Friday, August 26, 2011

Creed - (2000) With Arms Wide Open [Single]

 Maxi Single Cover

Single Compact Disc

No. This is of course nothing close to metal but a distant cousin between the two. A friend of my brother left this CD lying around our house about ten years ago. Yes. I can't even begin to recall who actually owns this Maxi. It's not something that worth collecting but somehow my gut instinct tells me that this piece of classic may as well worth sharing for average rockers out there. Creed's career is rather short - lived but not before achieving international sales close to 35 million; something even the remotest of musicians would dream of. Being a casual fan of this band, their earlier releases come out quite decent and solid with tracks that are memorably meaningful. Their sophomore effort proves to be groundbreaking for post - grunge genre; Human Clay has gone to spawn a total of four singles, all of which have earned the highest place in worldwide charts (I'm speaking from global point of view as opposed to 'kvlt' spectrum). My personal favorite, among others is Higher. A relatively quasi ballad with grunge - driven tendency that has one singing to its harmonious melodies. On this Maxi edition, I have found out that the track order significantly differs from what has been listed in the database. Nevertheless, the original version of With Arms Wide Open is simply the best, The other two versions, well, at least they got decent ideas to toy with. However, the last track is replaced with Wash Away Those Years and One is somehow omitted from this release. The original track list is as follow:

Original track listing:

1. With Arms Wide Open (New Version)
2. Wash Away Those Years
3. One
4. With Arms Wide Open (Strings Version)
5. With Arms Wide Open (Multimedia Video Track)

Now what I have here is slightly different. Could this release have been specified for Asian edition? I don't know. All in all, the CD is still in good condition with minor scratches, Maxi case still intact and of course playable. Or else how do you think I managed to rip this CD huh? Enjoy peeps!

Maxi Single Track List:

1. With Arms Wide Open [New Version] 3:45
2. With Arms Wide Open [Album Version] 4:27
3. With Arms Wide Open [Strings Version] 3:57
4. Wash Away the Years 6:04

Total time: 18:13


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Technical information: Size: 187 Mb
Miscellaneous: .flac / lossless / 24 bit / Average bitrate: 1415 kbps / 44 kHz

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