Clumsy (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Clumsy
Type = studio
Artist = Our Lady Peace


Released = January 23, 1997 (Canada) April 2, 1997 (U.S.)
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 45:43
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Arnold Lanni
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uohe4jn72wai link]
*Sputnikmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3105 link]
Last album = "Naveed" (1994)
This album = "Clumsy" (1997)
Next album = "Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch" (1999)
Misc = Singles
Name = Clumsy
Type = studio
single 1 = Superman's Dead
single 2 = Automatic Flowers
single 3 = Carnival
single 4 = 4 A.M.
single 5 = Clumsy

"Clumsy" is Our Lady Peace's second album. It was released on January 23, 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 in other countries.

"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 five hit singles, "Superman's Dead," "Automatic Flowers," "Clumsy," "4 A.M." and "Carnival". Each single has its own music video, with the exception of Carnival.

It has been rumored that the album was originally supposed to be called "Trapeze", after a song of the same name that never ended up being featured on the album. A trapeze artist is clearly visible on the cover of the album, which has been used as evidence to support this theory. Despite the fact that the band has performed "Trapeze" live on several occasions, neither an official studio nor live version of the song has ever been released. Raine also stated in interviews prior to the album's release that it was to be titled "Trapeze" or "Propeller."

Track listing

Music by Raine Maida, Mike Turner, Jeremy Taggart, and Arnold Lanni. Lyrics by Raine Maida.

# "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

Some European releases came with a bonus CD with acoustic versions of "Clumsy," "Naveed," and "Automatic Flowers."

Even though the album had Explicit Lyrics, it didn't have a Parental Advisory notice.

Non-album tracks

# "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles cover, studio version released on "The Craft" soundtrack)
# "Trapeze" (never released, live version available on internet)

Library sampler

Released in 1998, this promo contained various versions of songs from "Clumsy" and "Naveed."

# "4 A.M." (radio edit) – 3:30
# "4 A.M." (album version) – 4:15
# "Clumsy" (power acoustic version) – 4:00
# "Clumsy" (album version) – 4:28
# "Superman's Dead" (radio edit) – 3:44
# "Superman's Dead" (live from Irving Plaza, NYC) – 4:53
# "Starseed" ("Armageddon" remix) – 4:20
# "Starseed" – 4:04
# "Naveed" (edit) – 4:39