Human Clay
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studio album
First released:
Sep 28 1999

Overview Edit

Human Clay is the second album by Creed released on September 28, 1999. It was certified 11x platinum and 1x diamond by the RIAA, and is 54th on the top 100 selling albums of all time in the United States (as of February 2007). 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 platinum in Canada, 5 times in Australia and 7 times in New Zealand, among others. The fourth single "With Arms Wide Open" has won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, and was later used in the soundtrack to the 2009 film Avatar. The album had three videos released from it: "Higher", "What If," and "With Arms Wide Open," the last of which was voted the 92nd best music video of all-time by VH1, who also listed "Higher" one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time in 2009. Human Clay is the only Creed album without a title track.

According to Mark Tremonti, the album cover represents a crossroad which every man finds himself at 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." The title of the album comes from a lyric in "Say I" ("The dust has finally settled on the field of human clay"), a song which carries the same message.

This was the final album before the band's split in 2004 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 album, Weathered, while Brett Hestla became their touring bassist. However, the band has since reunited with Marshall in 2009, who performs on the band's new album Full Circle.

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Record label:
unknown
Catalog number:
13053
Release dates:
  • Sep 28 1999 in United States

Genres

Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Rock. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Clay in Creed's Hands can be nothing but Beautiful
Please take into account that in my own mind I have rated this cd with a solid four and a half stars, not just four. With that said, let me address the more important matter, the album itself which is light years beyond in consistency compared to "My own Prison." "My Own..." was indeed a powerful album with highlights that far outshine the majority of the alt-metal records of late. The title cut was perhaps the most powerful, beautiful and by far best song while "What's this life for" and "One" …
Written by Nathan Miller
1 stars Human Crud is more like it..
After 1997's semi-decent MY OWN PRISON, Creed released HUMAN CLAY, which seems like leftovers from MOP, omitted for obvious reasons. Scott Stapp's "I wanna be Eddie Vedder/Jim Morrison" vocals sound like Michael Bolton on the tracks when he tries to scream, and dradfully annoying on others. Mark Tremonti tries to be Jimmy Page, but his riffs are bland and uninventive.

Yes, 10 million fans can be wrong. Do not be fooled by the mass public who actually bought this album. All this album is good fo…
Written by K. Bentley "amateur critic"

Track listing Edit

  • CD

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    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Are You Ready?
    4:45
    2
    What If
    5:18
    3
    Beautiful
    4:19
    4
    Say I
    5:15
    5
    Wrong Way
    4:19
    6
    Faceless Man
    5:58
    7
    Never Die
    4:51
    8
    With Arms Wide Open
    4:34
    9
    Higher
    5:16
    10
    Wash Away Those Years
    6:04
    11
    Inside Us All
    5:39

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Human Clay 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 13053
release dates: Sep 28 1999
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Human Clay 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 13053
release dates: 1999 in Australia
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Human Clay 13 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 13053
release dates: Feb 19 2001 in United Kingdom
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Human Clay 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 13053-2
release dates: Sep 28 1999 in United States
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release dates: 1999 in Australia
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