After the demise of Creed, Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips, and Brian Marshall obviously had unfinished business and hired singer/songwriter Myles Kennedy, who quickly formed a writing partnership with Tremonti, and the new band Alter Bridge brought out their debut album One Day Remains in 2004.
Three years later in October 2007, the second album, Blackbird, was released and with new man Kennedy fully integrated into the lineup, Creed fans weren't disappointed although the overall sound had changed and had become both heavier and more mature without the bickering of Scott Stapp hindering the band's music.
Right from track one, "Ties That Bind," there was an aggressive vocal and thundering guitar riff that hardly relented throughout the entire album.
Tremonti was freed to play lead guitar as Eddie Van Halen would have done, which is shown to good effect on the track "Come to Life," but the overall heavy thunder effect of the guitar throughout denied him more chances to show off this skill.
There were the more mellow tracks, however, "Brand New Start," "Buried Alive," "Watch Over You," and "Wayward One" all begin as acoustic songs and show the softer side of Alter Bridge.
It was on the title track with eight minutes of powerful emotions at work that the band really shone, the song alternating between a hard rock guitar riff-heavy number and an acoustic ballad about the loss of a loved one.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ties That BindAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Come to LifeAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Brand New StartAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 4 | Buried AliveAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 5 | Coming HomeAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Before Tomorrow ComesAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Rise TodayAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:21 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | BlackbirdAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 07:58 | 18 MB | 55 MB |
| 9 | One by OneAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 10 | Watch Over YouAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 11 | Break Me DownAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 12 | White KnucklesAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 13 | Wayward OneAlter Bridge | Alter Bridge | Play | 04:47 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 14 | The Damage Done | Alter Bridge | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 15 | New Way To Live | Alter Bridge | Play | 05:40 | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| 16 | We Don't Care At All | Alter Bridge | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 72 mins | 166 MB | |||||
| 72 mins | 520 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Adams | Drum Technician |
| 2 | Alter Bridge | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 3 | Chapman Baehler | Photography |
| 4 | Michael "Elvis" Baskette | Producer |
| 5 | Noah Goldstein | Assistant Engineer |
| 6 | Dave Holdredge | Engineer |
| 7 | Ernie Hudson | Guitar Technician |
| 8 | Myles Kennedy | Group Member, Guitar, Vocals |
| 9 | Jef Moll | Digital Engineer |
| 10 | John Netti | Assistant |
| 11 | Brian Sperber | Mixing |
| 12 | Daniel Tremonti | Art Direction, Design |
| 13 | Mark Tremonti | Group Member, Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |