- Break the Cycle
Infobox Album
Name = Break the Cycle
Type = studio
Artist =Staind
Released =May 22 ,2001
Recorded = October 2000 – February 2001
Genre =Hard rock Post-grunge Alternative metal Nu metal
Length = 50:50
Label = Flip, Elektra
Producer =Josh Abraham
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A34r928vi051a link]
*E! Online (B) [http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2316,00.html link]
*"Rolling Stone " Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/staind/albums/album/259150/rid/6067362/ link]
Last album = "Dysfunction" (1999)
This album = "Break the Cycle" (2001)
Next album = "14 Shades of Grey " (2003)"Break the Cycle" is
Staind 's thirdstudio album from 2001 (see2001 in music ). It is Staind's most successful album to date, and was the album that broke them into the mainstream. It was a huge international success for the band, as it spent 3 weeks at number 1 position in the U.S. album charts and many weeks in the top 10 album charts ofThe Billboard 200 , the UK and New Zealand.."Break the Cycle" is similar to its predecessors in terms of heaviness, but also uses much more melody and maturity in terms of songwriting, according to Aaron Lewis.Fact|date=August 2008
A total of 5 singles were released from this album, "It's Been Awhile", "Fade", "Outside", "For You" and "Epiphany", all of which did reasonably well. There were videos made for each of these songs (some of which can be found on Staind's MTV Unplugged DVD). The first four singles had varying degrees of success in the UK, "It's Been Awhile" charting the highest of the four released in both countries. The album also includes a track called "Waste" dedicated to two teenage fans who committed suicide.
There is also a bonus track on the album. In the U.S., the bonus track is an acoustic version of "It's Been Awhile", however on the Australian and European editions of "Break the Cycle", the bonus track is a live acoustic version of "Outside", performed with Fred Durst in
Biloxi, Mississippi on theFamily Values Tour 1999 .ales
The album performed well worldwide, particularly in the United States. It debuted at Number One on the charts with 716,000 registered copies sold the first week. By week fifteen, the album had sold nearly 2.9 million copies and to date, has sold about 6 million in the U.S.
Chart positions
Track listing
#"Open Your Eyes" – 3:52
#"Pressure" – 3:22
#"Fade" – 4:04
#"It's Been Awhile " – 4:25
#"Change" – 3:36
#"Can't Believe" – 2:48
#"Epiphany" – 4:17
#"Suffer" – 3:59
#"Safe Place" – 4:35
#"For You" – 3:25
#"Outside" – 4:49
#"Waste" – 3:56
#"Take It" – 3:37Bonus tracks
*"It's Been Awhile" (acoustic, U.S. bonus track) – 4:30
*"Outside" (live, acoustic, Australian and European bonus track) – 5:41
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