My Own Prison

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 songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he felt was a great fit.{{cite web |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Jeff_Hanson_Interview.html |title=Interview With Jeff Hanson |publisher=HitQuarters|date=September 13, 2010 |access-date=October 5, 2010}} The album, funded by Hanson, was recorded for $6,000. My Own Prison was originally released independently on the band's own label, Blue Collar Records, in 1997. It was distributed to Florida radio stations, and their enthusiasm for the record helped it sell 6,000 copies during the first two months in that state alone. Vocalist Scott Stapp said that even though the band was trying to find their creative stride, it took a while for them to discover their musical style. He said in August 2017: "I remember after Mark and I and the guys wrote our first five or seven songs and we hadn't found our identity yet. Then we wrote a song called 'Grip My Soul', which we never recorded or put out but I remember leaving band rehearsal and all of us felt the same way. Like, alright, we found ourselves. We found out who we are and then right after that is when 'My Own Prison' poured out of us". He added: "If I'm remembering correctly, those were essentially the next 10 out of 13 songs that we wrote after that initial 'find your identity' moment that I think every band has".{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/creed-my-own-prison-album-anniversary/ |title=20 Years Ago: Creed Unleash Their Debut Album 'My Own Prison' |work=Loudwire |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=February 17, 2021}} Guitarist Mark Tremonti said that in the band's early days, he was working as a cook at Chili's and Stapp was a cook at Ruby Tuesday's. Drummer Scott Phillips was managing a knife store at a mall and bassist Brian Marshall was the only one without a job, and, according to Tremonti, Marshall "was also the only one who ended up getting his degree before it was all said and done". When Creed got a record deal, the band got an advance, and Tremonti quit his job and started working for about three weeks at the local guitar shop and then after that, Creed began touring. My Own Prison was originally released through Blue Collar Records but was remixed by Wind-up Records and then reissued. Creed recorded the original version of the album in Kurzweg's house in Tallahassee, Florida. To record the rest of the album, they went to Long View Farm in North Brookfield, Massachusetts.

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My Own Prison is a lot heavier and more grunge-oriented than other Creed albums.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2382/creed-score-with-my-own-prison/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226114724/http://www.mtv.com/news/2382/creed-score-with-my-own-prison/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2019 |title=Creed Score With 'My Own Prison' |publisher=MTV |last=Smith |first=Dakota |date=January 2, 1998 |access-date=February 16, 2021}} Its lyrical themes include {{nowrap|self-identity,}} Christianity, faith, sinning, {{nowrap|anti-abortion,}} and {{nowrap|anti-affirmative action.}} The music has been described as grunge,{{cite web |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-01-08-9801260497-story.html |title=My Own Prison – Creed |last=Seremet |first=Justin |date=January 8, 1998 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |work=Hartford Courant}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/18/movies/pop-review-grunge-gets-religion-and-it-s-not-pretty.html |title=Pop Review; Grunge Gets Religion, and It's Not Pretty |work=The New York Times |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=September 18, 1998 |access-date=April 8, 2018}} {{nowrap|post-grunge,{{cite web|title=Top 10 Post-Grunge Albums from the '90s That Actually Stood the Test of Time|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_post-grunge_albums_from_the_90s_that_actually_stood_the_test_of_time-160555|website=Ultimate Guitar|date=December 25, 2023|accessdate=December 26, 2023|first=Jorge|last=Martins|archive-date=December 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226095431/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_post-grunge_albums_from_the_90s_that_actually_stood_the_test_of_time-160555}}}} alternative metal, and heavy metal.{{cite web|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-25-ca-14092-story.html|title=Record Rack|website=Los Angeles Times|date=September 25, 1999|access-date=June 4, 2021}} Jon Parales of The New York Times compared the album to the Badmotorfinger era of Soundgarden. He also likened the music to Hootie & the Blowfish and the song "Unforgiven" to Metallica. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "Creed don't have an original or distinctive sound—they basically fall into the category of post-Seattle bands who temper their grunge with a dose of Live earnestness". In 1997, when My Own Prison first brought the band attention from the mainstream, Bradley Bambarger of Billboard wrote in December that Creed sound "disconcertingly reminiscent of Alice in Chains". Justin Seremet of the Hartford Courant wrote in 1998 that Creed "is essentially Alice in Chains without the bite", comparing singer Stapp's vocals to that of the deceased AIC vocalist, Layne Staley. He described the album as "scrunge", which he defined as "the adopted name for groups that rode the Seattle wave with a couple of hits and subsequently vanished—bands like Silverchair, Sponge, Candlebox, and so on." In a review of My Own Prison from January 1998, The Spokesman-Review described Creed as "slightly heavy metal, slightly alternative".{{cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1998/jan/12/they-sound-good-but-creeds-songs-run-a-little-long/ |title=They Sound Good, But Creed's Songs Run a Little Long |date=January 12, 1998 |access-date=February 16, 2021}} The New Rolling Stone Album Guide described the record as being influenced by 1970s stadium rock and wrote that it includes "thundering metallic tracks and sweeping ballads". In August 2017, Phil Freeman of Stereogum wrote:

{{cquote|"The music on My Own Prison took ideas from grunge, which had mostly come and gone by that point, and filtered them through more mainstream hard rock and arena metal. Creed weren't interested in the punk rock energy of Mudhoney or Nirvana, but they were borrowing heavily from Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains, whose lugubrious style was a natural fit for Scott Stapp's baritone roar. Their tempos were slow and heavy, especially on the singles, but Mark Tremonti was a full-on shredder—the guitar solo on 'Pity for a Dime' could have come off a Dio album, and album tracks like 'Ode,' 'Unforgiven' and 'Sister' had a pleasingly thick-necked stomp. Lyrically, Creed were plainspoken—poetic, but free of abstraction, a legacy of Stapp's love of earnest frontmen like Jim Morrison and Bono."{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1959429/last-of-the-multi-platinum-post-grunge-bands-creed-talk-my-own-prison-at-20/interviews/qa/ |title= Last of the Multi-Platinum Post-Grunge Bands: Creed Talk My Own Prison at 20 |work=Stereogum |last=Freeman |first=Phil |date=August 25, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2021}}}}

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Stapp was heavily influenced by U2's 1987 album, The Joshua Tree, as well as by the Doors and Led Zeppelin. The band was frequently compared to Tool, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam, in response to which, Stapp said: "It could be worse. They could be comparing us to some shitty band that no one has ever heard of, rather than the biggest band of the decade." Likewise, Tremonti stated, "It doesn't bother me so much. They're one of the best bands to come out in the past 10 years."{{cite magazine |title=The Modern Age |last=Bambarger |first=Bradley |magazine=Billboard |date=December 20, 1997 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |volume=109 |number=51 |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4wkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22billboard%22+%22Creed%22+%22my+own+prison%22&pg=PA97}}

The track "What's This Life For" is about a best friend of Tremonti's who committed suicide, and the guitarist has described it as "a song about suicide and kids searching for that meaning of life".{{cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/mark-tremonti-creed-alter-bridge |title=Mark Tremonti (Creed, Alter Bridge) |publisher=Songfacts |last=Derrough |first=Leslie Michele |date=September 17, 2015 |access-date=February 16, 2021}} "One", a more catchy and upbeat-sounding track, criticizes society's alleged lack of unity.{{cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/creed/one |title=One by Creed |publisher=Songfacts |access-date=February 16, 2021}} "Torn", written by Tremonti, is autobiographical. Prior to Creed's success, the guitarist held various jobs to pay for college, including washing cars and working as a cook. "One day, I came home from work at about 3 in the morning," he said. "I was all dirty and stinky and hating my life, so I just wrote a song about what it's like being a kid in between 18 and 23, when you haven't graduated from school yet and you don't know what you're doing with your life." He added: "It's about how hard that period of time is, when you're broke, you have to work two jobs to go to school. I was at a hard point in my life, so I wrote a song about it".{{cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/creed/torn |title=Torn by Creed |publisher=Songfacts |access-date=February 16, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/creed-up-by-its-own-bootstraps/article_2be41ff1-9429-582b-a8b5-f2140dea37e1.html |title=Creed, Up By Its Own Bootstraps |work=The Buffalo News |last1=Taylor |first1=Betsy |last2=Ramstetter |first2=Michele |date=April 10, 1998 |access-date=February 16, 2021}}

Prior to releasing the album on their own independent label, Creed recruited Daniel Tremonti, Mark's brother, to become their creative director. Stapp described Daniel as a "super soulful guy with the heart and talent of a true artist". They picked a photo that Daniel had taken for a photography class as the cover for the record. The image was of a man named Justin Brown, a friend of the band, depicting him kneeling shirtless in a corner with his hands on top of his head. Stapp claimed the artwork "captured him to the core" and that it reflected the isolation, conflict, and torture that was driving him as well as seeing hope and feeling that he was like the man in the artwork, "who had been beaten down but could now get up". Looking to have a professional-looking final product, the band acquired a loan from bassist Brian Marshall's father and went to a one-stop company to package and manufacture the record. They ordered five thousand copies and took them to major outlets in Tallahassee. All five thousand were sold within the first month.{{cite book |last=Ritz |first=David |date=September 20, 2012 |title=Sinner's Creed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_EFudbE012MC |location=United States of America |publisher=Tyndale House Books |page=116 |isbn=978-1414364568}}{{cite web|url=https://1063radiolafayette.com/rewind-with-rach-creed-whats-this-life-for/|title=Rewind With Rach: Creed "What's This Life For"|date=January 13, 2016|website=1063radiolafayette.com|publisher=1063 Radio Lafayette|access-date=July 13, 2021}}

The original Blue Collar Records version featured the band's original logo, a wordmark inside a roundel, situated to the top right just over Justin Brown, with the album title at the bottom. The Wind-up version featured an updated band wordmark logo in a Mason Serif Regular font, now situated on the top left, with the album title just below that, to the right. The band's updated logo would go on to become their permanent logo, although the font would eventually become slightly more extended on future releases.

{{Quote box |quote ="It all came true in an instant. Within a year of that record coming out we were essentially playing arenas in some places. So that album will always have a special place in my heart because it changed my life forever and launched my life and career in the music business." |source = Stapp on Creed's sudden mainstream success with My Own Prison. |width = 20%|align = left}}

Creed released four singles from My Own Prison: the title track in 1997, "Torn" in early 1998, "What's This Life For" later that year, and "One" in early 1999. All four singles had success on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with all except "Torn" also performing well on Modern Rock Tracks.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1427615/creed-writing-material-for-next-album-mulls-rock-package-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417004043/https://www.mtv.com/news/1427615/creed-writing-material-for-next-album-mulls-rock-package-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |title=Creed Writing Material for Next Album, Mulls Rock Package Tour |publisher=MTV |date=February 11, 1999 |access-date=February 17, 2021}} Because they were not initially sold in the United States, the singles were ineligible for the US Billboard Hot 100. However, by the time "One" was released, that restriction was lifted, and the song became Creed's first to chart, reaching number seventy. "My Own Prison" and "One" also managed to peak at numbers 54 and 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, respectively. The videos for the singles also received airplay on MTV.{{cite magazine |title=The Most-Played Clips as Monitored by Broadcast Data Systems |magazine=Billboard |date=April 11, 1998 |access-date=February 17, 2021 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |issn= 0006-2510 |volume=110 |number=15 |page=98 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rg4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22torn%22+%22creed%22+%22most+played+clips%22&pg=PA98}} The Blue Collar Records version of My Own Prison was released on April 14, 1997,{{cite web |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/creed/my-own-prison-7.html |title=My Own Prison by Creed|publisher=Rate Your Music |access-date=July 11, 2024}} and the Wind-up reissue came out on August 26, 1997.{{cite web |url=https://musicianguide.com/biographies/1608002553/Creed.html |title=Creed Biography |publisher=Musician Guide |access-date=February 17, 2021}} In October 2022, a remaster of My Own Prison on vinyl was announced in celebration of the album's 25th anniversary.{{cite web|url=https://heavensmetalmagazine.com/index.php/2022/10/25/creed-re-releasing-my-own-prison-on-vinyl/ |title=Creed: Re-releasing My Own Prison on Vinyl |work= Heaven's Metal Magazine |date=October 25, 2022 |publisher=|access-date=November 4, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://audioinkradio.com/2022/10/creed-my-own-prison-vinyl-first-time/ |title=Creed, My Own Prison', to be available on vinyl for the first time |work= Audio Ink Radio |last=Ken|first=Charles|date=October 29, 2022 |publisher=|access-date=November 4, 2024}} It was issued through Craft Recordings on December 2, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://crypticrock.com/creed-my-own-prison-25th-anniversary-vinyl-review/ |title=Creed – My Own Prison (25th anniversary vinyl review) |work= Cryptic Rock |date=December 12, 2022 |publisher=|access-date=October 1, 2024}}

My Own Prison peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 on May 2, 1998, staying on the chart for 112 weeks.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/creed/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Creed Chart History (Billboard 200) |work=Billboard |access-date=February 17, 2021}} The album also peaked at number one on the Heatseekers Albums chart on November 8, 1997.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/creed/chart-history/tln/ |title=Creed Chart History (Heatseekers Albums) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 17, 2021}} On January 22, 2000, the album reached number one on the Catalog Albums chart, remaining there for 157 weeks.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/creed/chart-history/tlc/ |title=Creed Chart History (Catalog Albums) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 17, 2021}} My Own Prison was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 25, 1998. It went triple platinum on February 26, 1999, 4× platinum on November 3, 1999, 5× platinum on December 4, 2000, and {{nowrap|6× platinum}} on August 26, 2002.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Creed&ti=My+Own+Prison#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}} On January 2, 1998, MTV reported that the album had sold 175,000 copies in the United States. On September 18, 1998, The New York Times stated that My Own Prison had sold 2,200,000 copies nationally. Time reported on October 18, 1999, that the record had sold nearly 4,000,000 copies.{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,992279,00.html |title=Music: Human Clay |magazine=Time |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |date=October 18, 1999 |access-date=February 17, 2021}} On January 3, 2002, Rolling Stone wrote that, according to Nielsen SoundScan, My Own Prison sold 5,700,000 copies in the US.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/creed-number-one-for-sixth-week-189181/ |title=Creed Number One for Sixth Week |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Crandall |first=Bill |date=January 3, 2002 |access-date=February 17, 2021}} My Own Prison was certified sextuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 26, 2002, for selling 6,000,000 copies.{{cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=My+Own+Prison#search_section|title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |access-date=July 1, 2024}} As of 2009, the album had sold more than 6,000,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/qa-creeds-quest-for-a-comeback/ |title=Q&A: Creed's Quest for a Comeback |work=Billboard |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2021}} My Own Prison sold 15,000,000 copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time.{{cite web |url=https://www.cleverock.com/scott-stapp-interview/ |title=Scott Stapp Interview |work=Cleveland Scene |last=Voorman |first=Joel |date=May 20, 2017 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}

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| rev2 = Cryptic Rock

| rev2score = 5/5

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| rev3Score = 70{{cite web|url=http://www.music-critic.com/rock/creed_myownprison.htm|title=My Own Prison – Album and Concert Reviews @ Music-Critic.com: the source for music reviews, interviews, articles, and news on the internet|publisher=Music Critic|access-date=July 5, 2017 |last=Miller |first=Trevor}}

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| rev6 = The Phantom Tollbooth

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Josh|title=My Own Prison|url=https://www.tollbooth.org/reviews/creed.html|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|accessdate=January 25, 2023}}

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My Own Prison received mixed reviews from critics. AllMusic wrote: "Creed don't have an original or distinctive sound—they basically fall into the category of post-Seattle bands who temper their grunge with a dose of Live earnestness—but they work well within their boundaries. At their best, they are a solid post-grunge band, grinding their riffs out with muscle; at their worst, they are simply faceless. The best moments of My Own Prison suggest they'll be able to leave post-grunge anonymity behind and develop their own signature sound." Trevor Miller of Music Critic described the album as "overall, an excellent first album".

Jon Pareles of The New York Times, with an article entitled "Grunge Gets Religion, and It's Not Pretty", criticized My Own Prison and wrote: "Convictions aside, Creed's weakness is its music. The band's imitation of Soundgarden circa 1991 is a clumsy one." The Spokesman-Review wrote: "I like the CD. I like the band, but there is room for improvement." Justin Seremet of the Hartford Courant panned My Own Prison, stating: "Just as the Warrants and Slaughters of the world hung around long after their brand of music had gone to the grave, so will Creed. Let's move on, folks."

All tracks are written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

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| title1 = Torn

| length1 = 6:24

| title2 = Ode

| length2 = 5:01

| title3 = My Own Prison

| length3 = 5:43

| title4 = Pity for a Dime

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| title5 = In America

| length5 = 5:03

| title6 = Allusion{{efn|This song is titled "Illusion" on the Wind-up records version.}}

| length6 = 4:45

| title7 = Unforgiven

| length7 = 3:44

| title8 = Sister

| length8 = 5:37

| title9 = What's This Life For

| length9 = 4:29

| title10 = One

| length10 = 5:27

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| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks

| title11 = Bound and Tied{{efn|This bonus track is also included on the Australian and German editions.}}

| length11 = 5:35

| title12 = What's This Life For

| note12 = acoustic

| length12 = 4:22

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Credits adapted from album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= My Own Prison |year= 1997 |type= booklet |publisher= Blue Collar Records}}{{cite AV media notes|title= My Own Prison |year= 1997 |type= booklet |publisher= Wind-up Records |page=7}}

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• Scott Stapp – lead vocals
• Mark Tremonti – guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "My Own Prison"
• Brian Marshall – bass
• Scott Phillips – drums

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• John Kurzweg – keyboards

;Artwork

• Creed – art direction
• Mark Droescher – art direction, art design, cover
• Daniel Tremonti – cover, cover photography
• Justin Brown – cover photography
• Cece Wren, Judd Allison – additional photography

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;Production

• Jeff Hanson – executive producer
• Pat Osborne – executive producer (Blue Collar version)
• John Kurzweg – producer, engineer
• Chris Carrol – assistant
• Andrew Roshberg – digital engineering in Miami Beach, Florida
• Ron Saint-Germain – mixer
• Fran Flannery – assistant mix engineer
• Jessie Henderson – assistant mix engineer
• Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk in Peekskill, New York (Wind-up version)

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• "What's This Life For" was featured in the 1998 horror film Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.{{cite web|url=https://www.https://www.songfacts.com/facts/creed/whats-this-life-for|title=What's This Life For|website=songfacts.com|publisher=Songfacts|access-date=October 13, 2024}}
• "Bound and Tied" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 comedy film Dead Man on Campus.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dead-man-on-campus-mw0000041546|title=Dead Man on Campus Original Soundtrack| last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=October 13, 2024}}
• "Pity for a Dime" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2000 TV film Jailbait!{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jailbait%21-music-from-the-mtv-original-tv-movie-mw0000606293|title=Jailbait!: Music from the MTV Original TV Movie Original TV Soundtrack |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=October 13, 2024}}
• "My Own Prison" was featured in the 2002 TV film Bang Bang You're Dead.{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/creed-my-own-prison-album-anniversary/ |title=20 Years Ago: Creed Unleash Their Debut Album 'My Own Prison' |work=Loudwire |last=Childers |first=Chad |date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=October 13, 2024}}

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