Release and reception Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)

1 release , reception

1.1 commercial
1.2 critical
1.3 impact

release , reception
commercial

the album planned released on june 11 pushed june 18 because artwork not ready in time.

gravity debuted @ #2 on canadian sales charts , @ #9 in united states, making band highest position in united states yet. october 2002, had been certified gold riaa in u.s. , on november 23 of year won casby award best new album. november 2003, gravity had been certified double-platinum in canada (200,000 units).

on november 26, 2002 deluxe limited edition version of album released part of sound plus collector s series. version, different cover, came special bonus dvd of live tracks , music videos somewhere out there , innocent (see below) footage gravity tour. cover states live tracks recorded on spiritual machines tour of 2001. following text included:

critical

despite success, reviews critics mixed negative. said album developed more extreme mainstream sound , overproduced in order appeal american market, may have been partly due new producer bob rock of aerosmith , metallica fame. reviewers went far call plea mainstream american acceptance. on other hand, 1 publication said album noteworthy simple, direct approach. reviewer vue weekly stated sounds brand new band, jury out on whether it’s better. gravity big change last successful album, happiness... not fish can catch. vocalist raine maida s signature falsetto scarce on album, overall tone changing or reviewer kludge put it, gravity void of raine maida’s urgent, almost-squaking, one-of-a-kind vocals and, save 3 tracks, sense of creativity. andrew bonazelli of cmj new music monthly criticized album s soul-deadening production string arrangements several songs being contrived lunge towards accessibility.

in june 22 issue of billboard, larry flick wrote: gravity giant leap forward...emerging crisp, highly commercial collection of guitar-driven jams. sentiment shared guitar world s gary graff praised record in magazine s august 2002 issue: ...olp have turned in album more streamlined , punchy previous recordings. impressive wide assortment of styles here -- tuneful anthem ( innocent ), crunchy metal ( ) , spacey prog ( bring sun ) -- olp defy gravity personnel changes can have on band.

impact

with mainstream success of gravity , somewhere out there , our lady peace s fan base split between fans of new material , fans of old material who, several critics, cited band s new direction sell-out tactic. in 2010, online music magazine popmatters looked on rift saying:

recently, gravity`s single innocent received widespread media attention when american idol winner david cook performed on program. many, including american idol judges, criticized both cook s performance , song choice. vocalist raine maida reportedly contacted cook , have since written songs together.

two songs gravity sessions used in world wrestling entertainment. song not enough used make wwe desire tribute video jeff hardy , lita. whatever , song not released on album, used wwe wrestler chris benoit s entrance theme 2002 until death in 2007.