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For audiophiles, Human Clay is a fascinating mix. Produced by John Kurzweg, the album has a specific sonic texture—heavy on low-end bass, layered guitars, and reverberated vocals. A standard MP3 rip from the era often butchered this texture, introducing "swirling" artifacts into the high-hat cymbals and muddying the bass lines. The desire for a FLAC version of this specific album stems from a desire to hear the mix as Kurzweg intended: thick, heavy, and immersive. Creed-Human Clay-CD-FLAC-1999-JLM