Human Clay Mississippi

Human Clay

Creed

Wind-Up Records, 1999

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 12/16/2000

Scott Stapp and Creed seem to be the musical equivalent ofWeebles, a toy that anyone 30 or over should remember well. You cantry to push these guys over, but they just won't fall down... notwith the way that rock radio latched onto singles from Human Clay, Creed's second album. We're nearing the end ofthe year, and it's still a pretty safe bet that if you flip throughyour radio right now, there's some station playing either "WithArms Wide Open" or "Higher".

Without a doubt, there is some fantastic work on Human Clay, just like there was on Creed's 1997 debut My Own Prison. What's a little shocking is that very little,if any, new ground is broken by Creed, and it's only the strengthof the hits that keeps this album from sinking into mediocrity.

It would be ridiculously easy to sit here and focus on the fivetracks that have gotten some level of attention sice Human Clay was released. I could sit here and fawn over "AreYou Ready?" or "What If", or I could wonder why "Beautiful" hasn'tjoined the ranks of the hits.

But, no, that's too easy - and, besides, these songs have gottenso much airplay that almost everyone knows them by now. So, we'llturn our attention to the six listed tracks (and one uncreditedbonus track) that make up the remainder of Human Clay.