Human Clay

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Human Clay
Human Clay cover
Studio album by Creed
Released September 28, 1999
Recorded 1998–1999
Genre post-grunge, hard rock
Length 56:18
Label Wind-up Records
Producer John Kurzweg
Professional reviews
Creed chronology
My Own Prison
(1997)		 Human Clay
(1999)		 Weathered
(2001)

Human Clay is the second 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]The album has sold 11,504,000 copies in the USA alone according to Soundscan numbers as of January 2008. It has also been certified 6 times planitum in Canada, 5 times in Australia and 7 times in New Zealand among others. The second single "With Arms Wide Open" has won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The album had three video released from it: "Higher","What If," and "With Arms Wide Open," the last of which was voted the 92nd 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 and make our own destiny.

This was the final album that featured Brian Marshall on bass guitar; he departed from the band shortly after the tour for the album in August 2000. Mark Tremonti filled as the bassist on their third and final album, Weathered, while Brett Hestla became their touring bassist.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Are You Ready?" – 4:45
  2. "What If" – 5:18
  3. "Beautiful" – 4:20
  4. "Say I" – 5:15
  5. "Wrong Way" – 4:19
  6. "Faceless Man" – 5:59
  7. "Never Die" – 4:51
  8. "With Arms Wide Open" – 4:35
  9. "Higher" – 5:17
  10. "Wash Away Those Years" – 6:04
  11. "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 (which was the cut of the song that got most of the radio play). Some imported editions of the disc include the bonus track "Young Grow Old". Another edition includes 2 CDs, the first containing the 11 tracks listed above without the hidden version of "With Arms Wide Open". The second disc in this edition features the B-sides "To Whom It May Concern" and "Is This The End", a live version of the Doors classic "Roadhouse Blues" and an acoustic version of "With Arms Wide Open" and "What's This Life For".

[edit] Singles

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1999 Billboard 200 1

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1999 "Higher" Billboard Hot 100 7
2000 "With Arms Wide Open" Billboard Hot 100 1
Preceded by
The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails		 Billboard 200 number-one album
October 16 - October 29, 1999		 Succeeded by
Supernatural by Santana

[edit] References

v • d • e
Creed
Scott Stapp · Mark Tremonti · Scott Phillips
Brian Marshall · Brett Hestla · Brian Brasher
Studio albums
My Own Prison · Human Clay · Weathered · Greatest Hits
Compilations
Singles
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