Gravity - Our Lady Peace

By the time a band gets to their fifth album, it's perhaps a time for extreme change; the majority of the bands I like fit the tag of 'alternative' so with each record, you'd expect a group to grow out of their teenage angst days before gradually moving into a more considered, reflective species of songs prior to experimenting a little bit more. Our Lady Peace have certainly done that; from their grungy punk debut album 'Naveed' all the way back in 1994 to the hard rocking but touching efforts of 'Clumsy' (1997) and 'Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch' (1999), the band decided to go with a concept album in 2001, blending musings from a novelist to create their ...  Read the complete review

The first song on this fifth studio album by our lady peace is entitles "All for you" and has the kinda sound associated with moodern Canadian rock (such as Finger 11), the heavy guitar sounds and strong vocals... hang on a minuite there...Our lady peace and "strong vocals", Raine (OLP's lead singer) has an amazing voice, but never would you usually describe it as strong, "Paranoid" and uniquie maybe but not strong. Thats the first thing that hits you about this album, it sounds like OLP whilst at the same time not soundinglike them. Sorry for that little rant, the lyrics although also sounding like OLP again sound different, too much ...  Read the complete review

I can honestly say i have never been as disappointed with an album in my life as i was the first time 'Gravity' had finished limping out of my stereo. After the near genius that was Our Lady Peace's previous effort the quite magnificent 'Spiritual Machines' you could be excused for expecting nothing short of a masterpiece here but instead what you get is a heavily watered down affair devoid of any emotion and with two eyes firmly on the mainstream. Gone are everything that made Our Lady Peace such an original concept, Raine Maida'a impressively ranged vocal histrionics are replaced by a completely unadventurous post grunge monotone vocal that makes you wonder ...  Read the complete review