I agree. One of the multiple critics' problems w/ Weathered was the contrived, calculated, and formulated sound in many songs, including My Sacrifice. I think a new sound would not hurt Creed (or at least a modified one). They took a step away from their original sound in Human Clay, and that worked, but the success didn't quite hold over for Weathered. People anticipated a great album (didn't it go platinum in a week?), but sales have trailed off much since then, whereas HC ran solid for many months. I'd say this is b/c HC is thorough and very good. Admittedly, Weathered sounds a bit formulated, and, therefore, is not as good as MOP and HC. On the whole, the lyrics, music, etc weren't quite as superior. Still a good album, but not awesome. A return to the MOP sound would be awesome!
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