Human Clay
| Creed
Human Clay
Human Clay is the second studio album by American rock band Creed, released on September 28, 1999 through Wind-up Records. Produced by John Kurzweg, it was the band's last album to feature Brian Marshall, who left the band in August 2000, until 2009's Full Circle.-Wikipedia
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AV Club Music
September 28, 1999. Human Clay is a turgid, lumbering slog, and while it's no doubt bound for the top of the charts, its success should expedite the genre's inevitable downfall, . . . .
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AllMusic
. . . the band does mix things up a bit -- it's not all mid-tempo sludge, for there are also ballads and some high-octane, up-tempo rockers -- and that makes Human Clay a stronger, better-paced record than its predecessor, which wasn't bad either.
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Reddit
January 19, 2018. Human Clay is a great hard rock record for radio-friendly listeners, who are interested in lyrics focused on personal growth.
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Prefix
October 1, 2012. In its popularity, it represented a want to both shirk responsibility and cry foul when things don’t go our way, to feel both unjustly put upon and impossibly strong, despite presenting no evidence for either.
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Entertainment
October 8, 1999. On Human Clay, Creed return with the same formula they used on their first album: lunkheaded kegger rock sculpted from tiresome grunge riffs and aggressive discharge. Quasi-spiritual lyrics that have all the resonance of a self-help manual hardly help their cause.
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Plugged In
Parents tempted to recoil at Creed's grinding guitars and gritty vocals may be shocked by how paradoxically buoyant the band's messages are . . . . Human Clay is sonically edgy, but with its heart in the right place.
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Singapore Street Directory
With the release of Human Clay their artistic excellence is on full display as they have once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be their best work to date.
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Robert Christgau
Because their songs address universals, they don't debase women, a plus. But their spirituality is as sodden as their sonics. I mean, it's not as if familial oppression isn't real. It's the main thing that turns the hard and loud into truth-seekers and revenge-seekers both.
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Arena Music
Released through Wind-Up Records in the autumn of ’99, Human Clay picked up where the band's breakthrough, 97s’ My Own Prison, left off. But unlike its predecessor, the Florida troupe made some vast improvements.
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