Healthy In Paranoid Times

Performer: Our Lady Peace
Engineer: Eric
Producer: Bob
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other. Our Lady Peace: Raine Maida (vocals); Steve Mazur (guitar); Duncan Coutts (bass guitar); Jeremy Taggert (drums). Though many bands from the post-grunge, alternative-rock boom of the mid-1990s quickly fell by the wayside (remember Sponge or Candlebox?), Canada's Our Lady Peace managed to craft a series of commercially successful albums well into the first decade of the 21st century. Like Matchbox Twenty and Collective Soul, the group has a longevity that can be attributed to a straightforward rock sound marked by catchy pop hooks and emotional, soul-searching vocals, in this case provided by frontman Raine Maida. On 2005's HEALTHY IN PARANOID TIMES, Maida and company strive for the socially conscious urgency of early U2, and this thoughtful approach makes OLP stand out from its peers, particularly on the fast-paced "Where Are You" and "Al Genina (Leave the Light On)," which closes the record in mesmerizingly melancholy fashion.

A survivor of the post-grunge alt-rock avalanche, Toronto's Our Lady Peace burst onto the scene with its tightly wound 1995 college-radio hit, "Starseed." The band went on to superstar status in its native Canada, while achieving modest success in the United States. Though an ill-received concept album (SPIRITUAL MACHINES) threw off some OLP fans, the ensemble, led by emotive singer Raine Maida, rebounded with 2002's GRAVITY and its popular anthem, "Somewhere Out There," proving that the group had longevity.

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