My Own Prison re-released

My Own Prison was remixed, given a more radio-friendly sound, and re-released by Wind-up Records in August 1997. Four singles were released from the album: ” My Own Prison “, “Torn”, ” What’s This Life For “, and ” One “. Each of these songs reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, making Creed the first band to accomplish such a feat with a debut album. With little MTV exposure, media coverage, or label support, My Own Prison sold extremely well, moving over six million copies and going six times platinum . Creed continued to top year-end charts and was recognized as the Rock Artist of the Year at the 1998 Billboard Music Awards . My Own Prison was also the highest-selling heavy music record of 1998 on Nielsen SoundScan ‘s Hard Music chart. The band’s hit song “My Own Prison” was featured as a live performance on the charity album Live in the X Lounge in 1998. The band covered Alice Cooper ‘s song ” I’m Eighteen ” for The Faculty soundtrack in 1998. Critical reception toward My Own Prison was mostly favorable. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave it four out of five stars and said that Creed “work well within their boundaries” despite “basically [falling] into the category of post-Seattle bands who temper their grunge with a dose of Live earnestness.” The album lyrically deals with themes of questioning and struggling with faith and spirituality .