Weathered

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: November 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 post-grunge 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. 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 released until Full Circle came out in 2009, with the band disbanding for five years during the interim. It is the only Creed album not to include bass guitarist Brian Marshall, who departed from the band in 2000 for reasons that were never fully clarified. Mark Tremonti, the band's guitarist, played the album's bass parts. The album received mixed reviews from critics.

Production

On July 20, 2001, Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, and Scott Phillips entered J. Stanley Productions Inc. a private residence / recording studio in Ocoee, Florida to begin the process of recording the album.[8]

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
Additional musicians
Production

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)[9] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Brazil (ABPD)[10] Platinum 125,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[11] 3× Platinum 300,000^
Germany (BVMI)[12] Gold 150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[13] 2× Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[15] 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. ↑ http://wayback.archive.org/web/20010721225805/http://creed.com/
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  10. ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – Creed – Weathered" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Creed – Weathered". Music Canada.
  12. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Creed; 'Weathered')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  13. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Creed – Weathered". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
  14. ↑ "British album certifications – Creed – Weathered". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Weathered in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  15. ↑ "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