Naveed (album)
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| Studio album by Our Lady Peace | |||||
| Released | March 22, 1994 (Canada) March 21, 1995 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | Arnyard Studios, Toronto, Ontario | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 47:37 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||
| Producer | Arnold Lanni | ||||
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Naveed is the first album by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. It was produced by Arnold Lanni. The album was released on March 22, 1994 by Sony Records. Naveed became a success in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies (Platinum Certification) by the end of the year.[citation needed] The album is also the longest in the line of the band's studio albums, being two minutes longer than the average length of 45:00. There were five singles released for the album. The first single, "The Birdman," introduced the band. The second and third singles "Starseed" and "Naveed," respectively, became smash hits in Canada. They both became prominent component's in the band's live performances. "Naveed" would always be the opening song, and the setlist would end with "Starseed."
Naveed is considered one of the band's most raw and edgy works to date. The main highlight of the band was vocalist Raine Maida's extreme falsetto, and how he could travel between high and low octaves with varying intensities with ease. These vocals provided an overall condensed melody to subside with the heavy instruments.
They exchanged this sound for a more mainstream sound in 2002 with the release of Gravity and in 2005 with Healthy in Paranoid Times. The tone of the album is darker and about more controversial topics than later releases.
It has been recently noted by band frontman Raine Maida that Our Lady Peace's upcoming unnamed album, to be released in 2008 or 2009, will feature music more similar to that of Naveed than that of recent albums.[1]
[edit] Track listing
Music by Mike Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni. Lyrics by Raine Maida.
- "The Birdman" – 5:15
- "Supersatellite" – 3:44
- "Starseed" – 4:07
- "Hope" – 5:15
- "Naveed" – 5:51
- "Dirty Walls" – 3:46
- "Denied" – 5:00
- "Is It Safe?" – 3:48
- "Julia" – 3:59
- "Under Zenith" – 3:45
- "Neon Crossing" – 3:11
[edit] Non-album tracks
- "The Needle and the Damage Done" (Neil Young cover) - released as a 7" single and on imports of Happiness...
- "Home" - never released, live version available on internet
- "Yourself" - never released, live version available on internet
- "Julia" (Live Piano Version) - never released, available on internet, arranged by Sarah Slean.
- "Out of Here" - single released in 1992, while the band was still named "As If," and a video was released on Much Music's "My First Time;" studio version available on internet
- "Sorry" - early version of the Gravity song, "Sorry," that contained very different lyrics, excluding the similar chorus
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