Human Clay by Creed (Post-Grunge) (CD, Sep-1999, Wind-Up)

Album Features
UPC:	601501305320
Artist:	Creed (Post-Grunge)
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Wind-Up
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Are You Ready?
2. What If
3. Beautiful
4. Say I
5. Wrong Way
6. Faceless Man
7. Never Die
8. With Arms Wide Open
9. Higher
10. Wash Away Those Years
11. Inside Us All

Details
Producer:	John Kurzweg
Distributor:	BMG (distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Creed: Mark Tremonti (vocals, guitar); Scott Stapp (vocals); Brian Marshall (bass); Scott Phillips (drums)."With Arms Wide Open" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song and was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.Personnel: Mark Tremonti (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Scott Stapp (vocals); Kirk Kelsey (mandolin); Scott Phillips (drums).Audio Mixers: John Kurzweg ; Kirk Kelsey.Photographers: Daniel Tremonti; Sacha Waldman.Unknown Contributor Roles: Scott Phillips ; Brian Marshall; Scott Stapp.Creed's second album continues in the vein of MY OWN PRISON, combining heavy guitar rock with lyrics that aspire to something beyond standard rock & roll hedonism. There's plenty of head-banging riffs for lead singer Scott Stapp's Vedder-esque wail to ride over (although the band is surprising nimble considering how heavy it plays) and this time out there's also some softer stuff --"Say I," "Wrong Way"--with more than a hint of Led Zeppelin in its Middle-Eastern experimental mode. Even more surprising, there's actually a ballad here--"With Arms Wide Open"--with a wistfully beautiful melody.

Editorial Reviews
...HUMAN CLAY will grab you by the shoulders and shake you all night long.
CMJ (19991018)

3 stars out of 5 - ...an intense and introspective affair....the band perform well, have a good solid sound and, in songs...sometimes reveal a talent for a good tune...
Q (19991201)