Weathered

Weathered
Studio album by Creed
Released	November 20, 2001
Recorded	March 2001-August 2001
Genre	Hard rock, post-grunge
Length	50:06
Label	Wind-up Records
Producer	John Kurzweg Kirk Kelsey Creed
Creed chronology
Human Clay (1999) Weathered (2001) Full Circle (2009)
Singles from Weathered
"My Sacrifice" Released: October 2001 "Bullets" Released: February 23, 2002 "One Last Breath" Released: May 7, 2002 "Don't Stop Dancing" Released: October 22, 2002 "Weathered" Released: 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	(C-)
Slant Magazine

Weathered is the third album by Creed, released on November 20, 2001. Some versions are enhanced CDs and include videos. It has been certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. The album entered the Billboard 200 at #1, selling 887,000 copies in its first week of release, and remained in the top spot for eight consecutive weeks, a record which Creed shares with The Beatles albums, The Anthology Series. It was also Creed's only Gold album in the UK. The album contains Creed's shortest ("Freedom Fighter"), longest ("Who's Got My Back?"), and one of 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 before the band broke up in 2004 (though they later reunited in 2009). It is the only Creed album not to not include bass guitarist Brian Marshall who left the band after comments he had made about Pearl Jam. As a result, Mark Tremonti played bass guitar for Weathered. Marshall has since rejoined the band.

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

• Scott Stapp - lead vocals
• Mark Tremonti - lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Phillips - drums, additional keyboards

Additional musicians

• John Kurzweg - keyboards
• Amie Stapp - backing vocals on "Don't Stop Dancing"
• Tallahassee Boys' Choir - choir on "Don't Stop Dancing"
• Bo Taylor - Cherokee Indian prayer on "Who's Got My Back?"

Production

• John Kurzweg - producer
• Kirk Kesley - producer
• Bob Ludwig - mastering at Gateway Mastering
• Shilpa Patel - studio technician
• Bobby Selvaggio - studio engineer

Charts

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

References

Preceded by Scarecrow by Garth Brooks

Billboard 200 number-one album December 8, 2001 - February 1, 2002

Succeeded by Drive by Alan Jackson