" and " Overcome", the latter of which received significant exposure following the

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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''. The tracks included two songs featured in films released prior to the release of ''V'', "

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", written for the closing credits of ''

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'', and "Deep Enough", which appears in the opening of ''

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'' because director

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was a fan of Live. Taylor would later express dismay at the label's disinterest in promoting those two songs, particularly in light of the box office success of both films."An Answer to a Question"
All Things Chad Taylor (blog), July 19, 2010. ''V'' only reached number 22 on the album chart in the US and failed to attain gold status, despite reasonably positive reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Live *

Ed Kowalczyk Edward Joel Kowalczyk (; born July 16, 1971)"Edward Kowalczyk IMDb entry"
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– lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Chad Taylor – lead guitar, backing vocals *

Patrick Dahlheimer Patrick Michael "Pat" Dahlheimer (born May 30, 1971, in York, Pennsylvania) is the former bassist for Live and bassist for The Gracious Few. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8× platinum album ''Throwing Copper''.

– bass *

Chad Gracey Chad Alan Gracey (born July 23, 1971, in York, Pennsylvania, US) is the drummer for the bands Live and The Gracious Few. Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8× platinum album ''Throwing Copper''.Adam Duritz Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964) is an American singer, best known as the frontman for the rock band Counting Crows, of which he is a founding member and principal composer. Since its founding in 1991, Counting Crows has sold over 20 mi ...

– backing vocals on "Flow" *

Alain Johannes Alain Johannes Mociulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and bass. He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has ...

– "Intro" concept, sitar on "The Ride" *

Adam Kowalczyk Adam E. Kowalczyk (born September 27, 1975) is an American musician. He is the brother of Ed Kowalczyk, lead singer of the band Live. Biography Kowalczyk was born in York, Pennsylvania to a family of Polish descent. He began learning the guit ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Michael "Railo" Railton –

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, backing vocals *Natasha Schneider – backing vocals on "People Like You" * Tricky – vocals on "

" *Shawn Williams – bass on "Flow"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

*A: "Simple Creed" did not chart on the Flemish Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 4 on the

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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.

Certifications

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:V 2001 albums Live (band) albums Albums produced by Alain Johannes Radioactive Records albums