My Own Prison

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My Own Prison
Creed My Own Prison.jpg
Studio album by Creed
Released August 26, 1997
Recorded The Kitchen Studio, Tallahassee, Florida and Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, 1995
Genre Post-grunge,[1] Grunge
Length 49:10
Label Wind-up
Producer John Kurzweg
Creed chronology
My Own Prison
(1997)		 Human Clay
(1999)Human Clay1999
Singles from My Own Prison
  1. "My Own Prison"
    Released: January 10, 1998
  2. "Torn"
    Released: May 23, 1998
  3. "What's This Life For"
    Released: June 9, 1998
  4. "One"
    Released: January 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Music Critic 3.5/5 stars[2]
Rock Hard 9/10 stars[3]

My Own Prison is the debut studio album by American post-grunge band Creed, released on August 26, 1997. It has been certified six times platinum and is one of the top 200 selling albums of all time in the United States.[citation needed] The person kneeling on the album's cover is Justin Brown, a friend of the band. The picture was taken by guitarist Mark Tremonti's brother, Daniel, for a photography class.[4] It has spent over 150 weeks on the catalog albums chart and over 110 weeks on the Billboard 200.[5] The album received generally positive reviews from critics.[6][7]

Background

For the band's debut release manager Jeff Hanson matched them up with John Kurzweg, a producer friend who, with his unobtrusive production style and talents as a song writer and multi-instrumentalist, he felt was a great fit.[8] Together the album was recorded for $6,000, which was funded by Hanson. My Own Prison was released independently in 1997 on their own Blue Collar Records. The album was distributed to Florida radio stations, and their enthusiasm for the record helped it sell 6,000 copies in the first two months in Florida alone.[8]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti. 

No. Title Length
1. "Torn"   6:25
2. "Ode"   4:58
3. "My Own Prison"   5:00
4. "Pity for a Dime"   5:29
5. "In America"   5:00
6. "Illusion"   4:37
7. "Unforgiven"   3:38
8. "Sister"   4:56
9. "What's This Life For"   4:08
10. "One"   5:03
Total length:
 49:10

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Success and accomplishments

Over the course of Creed's career, the album has gone on to sell 6 million copies in the United States alone, being certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA in 2002.[10]

Personnel

Credits adopted from album liner notes[9]

Charts

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[14] 92

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Music Critic review
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  6. ↑ http://acrnsmellslikethe90s.blogspot.com/2013/10/creed.html?m=1
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