12 Stones is the eponymous debut album from the American

United States

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 rock band 12 Stones

12 Stones

12 Stones is a rock band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana. They have collectively sold more than 2 million records.-History:The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana, a small suburb north of New Orleans, and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records...

. It was released on April 23, 2002 by Wind-up Records

Wind-Up Records

Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...

. The album debuted on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 at #147. It has sold over 500,000 copies and is certified gold worldwide.

Promotion

World Wrestling Entertainment/Federation

World Wrestling Entertainment

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 used several of the songs for promotional purposes. "Home" was featured in the WWE Desire video for Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle

Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...

. "Broken" was the theme song

Theme music

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 for the Judgement Day 2002

Judgment Day (2002)

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 pay-per-view. Songs "Running Out of Pain" and "Back Up" were used on Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero

Eddie Guerrero

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 Story. The latter was also used in a promo for Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels

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 vs. Triple H

Triple H

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 in Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood 2004

Bad Blood (2004)

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. "Back Up" was originally written to be the new entrance song

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 for The Rock but was not because it was too different from what he had been using.

"Broken" is featured on the Digital Praise

Digital Praise

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 PC game Guitar Praise

Guitar Praise

Guitar Praise is a Christian rhythm video game for PC. Published by Digital Praise, it uses contemporary Christian music with gameplay akin to that of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band games, although it is only compatible with its own wired and cordless USB guitar controllers. A second guitar can be...

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Track listing

All Lyrics written by Paul McCoy

Paul McCoy

Paul McCoy is an American musician. He is the lead singer and main-songwriter of Louisiana post-grunge band 12 Stones.-Biography:...

, all Music Composed by 12 Stones

12 Stones

12 Stones is a rock band that was formed in 2000 in Mandeville, Louisiana. They have collectively sold more than 2 million records.-History:The four band members met in Mandeville, Louisiana, a small suburb north of New Orleans, and within 15 months were signed to a record deal with Wind-up Records...

1. "Crash" – 3:42
2. "Broken" – 2:59
3. "The Way I Feel" – 3:47
4. "Open Your Eyes" – 3:11
5. "Home" – 3:24
6. "Fade Away" – 3:56
7. "Back Up" – 3:57
8. "Soulfire" – 2:54
9. "In My Head" – 3:53
10. "Running Out of Pain" – 3:11
11. "My Life" – 3:04
12. "Eric's Song" – 3:23

Critical reception