Break the Cycle

Break the Cycle
The album cover features a tree against a cloudy sky on grass. In the image we see "Staind" and "Break the Cycle".
Studio album by
Staind
ReleasedMay 8, 2001[1]
RecordedAugust–December 2000[2][3]
StudioNRG (Los Angeles, CA), Long Farm View (North Brookfield, MA), Southbeach (Miami Beach, FL) and Electric Lady (New York City, NY)
Genre
Length50:49
Label
ProducerJosh Abraham
Staind chronology
Dysfunction
(1999) 		Break the Cycle
(2001) 		14 Shades of Grey
(2003)
Singles from Break the Cycle
  1. "It's Been Awhile"
    Released: March 20, 2001
  2. "Outside"
    Released: May 2001
  3. "Fade"
    Released: July 2001
  4. "For You"
    Released: December 2001
  5. "Epiphany"
    Released: August 2002

Break the Cycle is the third studio album by American rock band Staind, released through Elektra Entertainment and Flip Records in 2001. 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 three weeks at number-one position in the U.S. album charts and many weeks in the top-10 album charts of the Billboard 200, the UK and New Zealand. It sold at least 4 million copies in 2001. The album was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA for sales of over five million units in the US.[1]

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