Editing Break the Cycle (section)

==Background==
A total of five singles were released from this album—"[[It's Been Awhile]]", "[[Fade (Staind song)|Fade]]", "[[Outside (Staind song)|Outside]]", "[[For You (Staind song)|For You]]" and "Epiphany"—all of which did incredibly well. There were videos made for each of these songs (some of which can be found on Staind's 2002 DVD ''MTV Unplugged''). 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 a teenage fan who committed suicide. Like Staind's previous album, ''[[Dysfunction (Staind album)|Dysfunction]]'' (1999), ''Break the Cycle'' has [[alternative metal]]/[[nu metal]] sounds. However, the album also shows the band's softer [[post-grunge]] sound, an element that the band wished to progress further with more acoustic and soft [[ballad]] tracks. This included an acoustic rendition of the entire album as a second disc, but this was not finalized.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

There is also a bonus track on the album. In the United States, the bonus track is an acoustic version of "It's Been Awhile". However, on the Australian and European editions, the bonus track is a live acoustic version of "Outside", performed with [[Fred Durst]] in [[Biloxi, Mississippi]], on the [[Family Values Tour 1999]].