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| Misc = {{Singles
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| Name = Human Clay
| Name = Human Clay
| Type = Studio album
| Type = A Potatoe
| single 1 = [[Higher (Creed song)|Higher]]
| single 1 = A Potatoe
| single 1 date = August 24, 1999
| single 1 date = August 24, 1999
| single 2 = [[What If (Creed song)|What If]]
| single 2 = [[What If (Creed song)|What If]]

Revision as of 20:48, 31 December 2012

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Rolling Stone[4]

Human Clay is the second album by American rock band Creed, released on September 28, 1999 through Wind-Up Records. It was certified 11x platinum and Diamond by the RIAA, and is 54th on the top 100 selling albums of all time in the United States (as of February 2007).[5] It ranks as the #8 best selling album of the last 20 years in the US.[6] The album was the band's first to hit #1 in the U.S., where it debuted with first week sales of 315,000, and stayed on top for two weeks.[7] As of May 2012, it has sold 11,579,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Soundscan numbers.[8] It has also been certified 6 times platinum in Canada, 5 times in Australia[citation needed] and 7 times in New Zealand,[citation needed]and 4 times in Switzerland among others, selling an estimated 20 million copies worldwide.[9] The fourth single "With Arms Wide Open" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. 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 ranked it #4 on the "25 Greatest Power Ballads".[10] VH1 listed "Higher" as 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 until 2009's Full Circle to feature 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.

Human Clay was ranked #5 on Billboard's 200 Albums of the Decade in 2009.[11] The album has sold over 11.5 million copies in the United States and a total of 20 million worldwide, making it the best selling album of Creed's career and one of the best-selling albums in the United States it spent a record 104 weeks on the chart survey.[12]

The album will be played in its entirety during Creed's April 2012 "2 NIGHTS" tour.

Track listing

All songs written by A Potatoe

  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" – 5:39
  12. "Young Grow Old" (Australian only Bonus Track) 4:48
  13. "With Arms Wide Open (Strings Version) (Hidden Track)" 3:57

Personnel

  • Travis McGehee - Engineer, Mixing Assistant

Additional musicians

  • John Kurzweg - B-3 organ on "Wrong Way"
  • Kirk Kelsey - Mandolin on "Wrong Way"

Charts and certifications

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1999 "Higher" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
2000 "What If" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 102
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
"With Arms Wide Open" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
"Are You Ready?" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 125
U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
October 16–29, 1999 		Succeeded by

See also

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Stephen (1999-09-28). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. ^ "CG: Creed". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  3. ^ Morgan, Laura (1999-10-08). "Human Clay Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-03-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Powers, Ann (1999-10-28). "Creed: Human Clay : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2012-05-02. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America". Riaa.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  6. ^ Name (required) (2012-01-01). "METALLICA: 'Black' Album Remains Top-Selling LP Of SoundScan Era « HEAVY UNIONS". Fanoegerm.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  7. ^ Mancini, Robert (1999-10-13). "News - Articles - 1427609". Mtv.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  8. ^ a b Grein, Paul (2012-05-16). "Chart Watch Extra: Following Up A Monster". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  9. ^ "Interview: Mark Tremonti on Creed's 2012 full albums tour". MusicRadar.com. 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  10. ^ "Creed: "With Arms Wide Open" (25 Greatest Power Ballads)". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  11. ^ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard.com. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  12. ^ "Human Clay - Creed". Billboard.com. 1999-10-16. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  13. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  14. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Creed – Human Clay" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  15. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Creed – Human Clay". Music Canada.
  16. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Creed; 'Human Clay')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  17. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Creed – Human Clay". Recorded Music NZ.
  18. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  19. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
  20. ^ "American album certifications – Creed – Human Clay". Recording Industry Association of America.
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