Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines

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Free Music Notes for Spiritual Machines

Free Music Review: OLP's best album
Hit: 5 Stars

A 5 second intro from Ray leads right into the opening track, "Right Behind You (Mafia)". This is one of OLP's catchiest tracks, and really does a fantastic job of pulling you into the album. I'm very surprised this song wasn't a big hit (I don't even think it was released as a single). 9/10

After another brief RK clip comes "In Repair", which was the first single from the album. This is a slower paced song, in which lead singer Raine Maida uses the metaphor of comparing man to machine. Excellent stuff. 10/10

Next comes the anthematic "Life", a very upbeat song that suggests "Life is waiting for you..so messed up, but we'll survive". This was the second single from the album, and an obvious choice at one. 9/10

The next song, "Middle of Yesterday", is the first really hard rocking song on the album, and would have fit right in on "Clumsy". It's a pretty basic soft verse-loud chorus song, but still good. 7/10

"Are You Sad?" is probably the most beautiful song OLP has ever done. I can easily see people being brought to tears by this song, and the lyrics are pretty easy to relate to. Perhaps my favorite song on the album, although it's tough to choose. 10/10

Another RK clip leads into "Made To Heal", another extremely catchy song much like "Right Behind You". Excellent vocals from Raine on this one make it another very memorable song. 9/10

"Everyone's A Junkie" sounds like it could be leftover from the "Happiness..." sessions, but that's certainly not a bad thing (and I'm not implying that it's a leftover song, it just has a similar vibe musically to much of the stuff on Happiness). Another really catchy one. 9/10

A creepy RK bit on death leads right into "All My Friends", which doesn't sound like anything OLP has done. The verses are slow, and the chorus is haunting. I consider it a successful experiment, and I wish they would've expanded on ideas like this for the follow-up album "Gravity". 9/10

"If You Believe" is the second of the "experimental-trio" of songs to close out the album. This is another home run for the band. The first couple choruses are really quiet, but the song gradually builds up to a full fledged chorus of the same lyrics/melody. Perfect. 10/10

Finally, there's "The Wonderful Future", which rivals "Are You Sad?" as my favorite song on the album. As I'm writing this review, I'd probably choose this as my favorite. This is yet another really experimental track, and the best of my so-called "trio" (that being this, and the above 2 tracks). Can't really describe this one, but the guitar work is awesome, and the vocals are awesome as well. 10/10, hands down.

There's also a pretty creepy hidden track of RK, but it's kind of frusterating to have to fast forward for 10 minutes to get to it. Oh well, no big deal. The album is a complete masterpiece. For those new to OLP, THIS is definetly the best one (IMO), but the best starting point would be "Clumsy" or "Gravity", which are the two most immediately accessible albums.

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