Item description for CREED (HUMAN CLAY)

Artist:	Creed (Post-Grunge)	Release Date:	Sep 1999
Format:	CD	Record Label:	Wind-Up
Genre:	Rock	UPC:	601501305320
Sub-Genre:	--	Duration:	Album or EP

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)