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intereact!Creed
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 1997-08-26
Manufacturer: Wind-Up
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
It took a few years, but the "Seattle sound" migrated south. In 1997 Creed emerged from the sunny state of Florida wielding dark and dulcet postgrunge tones. Their 10-cut debut, My Own Prison, has became a surprising success by filling a niche for needy teen gloom-rockers. Singer Scott Stapp has the soulful and rich Eddie Vedder inflections down pat, but despite Creed's slightly hackneyed approach, My Own Prison is full of strong, memorable, tuneful songs (and numerous solid singles) coupled with compelling and dark emotions. Titles such as "Illusion," "Unforgiven," "What's This Life For," and "Torn" clearly peg Creed as dour introverts. But despite lyrics such as "Their souls are lost / Because they could never find / What's this life for," Creed is musically tight and dynamic, drawing on melodies that are often moving and uplifting... in a depressing sort of way, of course. --Katherine Turman
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Creed What happen? [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Now for starters I like all kinds of music. So I am not one those MTV TRL people, I know music! I like everything from Ozzy to Lamb of God to Alice In Chains to Slayer to Tool to NIN to Seether, to Pantera to Type O to etc etc etc. Now when I turned on my radio in my car and the song My Own Prison comes on for the 1st time. So I went out and picked up this cd and I was like wow this whole cd is good. I can pop it in and play it from the 1st track to the last. Now about the time their next cd comes out I picked it and played it and I had to take it out of my cd player and look to see if it's the same band. Sure info it was so I gave it away to my brother. After hearing that cd I have hated them ever sence then. All you need from these guys is this cd don't pick up anything else from these guys or you will having a $15.00 toy for your dog.2) The debut rocker - 3.5 stars [Rating: 3 out of 5]
This debut (sort of) album from Creed had people talking right from the word go. Though I must admit to being fooled by the cover art and thinking they were a hardcore band! Hey, we all have our bad days...But overall this is a solid affair. An album from a band I always equated as slugging it out with Nickelback for the most successful mainstream hard rock band of their era. And on this album we find much of Creeds musical journey already complete, this doesn't sound like a debut for the most part and Stapp certainly doesn't have much in the way of youthful uncertaintly about him, his self assurance staying the course for the whole show. And a show it is as the band move through songs with delicate sections such as One and others where are repetitive bludgeoning is the order of the day as per Illusion and the relentless repetition of it's title towards the end of the song. The band is able to rock out like the young lads they still were on the opening couple of numbers with their beefed up rifferama and then later in the album have the restraint to take a backseat to let Stapps vocals drive the car on the tune Sister. There is also a judicious use of studio tricks in some of the songs.Some editions came with the bonus track Bound and Tied which has an interesting low end rumble underneath Stapp crooning melodramatically over the top. A useful track and you should try to get an edition with this song on it if possible though it does drone on a bit.As debut efforts go this is pretty good. The band would get a touch better at pacing their aural attacks for added drama and Stapp got a little better at his mid range croon. But even at this point in his career he could belt out with power. A good album but not a great one and a collection more for the fans, as casual listeners are probably better served by the greatest hits collection initially released in 2004.3) on their way [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Compared to the music Creed later gave us, this debut album must be qualified as a strong start. Understandably, it falls short of the band's mature sound.Still, there are some rockin' good tracks here. They were signaling the Creed they'd become.Some of the lyrics are a bit self-possessed, but on the way to breakout.Stapp's voice is as good as it gets, but the band had not yet caught up with him.'Not to worry, however: they would do so in good time. And then the music would get to be a very good thing.4) To not own is ignorant! 4.7 [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This cd is just great. Contains the best Creed song in 'Ode', but also features 'One", 'My Own Prison', 'Illusion' and the absolutely stellar 'Unforgiven'. From Heavy to mellow, there is something for everyone here. I agree, this is one of the best debuts out there. Great guitar work and not overproduced (the ONLY problem with Weathered IMO). There is no need in debating the obvious. Not everyone liked Creed but to not see the magic in at least some of their music is impossible.5) One Of The Greatest Debut Albums!!! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
In all genres of music it seems that some of the best bands...their first album is always the best. Bands seemed to buckle under the pressure to follow up their second, third album to match their first. Creed is no exception. To their credit, it would have been almost impossible to follow up another album that would compare to "My Own Prison". This album is as close to flawless as it gets. To those of you that have listen to this album in depth, you are aware of what I am saying. The songs, it would seem, were not designed to get major radio play, or end up in the top 10. Every song is filled with pure soul lifting music. Call it Grunge, Christian Rock or whatever adjective you choose to use. All I know is this album is a classic and by the pitiful standards that are used to judge music today, it will be a long time coming before another first album or any album has the pure genius to be classified as a classic the same day that it's released.