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: "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." Track listing Blue Collar Records version All tracks are written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti. Wind-up Records version Personnel Credits adapted from album liner notes. Creed Scott Stapp – lead vocals Mark Tremonti – guitar, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "My Own Prison" Brian Marshall – bass Scott Phillips – drums Additional musician John Kurzweg – keyboards Artwork Mark Droescher – art direction, art design, cover Creed – art direction Daniel Tremonti – cover, cover photography Justin Brown – cover photography Cece Wren, Judd Allison – additional photography Production Jeff Hanson – executive producer John Kurzweg – producer, engineer Chris Carrol – assistant Andrew Roshberg – digital engineering Ron Saint-Germain – mixer Fran Flannery – assistant mix engineer Jessie Henderson – assistant mix engineer Howie Weinberg – mastering Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts Certifications References Creed (band) albums 1997 debut albums Wind-up Records albums Grunge albums