Track Listing

1. Torn - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre
2. Ode - Creed, Tremonti, Mark
3. My Own Prison - Creed, Tremonti, Mark
4. Pity for a Dime - Creed, Tremonti, Mark
5. In America - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre
6. Illusion - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre
7. Unforgiven - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre
8. Sister - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre
9. What's This Life For - Creed, Tremonti, Mark
10. One - Creed, Tremonti, Mark [Cre

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9365 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-26
• Number of discs: 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

Good Start
Never was a big fan of christian metal as it's almost a contradiction in concepts. For spiritual uplift I'll just listen to Handel's 'Messiah' or just great standard christian rock like Kansas. Anyway, this was a good start for Creed: too bad they couldn't keep it up. I guess God isn't all that inspiring when it comes to hard rock or metal. 'My Own Prison' and 'Unforgiven' are the best songs on the album I think. One thing about Creed is that, despite having great vocals and bass, there is really no solo guitar work to speak of and that's pretty disappointing. Still a good album though and that's why I give it 4 stars for effort.

Good Start
Creed does a good job. I can't say I can listen to them long though. I seem to get a headache everytime I listen. Something in the music doesn't agree with me, but still good.

Creed What happen?
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.