Track Listing

1. Superman's Dead
2. Automatic Flowers
3. Carnival
4. Big Dumb Rocket
5. 4am
6. Shaking
7. Clumsy
8. Hello Oskar
9. Let You Down
10. The Story Of 100 Aisles
11. Car Crash

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10946 in Music
• Released on: 1997-04-15
• Number of discs: 1

Album Details
First Single and Title Track from the Forthcoming Album. Contains Two Tracks from their Previous LP 'naveed'. Tracks: Clumsy, Let You Down, Starseed (From 'naveed'), Hope (From 'naveed').

Amazon.com
You want to talk about pressure? Well, imagine if your first album (that's Naveed) sold nearly a million copies in your home country (that's Canada), the press described your group as the second coming and fans bordered on fanatical wherever you played live. Then (gulp) it's time to release your second effort and all eyes are upon you. That was Our Lady Peace's dilemma by the time their 1997 effort, Clumsy, hit the shelves. The release in the end did not reach the same level of intensity for most critics who provided a "been there, done that" sort of defense. Dedicated fans embraced the disc but in the end, "Superman's Dead" and "Automatic Flowers" did not provide the same out-of-nowhere surprise and mayhem that Naveed did. The band does have two very noteworthy fans, however; Jimmy Page and Robert Plant continue to shout the group's praises from the rooftops, which will undoubtedly bring new fans to the fold. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews

Wow...just wow
I heard Our Lady Peace's hit song "Clumsy" on the radio and had to pick this one up. Our Lady Peace produced such a unique sound. The vocals on this soundtrack blow me away. I cannot even begin to describe the way the singer vocalizes each piece of music.

If anything, this music could a called a cross between light rock and emotional music. I'm not sure if that is the perfect way to describe this CD, but it is the best I can do with such an unique band.

Every single song is top notch, and none of it feels like filler. Songs like "Automatic Flowers", "Car Crash", and "Clumsy" are my personal favorites. This is one of the only albums in which I do not just listen to my favorites over and over again. I can listen to this entire album and be satisfied with every song. Pick this one up as soon as possible.

A Frustrating Hit And Miss Collection
On their debut album Naveed, Our Lady Peace (OLP) set the bar high amongst its fans as their first record sparkles to this day as a full collection of energetic rock songs.

For their second record Clumsy, the band choose to be a little more experimental seemingly trying for a fuller sound, the end result is a hit and miss collection that showcases some of the band's best ever modern rock tracks (Superman's Dead, Big Dumb Rocket) while also revealing the band's tendency to write songs that seem drowned by the need for new elements (Story of 100 Aisles and Car Crash).

The good outweigh the bad but not by enough to warrant a must have status for Clumsy, for that I would suggest Naveed and Spiritual Machines. But if you are a fan of OLP certain songs on this album will always define the band to its audience, so if there ever is an OLP greatest hits record Clumsy will be well represented.

The question then becomes if you wish to buy this record is how good do you believe the good tunes are? If six out of 11 songs being of a high quality are enough to buy a record then grab Clumsy. Just be forewarned, it is a record that does not always reach the height's set by its predecessor.

Great Music That Many Don't Know
Most people started hearing about OLP about the time that their 5th album, 'Gravity' came about (back in 2000/2001ish), and I will be one of the first to admit that it is a great album. 'Clumsy', their second album, I feel is quite possibly their best work, even with now four more albums under their belt. Most of the songs on this album carry quite a bit of emotion with them, notably '4am' and 'Clumsy', and while to many people most of the songs are nonsense (mostly referring to 'Automatic Flowers' which, to this day, I can find no real meaning behind the song), but if you listen to the words, and not so much the sound of the songs, each one speaks of something which can mean something different to everyone. The music on this album is, on the surface, there to sound good (and it does), but even so goes deeper...if you enjoy music that you actively listen to, this album is a great buy for your collection...so long as you don't mind lyrics that repeat almost endlessly at the end of each song (I suggest hitting the skip button for the end of each track).