'The circle is complete', professional football players always say when they return to the club where they once started as a youngster. And apparently that saying also applies to old rockers. Because in the same week that Bon Jovi releases an album called The Circle, Creed comes out with Full Circle. We get the theme: Creed is back to square one and that's good news for their old fans. Yes, the
… group still deals in solid rock songs and the well-known power ballads are also included. Full Circle doesn't move beacons and why should they? The musical formula had long been successfully tested (with 35 million CDs sold). The foursome once again emphasizes the emotions. Singer Scott Stapp still sounds like he has a warm potato in the throat. Creed was gone nine years, but everything stayed as it was and the clever fan of the band takes advantage of that. (PdK)more
