Human Clay
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| Studio album by Creed | ||
| Released | September 28, 1999 | |
| Recorded | 1998-1999 | |
| Genre | Post-grunge Hard Rock |
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| Length | 56:18 | |
| Label | Wind-Up Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Kurzweg | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Creed chronology | ||
| My Own Prison (1997) |
Human Clay (1999) |
Weathered (2001) |
Human Clay is an album by Creed released on September 28, 1999. It was certified 11x platinum by the RIAA, and is 54th on the top 100 selling albums of all time in the United States (as of February 2007). [1] Because it has sold over 10 million copies, this album has also been certified diamond.The album has sold 11,484,000 million copies in the USA alone according to soundscan numbers as of January 2007.The album has also been certified 6 times planitum in Canada,5 times in Australia and 7 times in New Zealand among others.The 3 single With Arms Wide Open has won a Grammy award for best rock song.The album had 3 video released from it:Higher,What If and With Arms Wide Open which was voted the 92-th best video of all time by VH1. According to Mark Tremonti,the cover for the album represented a crossroad which every human finds himself in his life and the man of clay represented our actions,that what we are is up to us,that we lead our own path,we make our own destiny.
This was the last album that featured Brian Marshall on bass,Mark Tremonti recorded the bass for their third and final album Weathered and Brett Hestla toured with them.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Are You Ready?" – 4:45
- "What If" – 5:18
- "Beautiful" – 4:20
- "Say I" – 5:15
- "Wrong Way" – 4:19
- "Faceless Man" – 5:59
- "Never Die" – 4:51
- "With Arms Wide Open" – 4:35
- "Higher" – 5:17
- "Wash Away Those Years" – 6:04
- "Inside Us All" – 5:49
Some editions include a hidden track version of "With Arms Wide Open" with additional string and hi-hat accompaniment and slightly different vocals. Some imported editions of the disc include the bonus track "Young Grow Old".
[edit] Singles
- 1999 - Higher
- 2000 - With Arms Wide Open
- 2000 - What If?
- 2000 - Are You Ready?
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1999 | "Higher" | Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| 2000 | "With Arms Wide Open" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| Creed |
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| Scott Stapp | Mark Tremonti | Scott Phillips |
| Brian Marshall | Brett Hestla |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: My Own Prison | Human Clay | Weathered | Greatest Hits |
| Compilations: Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors | Live in the X Lounge |
| Singles: "My Own Prison" | "What's This Life For" | "Torn" | "One" | "Higher" | "With Arms Wide Open" | "What If" | "Are You Ready?" | "My Sacrifice" | "One Last Breath" | "Weathered" | "Bullets" | "Don't Stop Dancing" |
| Related articles |
| Alter Bridge | The Great Divide |
| Preceded by The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails |
Billboard 200 Number-one Album October 16, 1999 - October 29, 1999 |
Succeeded by Supernatural by Santana |
