# xmcd CD database file # Copyright (C) 1993-2000 Ti Kan # # Track frame offsets: # 150 # 21535 # 45392 # 64862 # 88522 # 107972 # 134900 # 156742 # 177352 # 201107 # 228437 # 254592 # 276800 # # Disc length: 3925 seconds # # Revision: 8 # Submitted via: xmcd 2.6 PL0 # DISCID=c80f530d DTITLE=Creed / human clay TTITLE0=are you ready ? TTITLE1=what if TTITLE2=beautiful TTITLE3=say I TTITLE4=wrong way TTITLE5=faceless man TTITLE6=never die TTITLE7=with arms wide open TTITLE8=higher TTITLE9=wash away those years TTITLE10=inside us all TTITLE11=young grow old TTITLE12=with arms wide open (special) EXTD=Creed's Second Album, first one was entitled "My Own Prison".\n\nD EXTD=ate of US Release September 28, 1999\n\n\n\nMost critics and pop mus EXTD=ic trainspotters didn't give Creed's 1997 debut My Own Prison mu EXTD=ch credit upon its release, even though it wound up going multi- EXTD=platinum. At the time, they seemed like one of many heavy post-g EXTD=runge guitar outfits - especially to the disinterested observers EXTD= who tend to name genres and classify bands. So, when the group EXTD=unleashed their second album, Human Clay, in 1999, the industry, EXTD= critics, and record collectors alike were stunned, positively s EXTD=tunned, when it entered the charts at number one, then stayed in EXTD= the upper reaches of the charts for months on end. Nobody could EXTD= figure out why this group managed to not just survive, but thri EXTD=ve when such fellow travelers as Our Lady Peace fell by the ways EXTD=ide. After all, at the time, not only were post-grunge bands dyi EXTD=ng, but so were such grunge heavyweights as Pearl Jam and Soundg EXTD=arden's Chris Cornell. Listening to Human Clay doesn't really re EXTD=veal any insights, either, since it is hard rock rooted firmly i EXTD=n the Seattle vein, complete with really big riffs and intensely EXTD= introspective lyrics. Then, a realization sets in: Unlike their EXTD= influences - from Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains to Stone Temple EXTD= Pilots - Creed is happy to be a rock band. Their music may not EXTD=be particularly joyous and they may even favor foreboding, heavy EXTD= riffs, but they're not trying to stretch into political causes EXTD=or worldbeat like Pearl Jam; they're not reveling in dark psyche EXTD=delia like Soundgarden, nor are they attempting a glam Abbey Roa EXTD=d like Stone Temple Pilots. Creed is a straightforward grunge an EXTD=d hard rock band, embracing everything that goes along with that EXTD=, and doing it pretty well. They might not have as strong an ide EXTD=ntity as their forefathers, but they're not faceless, especially EXTD= in the late '90s, an era when most popular hard rock is either EXTD=rap-rock, industrial-tinged, or plain-out thuggish (at times, of EXTD= course, it's all three). Creed has more class than that and the EXTD=y write relatively solid riffs and hooks. It may not be the kind EXTD= of thing that knocks out critics or grunge purists, but it does EXTD= deliver for anyone looking for direct, grunge-flavored hard roc EXTD=k. Within that realm, the band does mix things up a bit - it's n EXTD=ot all midtempo sludge, for there are also ballads and some high EXTD=-octane, uptempo rockers - and that makes Human Clay a stronger, EXTD= better-paced record than its predecessor, which wasn't bad eith EXTD=er. It's hard to tell on the basis of these two records if Creed EXTD= has staying power. However, Human Clay does make it clear that EXTD=there is an audience for post-grunge hard rock, as long as it's EXTD=delivered without pretension and as long as it meets the audienc EXTD=e's desire for straight-ahead, hard-hitting hard rock. EXTT0= EXTT1= EXTT2= EXTT3= EXTT4= EXTT5= EXTT6= EXTT7= EXTT8= EXTT9= EXTT10= EXTT11= EXTT12= PLAYORDER=