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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on Jul 18, 2009 3:17:57 GMT -5
I own all of OLP's CDs including their Live disc from 2003 but for some reason, I never really got into them too much aside from Clumsy, Happiness and Spiritual Machines. I'm not sure why I don't consider them an album-artist band for me. But from what I remember and recognize, I'd rank their albums as:
Spiritual Machines Clumsy Happiness (this and Clumsy rank pretty close) Naveed (I like the raw no-hold-back rock this one has) Gravity Healthy In Paranoid Times
I didn't listen to Gravity or HIPT a lot though so putting them at the bottom is more-or-less due to unfamiliarity but the latter's singles didn't hold up too long for me nor did the few album tracks that I really liked for a short time. Whenever I go for my OLP fix, I tend to go to Spiritual Machines or Happiness.
I am hoping, though, that the release of this new album can get me interested enough in their back discography to give those ones another chance though. That tends to happen to me for some reason...
...meanwhile, I do think this new single might be their best so far this decade.
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Post by Cody on Jul 18, 2009 11:19:33 GMT -5
this album is EPIC! "Dreamland" needs to be a single, this is their 3rd best album ever, great effort
1. Spiritual Machines 2. Clumsy 3. Burn Burn 4. Gravity 5. Happiness Is Not A Fish You Can Catch 6. Healthy In Paranoid Times 7. Naveed
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Post by American Idiot on Jul 18, 2009 12:13:55 GMT -5
I just listened to the new album. I really like "The End Is Where We Begin." "Refuge" is also a great song and reminds me a lot of a U2 type of sound.
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Post by pen on Jul 18, 2009 12:21:35 GMT -5
It's weird but "The End Is Where We Begin" is the only song that's not gelling with me.
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Post by Cody on Jul 18, 2009 14:07:18 GMT -5
My favs aside from "All You Did" are "Dreamland," "Escape Artist," and "Signs Of Life"
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Post by FacetheFacts on Jul 26, 2009 13:27:37 GMT -5
Dreamland , Paper Moon , All You Did Was Save My Life, and Never Get Over You
Are my standout tracks
I really like this cd and Dreamland must be a single.
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Post by fran182 on Jul 27, 2009 17:25:19 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:
43 40 OUR LADY PEACE All You Did Was Save My Life 256 254 +2 0.902
23 stations playing.
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