Clumsy (album)
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| Studio album by Our Lady Peace | ||
| Released | January 23, 1997 (CAN) | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 45:43 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | Arnold Lanni | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Our Lady Peace chronology | ||
| Naveed (1994) |
Clumsy (1997) |
Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch (1999) |
Clumsy is Our Lady Peace's second album. It was released on 23 January 1997 by Sony Records. The album is the band's most successful to date, achieving diamond status in Canada (1,000,000 units sold) and strong sales elsewhere.
Clumsy's songs feature the striking vocals of lead vocalist Raine Maida, who utilizes an often jarring falsetto technique: Maida jumps from lower octaves in his vocal range to higher ones. Raine's vocals provide most of the melody of the songs, with guitars quieted down in this album compared to Naveed, their previous album. This aspect of singing has become the staple sound of the band, continuing with this fashion in their next studio album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, and since lost on their most recent album Healthy in Paranoid Times. The album features 5 hit singles, "Superman's Dead", "Automatic Flowers", "Clumsy", "4 A.M." and "Carnival". Music videos were made of the first four singles.
Rumors have circulated that the album was originally supposed to be called Trapeze, after a song that ended up being cut from the album. A trapeze artist is visible in the cover of the album. Fans have anticipated hearing a studio version of "Trapeze" for years, especially since the song was sung live by Our Lady Peace on several occasions.
[edit] Track listing
- "Superman's Dead" – 4:16
- "Automatic Flowers" – 4:05
- "Carnival" – 4:48
- "Big Dumb Rocket" – 4:23
- "4 A.M." – 4:17
- "Shaking" – 3:37
- "Clumsy" – 4:29
- "Hello Oskar" – 3:03
- "Let You Down" – 3:53
- "The Story of 100 Aisles" – 3:45
- "Car Crash" – 5:07
Music: Raine Maida, Mike Turner, Jeremy Taggart, Arnold Lanni
Lyrics: Raine Maida
[edit] Singles
- "Superman's Dead"
- "Automatic Flowers"
- "Carnival"
- "4 A.M."
- "Clumsy"
| Our Lady Peace |
| Raine Maida | Duncan Coutts | Jeremy Taggart | Steve Mazur |
| Mike Turner | Chris Eacrett | Jamie Edwards | Joel Shearer | Mike Eisenstein | Jim Newell |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Naveed | Clumsy | Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch | Spiritual Machines | Gravity | Live | Healthy in Paranoid Times | A Decade |
