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While Our Lady Peace's lead singer, Raine Maida, can be accused of writing rather cryptic lyrics, the liner notes of the new OLP CD are anything but subtle. The artwork kicks off with the statement "1165 days were needed to record Healthy In Paranoid Times"; the remaining pages show no lyrics or band shots, just statistics varying from how many people died of AIDS in that span of time (9.8 million) to how much money was spent on the arms trade ($3 trillion). Time spent by Raine and wife Chantal Kreviazuk overseas with the War Child charity have deeply affected the singer and it shows. On Healthy, the band's music is orchestral right from the get-go. "Angels/Losing/Sleep" jumps from quiet, fragile moments to emo-implosions, not only showcasing Raine's unique vocals, but also how undercurrents of combative guitar solos can turn a simple melody into something wonderfully unsettling, a true OLP trait. The group's frenetic first single, "Where Are You" is singer Maida's plea to a society enshrouded in indulgence, while "Boy" has the raw passion of early U2, with the song rising to a joyful, moving climax. One of the disc's strongest tracks is "Don't Stop." While not mimicking Radiohead or Coldplay, the group seems to embrace the like-minded love of turning a four-minute melody into something more orchestral and emotional, a thread consistent throughout this well-crafted disc. --Denise Sheppard
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ASIN: B000A2APW6 Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Angels/Losing/Sleep
- Will the Future Blame Us
- Picture
- Where Are You
- Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
- Love and Trust
- Boy
- Apology
- World on a String
- Don't Stop
- Walking in Circles
- Al Genina (Leave the Light On)
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While Our Lady Peace's lead singer, Raine Maida, can be accused of writing rather cryptic lyrics, the liner notes of the new OLP CD are anything but subtle. The artwork kicks off with the statement "1165 days were needed to record Healthy In Paranoid Times"; the remaining pages show no lyrics or band shots, just statistics varying from how many people died of AIDS in that span of time (9.8 million) to how much money was spent on the arms trade ($3 trillion). Time spent by Raine and wife Chantal Kreviazuk overseas with the War Child charity have deeply affected the singer and it shows. On Healthy, the band's music is orchestral right from the get-go. "Angels/Losing/Sleep" jumps from quiet, fragile moments to emo-implosions, not only showcasing Raine's unique vocals, but also how undercurrents of combative guitar solos can turn a simple melody into something wonderfully unsettling, a true OLP trait. The group's frenetic first single, "Where Are You" is singer Maida's plea to a society enshrouded in indulgence, while "Boy" has the raw passion of early U2, with the song rising to a joyful, moving climax. One of the disc's strongest tracks is "Don't Stop." While not mimicking Radiohead or Coldplay, the group seems to embrace the like-minded love of turning a four-minute melody into something more orchestral and emotional, a thread consistent throughout this well-crafted disc. --Denise SheppardCustomer Reviews:
Better than Gravity, but not perfection..........2006-10-10
This new album basically only has two listenable tracks, but they are so good and ring of all that OLP was in the past, that they warrant the purchase of the CD alone. "Apology" is a brilliant song where Raine's vocals are truly that old OLP sound. The structure of this song is classic OLP, quite possibly the best song they have made to date. You almost get a sense that Mike Turner wrote the riffs on this one. Mazur has definitely tamed down his amps and put away the digital processing on this track. "Angel Losing Sleep" is the other keeper. Very reminiscent of a track that may have made the cut on Happiness.... This song instantly is etched into memory and I love the chorus on this one.
Well unfortunately, that is all I have good to say about this disc. But definitely download those two songs and bypass the rest. I hold out hope that the next album will be more focused and follow in the same direction as these songs seems to be leading us.
Peace and love to all,
Mikey
A load of garbage........2006-08-12
Such a shame.
If you like "POP" music, you'll like this.
Not much going on for me.......2006-03-26
I loved "Gravity"."Healthy" is not horrible,but after a few listens nothing is memorable.I don't find myself singing any of the songs to myself during the day.Its just an "Okay" cd for me.
Our Lady Peace Rules!!!.......2006-03-07
Healthy In Paranoid Times On A String........2006-02-06
Healthy In Paranoid Times has at least 5 songs that would make excellent singles: Where Are You, The World On A String, Don't Stop, Angels/Losing/Sleep and Will The Future Blame Us? and although a very good album would have 12 singles, the other 7 songs all serve a very different purpose; the power of thought provocation. It would be too much to explain all the possible theories about each track however:
Picture, has some powerful, thoughtful lines dealing with the loss of someone either through death or relationship breakdown.
Wipe That Smile Off Your Face has a catchy drumbeat with a slow guitar over the top. "I'm Not Afraid, I'm Gunna Make You Pay" reaveals the angry nature of the song which carries a theme of revenge. It makes you wonder what Raine is singing about.
Al Genina (Leave The Light On) mentions Raine's visits with his wife Chantal to war torn countries, it communicates the gulf of lifestyles and the type of lives people in 3rd world countries. "Life is different here, its not camoflauged with Gold" highlights Raines accusations that the 3rd World doesn't get enough attention, and joins hand in hand with the CD's booklet which indicates what has happend in the world since they started recording. Although sung in a mellow tone, Raines voice has the ability to communicate with a wider audience; something that OLP have been trying to do since Gravity in 2002.
Overall the album is more of a facinating peice of music than something that you can rock out too. Our Lady Peace are not stuck at crossroads as some may assume, they are still making powerful music, probing at different ways to climb the ladder of success ultimately having their music universally recognised. This album certainly takes them a up a few further rungs on that ladder.
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ASIN: B000CMNJEA Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Angels/Losing/Sleep
- Will The Future Blame Us
- Picture
- Where Are You
- Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
- Love And Trust
- Boy
- Apology
- The World On A String
- Don't Stop
- Walking In Circles
- Al Genina (Leave The Light On)
Amazon.com
While Our Lady Peace's lead singer, Raine Maida, can be accused of writing rather cryptic lyrics, the liner notes of the new OLP CD are anything but subtle. The artwork kicks off with the statement "1165 days were needed to record Healthy In Paranoid Times"; the remaining pages show no lyrics or band shots, just statistics varying from how many people died of AIDS in that span of time (9.8 million) to how much money was spent on the arms trade ($3 trillion). Time spent by Raine and wife Chantal Kreviazuk overseas with the War Child charity have deeply affected the singer and it shows. On Healthy, the band's music is orchestral right from the get-go. "Angels/Losing/Sleep" jumps from quiet, fragile moments to emo-implosions, not only showcasing Raine's unique vocals, but also how undercurrents of combative guitar solos can turn a simple melody into something wonderfully unsettling, a true OLP trait. The group's frenetic first single, "Where Are You" is singer Maida's plea to a society enshrouded in indulgence, while "Boy" has the raw passion of early U2, with the song rising to a joyful, moving climax. One of the disc's strongest tracks is "Don't Stop." While not mimicking Radiohead or Coldplay, the group seems to embrace the like-minded love of turning a four-minute melody into something more orchestral and emotional, a thread consistent throughout this well-crafted disc. --Denise SheppardCustomer Reviews:
OLP's Sgt. Pepper's.......2006-07-20
This review is not intended to comment on the disc itself or the company that issued it.......2005-12-14
Throughout their career, Our Lady Peace has always fallen short of the explosion in the American market that so many Canadians get. They are HUGE in Canada, but not here. Many suppose that this was the reasoning for hiring Bob Rock as their producer and putting out the album Gravity (which is why a crucial member of their line-up left, that was the creative difference). Most OLP fans hate the album, but I can't share that sentiment. Regardless of their subject matter, regardless of how unique they are or aren't playing, I hear the same things coming from that group. Whether it be the musical dissonance that we've come to expect, or an interesting, dark twist on an old favorite...OLP has never failed to deliver to me songs that hit me in just the right way.
However, when I first picked up Healthy in Paranoid Times...I was REALLY disappointed. Had they gone too far? Was it possible that this was, in fact, their worst album? I wasn't ready to believe it, and I did actually find a few songs that I really really enjoyed. But overall, I just couldn't connect, you know? I felt left out, a place I've never felt with them before.
And then I went to see them perform at the 9:30 club in DC. It was very exciting for me, because the last performance of theirs I attended was on the date that Happiness was released. So yeah, it had been a while. They didn't perform my old favorites the way I remembered, and to be honest, I forgot some of the lyrics. But that didn't stop me from tearing up. I was connecting, I was rediscovering something I truly loved, and I was finding new material to love. They did some rather unexpected pieces from the new album. I didn't expect to enjoy "Boy" as much as I did. Nor did I think "Wipe That Smile Off Your Face" would be such a crowd favorite, but it was. The songs from their new album got the crowd really going, and you could see just who was a hardcore OLP fans from the ones who "remembered their glory days". They were the ones singing passionately to old *and* new songs alike.
So I took another listen. Maybe, just maybe, this was better than I thought. And yeah, it was.
First of all, "Angels/Losing/Sleep" may be the dumbest way to give us a song title, but the song itself is stunning. From the bayou twang of the opening guitar to the heavy bass falling in afterwards, to Raine's voice belting out some very odd lyrics, this song had me hooked. I'm glad I took the time to really listen to it, because this is an instant classic in my book.
"Where Are You", the first single off this album, is amazing. The lyrics are actually quite clever. "Tonight, did Punk Rock get it right, is there no future in sight? Is it different, now, is it different?" It's energetic, something which isn't a real OLP staple, but it's definitely something I can happily stomach.
"Wipe That Smile Off Your Face" is one of the angriest songs I've heard from them, and watching Raine shake on stage as he uttered those words into the microphone was chilling. He looked mortifyingly angry. It's such a wonderful song, I love listening to it when I am angry, it lets me vent.
Now Im not up on Raine's personal life, although I know he is married to Chantal Kreviazuk. If they had a child, I'd understand what he said at the concert about "Boy" being about one of those amazing unexpected moments in your life. I can't really be sure. But the song itself is heartfelt, and a pleasant listen.
"The World on a String" is another departure from style for them, but again, it works. It's fun to listen to, not too difficult to learn the lyrics, and nice to sing to. Definitely a good track.
"Don't Stop" is dirty dirty dirty! I never expected lyrics like this from them, but I don't mind! Good job, guys!
Those are the standout tracks, but the nice thing about music is that you form your own bond with your own selection of tracks. What I say here is simply my own personal experience. I do, however, highly recommend this to anyone (yes, even you), if to do nothing else than form your own bonds with the songs of your choice.
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Our Lady Peace Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000A3Z6JC Release Date: 2005-08-30 |
Tracks:
- Angels/Losing/Sleep
- Will The Future Blame Us
- Picture
- Where Are You
- Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
- Love And Trust
- Boy
- Apology
- The World On A String
- Don't Stop
- Walking In Circles
- Al Genina (Leave The Light On)
Amazon.com
While Our Lady Peace's lead singer, Raine Maida, can be accused of writing rather cryptic lyrics, the liner notes of the new OLP CD are anything but subtle. The artwork kicks off with the statement "1165 days were needed to record Healthy In Paranoid Times"; the remaining pages show no lyrics or band shots, just statistics varying from how many people died of AIDS in that span of time (9.8 million) to how much money was spent on the arms trade ($3 trillion). Time spent by Raine and wife Chantal Kreviazuk overseas with the War Child charity have deeply affected the singer and it shows. On Healthy, the band's music is orchestral right from the get-go. "Angels/Losing/Sleep" jumps from quiet, fragile moments to emo-implosions, not only showcasing Raine's unique vocals, but also how undercurrents of combative guitar solos can turn a simple melody into something wonderfully unsettling, a true OLP trait. The group's frenetic first single, "Where Are You" is singer Maida's plea to a society enshrouded in indulgence, while "Boy" has the raw passion of early U2, with the song rising to a joyful, moving climax. One of the disc's strongest tracks is "Don't Stop." While not mimicking Radiohead or Coldplay, the group seems to embrace the like-minded love of turning a four-minute melody into something more orchestral and emotional, a thread consistent throughout this well-crafted disc. --Denise SheppardCustomer Reviews:
Great Album.......2005-11-27
With that said, songs like "Angels Losing Sleep", "Will the Future Blame Us" open the album very well. In fact, each song manages to hold on to OLP's great sound. And the closer, though short, is one of my favourites. You definitely have to get this...but only when Sony sorts itself out.
DRM = Dangerous Rootkit Malware.......2005-11-13
Amazon should stop selling this CD immediately given the known damage that is causes to computers.
CD contains DRM software that opens your system to viruses.......2005-11-13
This CD has the same copyright protection, called XCP. When installed, Sony hijacks your computer and installs custom software which:
1) Hides itself entirely from Windows by installing as a rootkit
2) Hides itself in such a manner that any files begining with $sys$ are also hidden. For example, if you install the XCP copy protection software on your machine, and rename "document.doc" to "$sys$document.doc" it then becomes invivisble to you forever.
3) Installs its own custom CD-Rom drivers to hijack your system. It also sneakily names these drivers "Plug and Play Device Manager" to seem as if it's a part of Windows. Trying to delete these drivers manually will disable your CD-Rom drive entirely.
4) Offers no uninstall option until you manually contact Sony
As of my writing this review, Sony has "apologized" for this incident, and claims they will "re-evaluate" this copyright protection software on their CDs in the future.
In the meantime, a virus is currently running wild, which names itself begining with $sys$ in an attempt to hide from the user and virus scanners.
Several class action lawsuits are also pending against Sony right now.
In summary, as you can tell from above, Sony's actions here are absolutely horrible. This is your music. You purchased it, and they should not have any right to dictate how you can use it, let alone install software which compromises your system security.
This is one of the CDs with Sony's XCP copyright protection software on it, and as a result, you should not buy it to send a message to Sony that this will NOT be tolerated in the future.
Find another source for this one........2005-11-12
For technical details on this rootkit, go to this site:
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html
Do Not Buy!!!!! What people need to know about Sony!.......2005-11-11
Program to block music piracy prompts privacy, security worries
- Carrie Kirby, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, November 11, 2005
Sony, in an attempt to thwart music piracy, is selling CDs containing software that quietly downloads itself onto consumers' hard drives, raising privacy concerns and inviting virus attacks, critics warn.
The CDs feature music by artists as diverse as Van Zant and Celine Dion. Sony intended to keep its customers from copying the CDs more than three times; instead, it has touched off a firestorm of criticism, including a class-action lawsuit.
"It's extremely disturbing and unsettling that Sony has taken digital rights management to this level of deceit," said Mark Russinovich, a software developer who discovered the program and posted information about it on his blog on Halloween.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which did not return calls from The Chronicle, has made changes to the software to eliminate the security risk. But many users remain unsatisfied because they feel the company has been sneaky about what the software is and what it does.
Here's how the program works: When a disc is put into a Windows computer's CD drive, it won't play unless the user installs a special music player. The CD then installs a protection program that limits the number of times the disc can be copied, an action most users are unaware of. The program creates a number of headaches for the user, including opening the door to potential Internet viruses, slowing down some computers and preventing the songs from being transferred to an Apple iPod, critics say.
By limiting the ways and number of times the songs can be copied, the software interferes with a buyer's right to make full use of the music, said Electronic Frontier Foundation staff attorney Jason Schultz. The software also may be collecting information about what the computer user does, or at least how often he or she plays the CD, and reporting it back to the company, Schultz said. However, Sony BMG says on its Web site that the software does not collect personal information.
Attempting to remove the program can lead to even more problems: The CD drive can be disabled, or the whole computer can end up crashing. The software can be safely removed only with help from Sony BMG customer service or by using certain antivirus software programs.
Sony BMG's Web site maintains that users are giving permission for the program's installation when they click through a license agreement upon loading discs.
But some consumers are angry because the user agreement does not inform them of the program's nature and limitations. Russinovich has received hundreds of comments on his blog reflecting that indignation.
"They're not saying music should be free, they're saying companies should not be able to install something on your computer that you're unaware of and that you have no way of uninstalling," Russinovich said.
The security threat, according to antivirus softwaremaker F-Secure of Finland, is caused by the software technology the program uses to hide itself deep inside Microsoft's Windows operating system. Called a rootkit, this technology is commonly used by writers of Internet viruses to embed hidden programs that then wreak havoc with infected systems.
"(Sony BMG) is installing tools that other malicious programs can use," said J. Alex Halderman, a Ph.D. student at Princeton University who is studying digital rights management. "They're doing all the hard work for the malicious programs."
On Thursday, both F-Secure and security firm Computer Associates announced they had found viruses that take advantage of the Sony program. However, F-Secure said the virus found was not well written and did not pose a major threat.
On Tuesday, a week after the program was made public on Russinovich's Weblog, the company released a new version of the software that does not hide on the user's computer and therefore does not pose the threat of hiding Internet viruses.
The new version can be downloaded from Sony's Web site. However, CDs in the store still have the old, dangerous program, said Travis Witteveen, a vice president at F-Secure.
The discs, which are marked as copy-protected, started appearing as early as April of this year, said Halderman. They represent the latest in a number of copy-protection schemes music companies, especially Sony, have tried, he said.
The problem with transferring files to an iPod is a common one in copy-protection schemes, because, as Sony says on its Web site, "Apple's proprietary technology doesn't support secure music formats other than their own." Apple has been unwilling to cooperate in making Sony's program work with its equipment, the Web site said.
An Apple spokeswoman did not return a phone call from The Chronicle.
Copy protection on CDs is becoming increasingly common as music companies fight declining sales. Sony BMG has copy protection on 60 percent of CDs released in the United States and aims to hit 100 percent by early 2006, company executive Thomas Hesse told The Chronicle for a recent story.
But there is a risk that putting more restrictions on CD use at a time when songs can still be found for free online may turn some consumers away from buying CDs altogether.
"I would never buy a CD with those restrictions," Liz Raymer of Berkeley wrote in an e-mail to The Chronicle.
One anonymous poster on Amazon.com was more blunt:
"I might as well DOWNLOAD it, break the law ANYWAY and pay nothing!" the poster wrote. It was one of 198 reviews of Van Zant's copy-protected album "Get Right With the Man" -- nearly all of which focused on the copy-protection program, without a word about whether they had liked the album.
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The hidden program
Sony is selling CDs with software that prevents users from copying the music more than three times.
Why? Sony wants to prevent widespread CD copying from cutting into music sales.
What's the problem?
The software can open up computers to virus risks or other problems, and attempting to remove it could damage the PC.
What CDs? Sony BMG releases with the software include Trey Anastasio's "Shine," Celine Dion's "On ne Change Pas," Neil Diamond's "12 Songs" and Van Zant's "Get Right With the Man."
What can you do?
-- Sony answers questions about the software and offers a security patch: [...]
-- Mark's Sysinternals Blog explains the problems with the software: www.sysinternals.com/blog/
Source: Chronicle research
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