With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective

With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective is a compilation album by American rock band Creed, which was released on November 20, 2015.[1] It is a three disc set, with disc one devoted to the band's radio hits, disc two for rarities and demos, and disc three for acoustic tracks. It is Creed's first album released since the acquisition of Wind-up Records by Concord Bicycle Music in May 2015.[2] With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective is a Walmart exclusive in the United States.[3]

With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective
Compilation album by Creed
Released	November 20, 2015
Recorded	1995 - 2009
Genre	Post-grunge hard rock heavy metal alternative rock
Length	68:39 (Disc One) 51:53 (Disc Two) 56:57 (Disc Three)
Label	Wind-up Concord Bicycle Music
Producer	John Kurzweg Howard Benson
Creed chronology
Full Circle (2009) With Arms Wide Open: A Retrospective (2015)

Background

Guitarist and founding member Mark Tremonti first broke the news of a new Creed release in August 2015 whilst promoting his solo album Cauterize. Following Scott Stapp's mental breakdown in November 2014 and his road to recovery in 2015, Tremonti was asked if he saw himself working with Creed again in the future. Despite playing down the option, the guitarist let slip that he and Stapp were speaking again and would likely collaborate on a box set of Creed's music.[4] During an interview about his recent diagnosis of Bipolar disorder in September, Stapp confirmed a "retrospective" of Creed's material to be released in late 2015 that would contain "hits, favorite album picks, acoustic versions of all the hits, live performances, unreleased demos."[5] Tremonti later stated that he would have preferred a 2017 release date for the retrospective, as it would mark the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album My Own Prison.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

Disc One - Best Of: The Singles

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Own Prison" (Radio edit)	4:14
2.	"Torn" (Radio edit)	5:21
3.	"What's This Life For" (Album edit)	3:31
4.	"One" (Radio edit)	4:34
5.	"What If" (Radio edit)	4:52
6.	"Higher" (Top 40 version)	4:42
7.	"With Arms Wide Open" (Strings version)	3:55
8.	"Are You Ready?"	4:46
9.	"My Sacrifice" (Radio edit)	4:19
10.	"Bullets"	3:51
11.	"One Last Breath" (Radio edit)	4:02
12.	"Don't Stop Dancing"	4:30
13.	"Weathered" (Radio edit)	4:51
14.	"Overcome"	3:47
15.	"Rain" (Pop mix)	3:19
16.	"A Thousand Faces" (Radio edit)	4:05
Total length:		68:39

Disc Two - Rarities & Demos

No.	Title	Length
1.	"To Whom It May Concern"	5:12
2.	"Is This the End?" (Scream 3 edit)	6:16
3.	"Bound & Tied"	5:37
4.	"Young Grow Old"	4:46
5.	"Silent Teacher"	3:44
6.	"I'm Eighteen" (Alice Cooper cover)	3:11
7.	"Roadhouse Blues" (The Doors cover; live at Woodstock 1999)	5:53
8.	"Riders on the Storm" (The Doors cover)	6:16
9.	"Blistered" (demo)	4:07
10.	"More Than This" (demo)	3:28
11.	"Why" (demo)	3:23
Total length:		51:53

Disc Three - Acoustic

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Sacrifice" (Acoustic version; live)	4:46
2.	"My Own Prison" (Acoustic version; extended version)	5:01
3.	"Don't Stop Dancing" (Acoustic version #3)	3:41
4.	"With Arms Wide Open" (Acoustic version)	3:54
5.	"What's This Life For" (Alternate version; clean)	4:22
6.	"Rain" (Acoustic version; live)	3:29
7.	"My Own Prison" (Acoustic version; live)	4:46
8.	"With Arms Wide Open" (Acoustic version; live)	4:04
9.	"Overcome" (Acoustic version; live)	4:24
10.	"One" (Acoustic version; live)	4:58
11.	"Torn" (Acoustic version; live)	6:02
12.	"Higher" (Acoustic version; live)	4:28
13.	"To Whom It May Concern" (Acoustic version; live)	3:02
Total length:		56:57

References

1. "Concord Online Media Kit Builder - Online Media Kit". mediakits-showcase.concordmusicgroup.com.
2. "Concord - Independent Music". Concord.
3. "With Arms Wide Open (Walmart Exclusive) (3CD)". Walmart.com.
4. Childers, Chad. "Mark Tremonti on Creed: 'It Doesn't Make Sense' Right Now". Loudwire.
5. "Scott Stapp Reflects on His Precipitous Fall and Recovery: 'I Was Out of My Mind'". Billboard.
6. "Mark Tremonti on Possible Creed Reunion: 'I Don't Want to Confuse Anybody'". Billboard.