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Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines Audio CD

A fair review of the Our Lady Peace "Spiritual Machines" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Our Lady Peace reviews here, or go back to the Our Lady Peace tabs.

Our Lady Peace Band: Our Lady Peace
Title: Spiritual Machines
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Release Date: 2001-03-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: R.K. Intro 2: Right Behind You (Mafia) 3: R.K. 2029 4: In Repair 5: Life 6: Middle of Yesterday 7: Are You Sad? 8: R.K. 2029 (pt. 2) 9: Made To Heal 10: R.K. 1949-97 11: Everyone's A Junkie 12: R.K. On Death 13: All My Friends 14: If You Believe 15: The Wonderful Future

And justice for all...
Bob rock blows. Hands down and far away my favorite Our Lady Peace album.
I did enjoy Gravity, as I did the Black Album, but this is Justice for All.

I won't list favorite tracks, as they are all stellar, and arguably, each one of them better than anything else Our Lady Peace has written. This is a great place to be introduced to Our Lady Peace, and if you listen to them but don't own this album, for shame.


One of my favorite travel albums - Wow, this is awesome!
I played it, and just couldn't get it at first. When I was poor, I won this album from a radio station promotion.

Then, my brother died, and I really got into Clumsy, and then realised that this was them.

I would drive with this in, not really aware that I was being taken over by these robots and automatons that they sing about.

Yeah, Everyone's a Junkie has contrived lyrics, at times, but you'll find yourself looking forward to this track and humming it during the day.

Life is just what everyone else likes, but I really liked how the rest of the album felt so different from everything else out there. I really like the weird Radiohead stuff that everyone else doesn't get, but I don't think that I would have ever been able to get it without hearing and loving this album first.

This album was more than worth the time put into it. Your friends won't get it, but that's okay. Just enjoy it alone, and you will be well rewarded by how you feel when you're driving around and listening to the positive messages and catchy tunes of Spiritual Machines.


Amazing album


OLP started out as a grungy, heavy-rock band with very deep and thought-provoking lyrics. Quite possibly the most well-balanced album ever made. OLP, more or less, remained true to their "classic" style for their first three albums. While OLP's older style remains deeply loved by many fans to this day, it is evident that many "mainstream" listeners tend to not be attracted to this style of music.

It is obvious that the band realized their lack of recognition in the mainstream community and it appears as if, during the Spiritual Machines era, the band started experimenting with a more mainstream sound. This of course would eventually lead to "Gravity" (an album that is, in my opinion, over-produced and lacking in many areas).

I consider Spiritual Machines to be an album that has both elements of OLP in it (their newer mainstream sound, mixed with the cryptic lyrics and deep song meanings of their former selves). Because of this, I feel that Spiritual Machines has a quality that I have very rarely heard in a rock album: a mainstream sound without making the sacrifice of having boring, shallow lyrics. In fact, I would go as far to say that I never heard this quality in a rock album before; the vast majority of today's radio friendly bands fuel their "catchy tunes" with pointless garble that is considered to be lyrics.

It is truly a rarity to hear an album of this calliber. I would strongly suggest picking up this album regardless of whether or not you're an OLP fan. .


Happiness is an album that you have to give a chance.....
(I am a huge fan that has actually met the band on several occasions just by going to so many of their damn shows. I totally disagree with the person that said 'Happiness' was a mess. ) Happiness just threw people for a loop because it was so different, especially those who aren't big OLP fans.

Happiness is my second fav. OLP album now, after Naveed. If anything, Spiritual Machines lacks spirit(especially in the production area, but Bob Rock's production of them just sucks). Do yourself a favor, pick up Happiness first, and if you don't get that, you will not fully get this album either. Take it from someone that has been a fan since the 1st album. .


Fresh And Energetic Modern Rock
Their debut album Naveed came out of nowhere to become a Canadian classic in my mind and OLP's second best record came out relatively quickly after the mess that was Happiness . Our Lady Peace (OLP) seems to be a band that does its best when no one is looking. . . (the band's third record).

I personally feel Happiness . . . was a huge disappointment. But Spiritual Machines more than made up for the band's previous shortfall.

Why? Because Spiritual Machines manages the rare feet of sounding like an artistic achievement while still rocking loud and proud. The band is clearly trying to write some form of concept record with the tidbits of spoken words from the Age of Spiritual Machines, but songs such as Middle of Yesterday and Everyone's A Junkie still carry the attitude of a down and dirty hard rock band. The single Life meanwhile is the band's boldest pop feet, disguising an empathetic plea for patience in a catchy radio friendly form.

The end result is a record that I still come back to whenever I feel like some OLP. It carries the urgency of the band's first record, with the wisdom of a band well into their recording career. I will always say Naveed is my favourite OLP record, but hey you never forget your first love either in relationships or as a music fan. Spiritual Machines however, stands out purely because of its quality. When no one is looking this band is dangerous.
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