The Creed is the eighth album

Album

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 released by Christian vocal group Avalon

Avalon (band)

Avalon is an American contemporary Christian vocal quartet who has earned multiple RIAA-certified gold records, sold four million albums, and released 22 number one Christian hits.- 1995–1997: Formation of Avalon and A Maze of Grace :...

, their fifth studio project. It is the first Avalon album to include Greg Long

Greg Long

Greg Long is a contemporary Christian Music solo artist and also a member of the contemporary Christian pop group Avalon....

 (group member Janna Long

Janna Long

Janna Potter Long , born on February 5, 1971 in Florence, South Carolina, is a member of the contemporary Christian pop band Avalon. Janna is currently married to fellow Avalon band member Greg Long as of May 13, 2000 and have 3 daughters: Lillian, born 2004, Julia, born 2006, and Eleanor, born...

's husband), who replaced Michael Passons

Michael Passons

Michael Passons , a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, is the founding member of the Christian band Avalon. As a young musician, Michael was influenced by artists like Elton John and Lionel Richie. In college, he performed in a band and in a New Jersey-based group that toured nationally...

 after his unexpected departure in mid-2003. The Creed debuted and peaked at #104 on the Billboard 200

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 chart for the week of March 13, 2004, and to date has spent a total of eight weeks there. It also made an appearance on Billboard's Christian Albums chart, its highest ranking #4, also for the week of March 13, 2004. On the Christian Albums chart, it spent a total of nineteen weeks. The project was unable to produce a No. 1 radio single, a rare occurrence in the group's successful career. However, lead single "All" did manage to peak at #2 on Radio & Records

Radio & Records

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' Christian AC chart and spent a total of eight weeks in the chart's top five. It also made chart positions in all three major Christian formats—AC, CHR, and Inspirational. The Creed contains the track "Overjoyed", lifted from Janna Long's self-titled solo album.

Track listing

1. "All" – 3:46 Sung by Janna and Melissa
2. "The Creed" – 4:56 All split lead (Greg and Jody are most predominant)
3. "Abundantly" – 3:56 Sung by Janna
4. "I Wanna Be With You" – 4:05 Sung by Greg
5. "You Were There" – 6:53 Sung by Jody
6. "Far Away From Here" – 4:38 Sung by Melissa and Jody
7. "Overjoyed" – 4:03 Sung by Janna
8. "I Bring it to You" – 3:49 Sung by Melissa
9. "The Good Way" – 3:23 Sung by Janna and Melissa
10. "Renew Me" – 4:43 Sung by Janna, Melissa and Jody

Personnel

• Janna Long – vocals
• Jody McBrayer
  Jody McBrayer
  Jody McBrayer is an American singer/songwriter. A former member of the Christian pop group Avalon, with whom he recorded and toured with for nearly twelve years, he departed the group in 2007 due to a rare but manageable form of heart disease, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.He has released one solo...
  
   – vocals
• Melissa Greene – vocals
• Greg Long – vocals