Weathered

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Weathered
Studio album by Creed
Released November 20, 2001
Recorded March 2001-August 2001
Genre Hard rock, post-grunge
Length 50:02
Label Wind-up Records
Producer John Kurzweg
Kirk Kelsey
Creed
Creed chronology

Human Clay
(1999)		 Weathered
(2001)		 Full Circle
(2009)
Singles from Weathered
  1. "My Sacrifice"
    Released: October 15, 2001
  2. "Bullets"
    Released: February 23, 2002
  3. "One Last Breath"
    Released: May 7, 2002
  4. "Hide"
    Released: May 21, 2002
  5. "Don't Stop Dancing"
    Released: October 22, 2002
  6. "Weathered"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly C−[2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Slant Magazine [4]
Rock Hard [5]

Weathered is the third album by American rock band Creed, released on November 20, 2001. Some versions are enhanced CDs and include videos. It has been certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.[6] The album entered the Billboard 200 at #1, selling 887,000 copies in its first week of release,[7] and remained in the top spot for eight consecutive weeks, a record which Creed shares with The Beatles albums, the Anthology series. It was also Creed's only Gold album in the UK.[8] The album contains Creed's shortest ("Freedom Fighter"), longest ("Who's Got My Back?"), and the band's heaviest song ("Bullets"). The album sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S alone.

Weathered was the last Creed album before the band broke up in 2004 (though they later reunited in 2009). It is the only Creed album not to include bass guitarist Brian Marshall who left the band after comments he had made about Pearl Jam.[citation needed] As a result, Mark Tremonti played bass guitar for Weathered.

Production

On July 20, 2001, Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, and Scott Phillips entered a private residence in Central Florida to begin the process of recording the album.[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

  1. "Bullets" - 3:49
  2. "Freedom Fighter" - 2:36
  3. "Who's Got My Back?" - 8:25
  4. "Signs" - 4:29
  5. "One Last Breath" - 3:58
  6. "My Sacrifice" - 4:54
  7. "Stand Here with Me" - 4:17
  8. "Weathered" - 5:30
  9. "Hide" - 4:27
  10. "Don't Stop Dancing" - 4:33
  11. "Lullaby" - 3:04

Personnel

Creed
  • Scott Stapp - lead vocals
  • Mark Tremonti - lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals, six string bass on "Freedom Fighter"
  • Scott Phillips - drums, additional keyboards
Additional musicians
  • John Kurzweg - keyboards
  • Amie Stapp - backing vocals on "Don't Stop Dancing"
  • Tallahassee Boys' Choir - choir on "Don't Stop Dancing"
  • Bo Taylor - Cherokee Indian prayer on "Who's Got My Back?"
Production
  • John Kurzweg - producer
  • Kirk Kesley - producer
  • Bob Ludwig - mastering at Gateway Mastering
  • Shilpa Patel - studio technician
  • Bobby Selvaggio - studio engineer

Charts

Album

Chart (2001–2002) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 3
Canadian Albums Chart 3
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 4
Swedish Albums Chart 13
Swiss Albums Chart 20
UK Albums Chart 44
U.S. Billboard 200 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "My Sacrifice" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
2002 "Bullets" U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 11
"One Last Breath" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 6
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 5
"Don't Stop Dancing" U.S. Adult Top 40 24
"Weathered" U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 7

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[10] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Brazil (ABPD)[11] Platinum 125,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] 2× Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] 6× Platinum 6,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

End of decade charts

Chart (2000–2009) Position
U.S. Billboard 200 22


References

  1. ↑ Weathered - Creed | AllMusic
  2. ↑ Browne, David (December 7, 2001). "Weathered: Music Review: Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Hunter, James (January 2, 2002). "Weathered : Creed : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (November 19, 2001). "Creed: Weathered: Music: Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2009. 
  5. ↑ Kupfer, Thomas. "Rock Hard". issue 176. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  6. ↑ Search Results. RIAA.com. February 1, 2011
  7. ↑ Caulfield, Keith. "Michael Jackson Hits No. 1 on Billboard 200 with This Is It". billboard.com. November 4, 2009.
  8. ↑ / Creed - Certifications (worldwide) | tsort.info
  9. ↑ http://wayback.archive.org/web/20010721225805/http://creed.com/
  10. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 
  11. ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – Creed – Weathered" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. 
  12. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Creed – Weathered". Music Canada. 
  13. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Creed; 'Weathered')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 
  14. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Creed – Weathered". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. 
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – Creed – Weathered". British Phonographic Industry.  Enter Weathered in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Creed – Weathered". Recording Industry Association of America.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by
Scarecrow by Garth Brooks		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 8, 2001 - February 1, 2002 		Succeeded by
Drive by Alan Jackson
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