''Creature'' is the second studio album by Canadian

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

band Moist, released in 1996. It featured the singles "Leave it Alone", "Resurrection", "Tangerine", and "Gasoline", all which were hits in Canada. The album was nominated for " Album of the Year" and " Rock Album of the Year" at the 1998 Juno Awards.

Commercial performance

''Creature'' debuted at #7 on The Record's Canadian Albums Chart. The album was certified Triple Platinum in Canada in 1997. Between 1996 and 2016, ''Creature'' was among the top 15 best-selling albums by Canadian bands in Canada and among the top 40 best-selling albums by Canadian artists overall in Canada.

Track listing

All songs written by Moist.

Singles

*Leave It Alone *Resurrection *Tangerine *Gasoline

Trivia

*"Ophelia" is featured on the first edition MuchMusic's '' Big Shiny Tunes'', which was released in 1996. *"Tangerine" won two MMVAs ( MuchMusic Video Awards) for "Best Director" and "Best Video" in 1997.

Credits

David Usher David Usher (born April 24, 1966) is a British-born Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagin ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Mark Makoway –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

s *Kevin Young –

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s *Jeff Pearce – bass *Paul Wilcox – drums *Matt Watkins –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

on "Creature" *Claude Lamothe –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

on "Tangerine"

References

1996 albums Moist (Canadian band) albums EMI Records albums Albums produced by Paul Northfield Albums recorded at Le Studio {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub