Naveed (album)
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Naveed is the debut album by Canadian rock
band Our Lady Peace
. It was produced by Arnold Lanni
, and was released on March 22, 1994 by Sony Music Canada
. Naveed became a success in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies (Platinum Certification) by the end of the year. There were five singles
released for the album, including "The Birdman", "Starseed" and "Naveed". The title Naveed
is taken from the Persian
name for the bearer of good news.
" and an early version of "The Birdman" at Arnyard Studios. They would record another three-song demo in March in hopes of compiling a full album. "but we ran out of money after three songs," noted guitarist Mike Turner. "It was all self-financed, same old story. A friend of ours was going to CMJ, so we dubbed a few copies of what we had -- they didn't even have printed sleeves, just a phone number jotted on them -- and he passed those out. We started getting phone calls right away, and it was like, 'Well, maybe we ought to take this a little more seriously.'"
In September of that year, they enlisted the help of Arnyard owner Arnold Lanni
to oversee the recording of additional demo songs. At first they were unsure whether or not to choose Arnold Lanni to produce, only being familiar with his work with Frozen Ghost
. They eventually hit it off on a personal level because they admired his brutal honesty about the music business. With him, they composed 19 songs right away and would recorded 7 of them for label consideration. Three of the tracks were shopped around to labels by the bands new management team, Coalition Entertainment, co-owned by Lanni's brother Robert. The other four were sent to interested parties in early 1993. By April 1993, after hearing feedback from labels such as Geffen
and Interscope
, they had signed a record deal with Sony Music Canada. An offer by Sony's president Rick Camilleri "to make me a record that sounds like your demo", with no outside interference, was the most appealing option for the band. According to Raine, "We were signed on faith that we could come up with more material like the demos but there was so much emotion and adrenalin flowing amongst us, I think we had ten more songs written inside a couple of weeks."
and from that Spring through Summer would hold day-long jam sessions with a cassette recorder. Lanni would visit them each day to help with song arrangements. Raine made it clear to Lanni that he wanted to make a straightforward rock record. "I was really bullheaded on our first record ... I remember saying, we are a rock band, I don’t want to hear a piano
or a synthesizer
or even a tambourine
."
With their demos finalized, the band entered Arnyard Studios in September 1993 to record the final 11 tracks. Prior to this, they had only played seven or so live shows together and only recently hired 18-year-old drummer Jeremy Taggart
, whose high school graduation briefly postponed the recording of the album. Originally, they had planned to release their demo songs on an independent label and sell them at live shows but were instead rushed to the studio to record Naveed because of the positive vibe they felt playing together. "We hardly knew each other on a personal level," said Mike Turner, "but when we began working on a musical level the vibe was so great that we couldn't ignore it...the songs became our first initiative. Getting into the studio was the next step." Many of their demo songs would be re-recorded for the album.
The band described the recording sessions for Naveed "a huge learning experience". Prior to recording, the band embraced a primitive Punk style with very simple chords and had limited technical experience in the studio. Mike Turner found that he lacked the technical proficiency to play the melodies and chord changes he heard in his head. "That was a problem," acknowledged Maida, "We really had to pull up our socks during the sessions -- we all got better in a hurry." The band's quest for musical wisdom guided them through the process as well as the help from veteran producer Lanni. For three months, the band lived together recording at Arnyard Studios and laboring over song arrangements with minimal interference by Lanni, who would show up briefly to make suggestions. "When we got in the studio he was able to direct us on the equipment and to use the room, but he never imposed anything." bassist Chris Eacrett told the Ottawa Citizen
in 1995, "He always had suggestions but we made the final decisions." Every written song would be taken through every possible musical arrangement before being committed to tape. "There's nothing on the album we didn't want there," says Mike. "If we didn't feel a song suited the setting we'd created, it was dropped. We recorded this as an album. There is no filler." For unknown reasons, the last song "Neon Crossing" almost didn't make the final cut for the album.
Toward the very end of recording in January 1994, the band was given the opportunity to record a Neil Young
song for an upcoming tribute album and they chose "The Needle and the Damage Done
" before anyone else could. "That whole song fit the vibe of our record, and we recorded it at the tail end of our sessions. It just seemed to be the 12th song," Raine Maida. The song would subsequently be issued as a 7" single sent to radio stations to promote Naveed in the United States and would later be included as a bonus track on imports of the band's 1999 release, Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
.
and was praised for not trying to sound like Grunge
"in an era ruled by it." As of 1998, Naveed had sold over 400,000 copies in Canada.
In the United States, advance copies of the album were sent to radio stations on December 6, 1994 in the form of a three track sampler. In releasing it in the States, Raine commented, "Even that was lucky. Initially, our U.S. label Relativity serviced it on cassette, and through an oversight forgot the 'Do Not Broadcast' title on the promotional copy. Radio stations were so hyped they started playing the cassette on the air. There was no information on the cassette about the band - just Our Lady Peace."
Upon its release in the United States one year later, Naveed was admired by critics and was received very well by fans who were aware of the song "Starseed". The rhythm section of the band was praised by most critics as well as the diversity in the band member's musical backgrounds and Raine Maida's "hauntingly provocative" lyrics. Many critics also believed the album could serve as the bridge between Grunge and the next big thing. Bob Remstein of the L.A. Village View noted how the album grooved "with insistent, seductive beats" and called the album "perhaps the best hard-rock album of the young year [1995]." Ken Wilson from the Cincinnati Post gave the album a B+, saying, "The impressive thing about this sassy debut effort is that Our Lady Peace members share equal parts in delivering this seductively hard and interesting set." Jennifer Crocker from Pitch Weekly in Kansas City, MO called the album "damn good" and that "the compelling sound produced by this four man faction of musical ingenuity will wind you so tight, you'll spin on to track eleven with nary a notion of what's going on around you."
Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly
called the album overwrought and derivative but gave the album a rating of "B" saying that it "ought to leap onto the charts faster than a stage diver on steroids."
Later on, MacKenzie Wilson of Allmusic called the album "a stunning debut" as well as "a decent introduction to the band's spirituality." She gave the album three out of five stars.
The album cover is the first to feature art model Saul Fox, who the band had met and befriended in 1993. On the cover, he is seen posing like a statue without a shirt and covered with pigeons, representing The Bird Man. The rest of the packaging follows this theme. The photography was done by Andrew McNaughtan.
Following the somewhat Middle-Eastern themes in the album, a line of Sanskrit
writing, designed by Margo McPherson that roughly translates into "Our Lady Peace" appears several times in the album's packaging. The word "Naveed" written in Persian (توىد) was also seen on Raine Maida's acoustic guitar throughout the subsequent tours and included in the music video for "Naveed."
's extreme falsetto
, and his ability to travel between high and low octaves with varying intensities with ease. These vocals provided an overall condensed melody to subside with the heavy instruments and would be utilized even further in later albums. They exchanged this sound for a more mainstream sound in 2002 with the release of Gravity
and made a slight return in 2005 with Healthy in Paranoid Times
. The tone of the album is darker and about more controversial topics than later releases.
Raine Maida was also the chief songwriter for the album. This would introduce his trademark of ambiguous lyrics and "dark optimism" for which the band's music would come to be known. According to Raine in the band's first press release, "Naveed is a constant quest to obtain knowledge, possessed with the desire to grow mentally and spiritually. We have forced Naveed to travel the distance between mysticism and bitter reality."
The middle eastern theme carries over into several of the songs such as "Starseed", "Denied" and the title track. Raine confessed that in early mixes of these songs, the middle eastern vibe was even stronger but "We decided we had to pull back on it a bit. We realized we weren't knowledgeable enough, or steeped enough in that kind of music, to give it the treatment and respect that it deserves."
Raine Maida
noted that Our Lady Peace's seventh studio album Burn Burn
, features music more similar in origin to that of Naveed than that of recent albums, though "a little mature".
Demo 2 (March 1992)
Demo 3 (September 1992)
Demo 4 (September 1992)
Canadian rock
Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of music produced by Canadians, beginning with American style rock 'n' roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock...
band Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace is a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Headed by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band additionally consists of Jeremy Taggart on percussion, Duncan Coutts on bass, and Steve Mazur as lead guitarist...
. It was produced by Arnold Lanni
Arnold Lanni
Arnold David Lanni is a Canadian record producer, and former member of both Frozen Ghost and Sheriff. He wrote Sheriff's most successful song, "When I'm With You."-History:...
, and was released on March 22, 1994 by Sony Music Canada
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
. Naveed became a success in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies (Platinum Certification) by the end of the year. There were five singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released for the album, including "The Birdman", "Starseed" and "Naveed". The title Naveed
Naveed
Navid , also spelled Naveed, is a Persian name meaning "bearer of good news" or "best wishes".May refer to:-Music:*Naveed, a 1994 album by rock band Our Lady Peace**"Naveed", a single from the above album-In arts and entertainment:...
is taken from the Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
name for the bearer of good news.
Background
The band recorded several demo songs in January 1992 including, "Out of HereOut of Here (song)
"Out Of Here" is Our Lady Peace's first single and their first music video. To date it has not been officially released on any albums, and is the only song the band released when they were going by the name As If....
" and an early version of "The Birdman" at Arnyard Studios. They would record another three-song demo in March in hopes of compiling a full album. "but we ran out of money after three songs," noted guitarist Mike Turner. "It was all self-financed, same old story. A friend of ours was going to CMJ, so we dubbed a few copies of what we had -- they didn't even have printed sleeves, just a phone number jotted on them -- and he passed those out. We started getting phone calls right away, and it was like, 'Well, maybe we ought to take this a little more seriously.'"
In September of that year, they enlisted the help of Arnyard owner Arnold Lanni
Arnold Lanni
Arnold David Lanni is a Canadian record producer, and former member of both Frozen Ghost and Sheriff. He wrote Sheriff's most successful song, "When I'm With You."-History:...
to oversee the recording of additional demo songs. At first they were unsure whether or not to choose Arnold Lanni to produce, only being familiar with his work with Frozen Ghost
Frozen Ghost
Frōzen Ghōst was a Canadian rock band formed in 1985 by Arnold Lanni and Wolf Hassel who were previously with the band Sheriff. The band received a Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year" in 1987....
. They eventually hit it off on a personal level because they admired his brutal honesty about the music business. With him, they composed 19 songs right away and would recorded 7 of them for label consideration. Three of the tracks were shopped around to labels by the bands new management team, Coalition Entertainment, co-owned by Lanni's brother Robert. The other four were sent to interested parties in early 1993. By April 1993, after hearing feedback from labels such as Geffen
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
and Interscope
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
, they had signed a record deal with Sony Music Canada. An offer by Sony's president Rick Camilleri "to make me a record that sounds like your demo", with no outside interference, was the most appealing option for the band. According to Raine, "We were signed on faith that we could come up with more material like the demos but there was so much emotion and adrenalin flowing amongst us, I think we had ten more songs written inside a couple of weeks."
Recording
Almost immediately after signing with Sony in 1993, the band entered pre-production to record their debut album. They rented rehearsal space in Mississauga, OntarioMississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
and from that Spring through Summer would hold day-long jam sessions with a cassette recorder. Lanni would visit them each day to help with song arrangements. Raine made it clear to Lanni that he wanted to make a straightforward rock record. "I was really bullheaded on our first record ... I remember saying, we are a rock band, I don’t want to hear a piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
or a synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
or even a tambourine
Tambourine
The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
."
With their demos finalized, the band entered Arnyard Studios in September 1993 to record the final 11 tracks. Prior to this, they had only played seven or so live shows together and only recently hired 18-year-old drummer Jeremy Taggart
Jeremy Taggart
Jeremy Ronald John Taggart is a Canadian drummer, best known for playing with Our Lady Peace since 1993.-Early life:Taggart was born in Toronto, Ontario and has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums...
, whose high school graduation briefly postponed the recording of the album. Originally, they had planned to release their demo songs on an independent label and sell them at live shows but were instead rushed to the studio to record Naveed because of the positive vibe they felt playing together. "We hardly knew each other on a personal level," said Mike Turner, "but when we began working on a musical level the vibe was so great that we couldn't ignore it...the songs became our first initiative. Getting into the studio was the next step." Many of their demo songs would be re-recorded for the album.
The band described the recording sessions for Naveed "a huge learning experience". Prior to recording, the band embraced a primitive Punk style with very simple chords and had limited technical experience in the studio. Mike Turner found that he lacked the technical proficiency to play the melodies and chord changes he heard in his head. "That was a problem," acknowledged Maida, "We really had to pull up our socks during the sessions -- we all got better in a hurry." The band's quest for musical wisdom guided them through the process as well as the help from veteran producer Lanni. For three months, the band lived together recording at Arnyard Studios and laboring over song arrangements with minimal interference by Lanni, who would show up briefly to make suggestions. "When we got in the studio he was able to direct us on the equipment and to use the room, but he never imposed anything." bassist Chris Eacrett told the Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...
in 1995, "He always had suggestions but we made the final decisions." Every written song would be taken through every possible musical arrangement before being committed to tape. "There's nothing on the album we didn't want there," says Mike. "If we didn't feel a song suited the setting we'd created, it was dropped. We recorded this as an album. There is no filler." For unknown reasons, the last song "Neon Crossing" almost didn't make the final cut for the album.
Toward the very end of recording in January 1994, the band was given the opportunity to record a Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
song for an upcoming tribute album and they chose "The Needle and the Damage Done
The Needle and the Damage Done
"The Needle and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young that describes the descent into heroin addiction of musicians he knew. It was written about the heroin use of his Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, and previews the theme of "Tonight's the Night", a song that addresses the heroin overdose...
" before anyone else could. "That whole song fit the vibe of our record, and we recorded it at the tail end of our sessions. It just seemed to be the 12th song," Raine Maida. The song would subsequently be issued as a 7" single sent to radio stations to promote Naveed in the United States and would later be included as a bonus track on imports of the band's 1999 release, Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch
Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch is the third studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. It was released on September 21, 1999 by Columbia Records. The album was very successful in Canada, debuting at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was certified 3x...
.
Release and reception
When Naveed was released in Canada in March 1994 it took a little while to pick up steam but eventually became very popular. The band's sound was compared to Led ZeppelinLed Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and was praised for not trying to sound like Grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
"in an era ruled by it." As of 1998, Naveed had sold over 400,000 copies in Canada.
In the United States, advance copies of the album were sent to radio stations on December 6, 1994 in the form of a three track sampler. In releasing it in the States, Raine commented, "Even that was lucky. Initially, our U.S. label Relativity serviced it on cassette, and through an oversight forgot the 'Do Not Broadcast' title on the promotional copy. Radio stations were so hyped they started playing the cassette on the air. There was no information on the cassette about the band - just Our Lady Peace."
Upon its release in the United States one year later, Naveed was admired by critics and was received very well by fans who were aware of the song "Starseed". The rhythm section of the band was praised by most critics as well as the diversity in the band member's musical backgrounds and Raine Maida's "hauntingly provocative" lyrics. Many critics also believed the album could serve as the bridge between Grunge and the next big thing. Bob Remstein of the L.A. Village View noted how the album grooved "with insistent, seductive beats" and called the album "perhaps the best hard-rock album of the young year [1995]." Ken Wilson from the Cincinnati Post gave the album a B+, saying, "The impressive thing about this sassy debut effort is that Our Lady Peace members share equal parts in delivering this seductively hard and interesting set." Jennifer Crocker from Pitch Weekly in Kansas City, MO called the album "damn good" and that "the compelling sound produced by this four man faction of musical ingenuity will wind you so tight, you'll spin on to track eleven with nary a notion of what's going on around you."
Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
called the album overwrought and derivative but gave the album a rating of "B" saying that it "ought to leap onto the charts faster than a stage diver on steroids."
Later on, MacKenzie Wilson of Allmusic called the album "a stunning debut" as well as "a decent introduction to the band's spirituality." She gave the album three out of five stars.
Packaging and design
The band's logo on the album cover varies from American, Canadian and European releases. The American version, released on the Relativity label, features a larger and bolder logo while on the Canadian version, 'Our Lady Peace' is displayed very small and in regular font with a brushed texture. The European release on the Epic label is the same, but the band name is much larger. When re-released in the U.S. in 1997 by Columbia, the logo was slightly enlarged.The album cover is the first to feature art model Saul Fox, who the band had met and befriended in 1993. On the cover, he is seen posing like a statue without a shirt and covered with pigeons, representing The Bird Man. The rest of the packaging follows this theme. The photography was done by Andrew McNaughtan.
Following the somewhat Middle-Eastern themes in the album, a line of Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
writing, designed by Margo McPherson that roughly translates into "Our Lady Peace" appears several times in the album's packaging. The word "Naveed" written in Persian (توىد) was also seen on Raine Maida's acoustic guitar throughout the subsequent tours and included in the music video for "Naveed."
Style and themes
Naveed is considered one of the band's most raw and edgy works to date. One of the main highlights of the band was vocalist Raine MaidaRaine Maida
Raine Maida , is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He has come to be known for his unique countertenor nasal falsetto singing voice, as well as his cryptic and poetry-influenced song lyrics...
's extreme falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
, and his ability to travel between high and low octaves with varying intensities with ease. These vocals provided an overall condensed melody to subside with the heavy instruments and would be utilized even further in later albums. They exchanged this sound for a more mainstream sound in 2002 with the release of Gravity
Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)
Gravity is the title of Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace's fifth studio album. It was released on June 18, 2002 by Columbia Records in North America. The album became a worldwide success, charting highly both in Canada and the U.S...
and made a slight return in 2005 with Healthy in Paranoid Times
Healthy in Paranoid Times
Healthy in Paranoid Times is the sixth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, released on August 30, 2005 by Columbia Records. The disc was released on a standard CD as well as a DualDisc, with the reverse side containing a documentary on the making of the album...
. The tone of the album is darker and about more controversial topics than later releases.
Raine Maida was also the chief songwriter for the album. This would introduce his trademark of ambiguous lyrics and "dark optimism" for which the band's music would come to be known. According to Raine in the band's first press release, "Naveed is a constant quest to obtain knowledge, possessed with the desire to grow mentally and spiritually. We have forced Naveed to travel the distance between mysticism and bitter reality."
The middle eastern theme carries over into several of the songs such as "Starseed", "Denied" and the title track. Raine confessed that in early mixes of these songs, the middle eastern vibe was even stronger but "We decided we had to pull back on it a bit. We realized we weren't knowledgeable enough, or steeped enough in that kind of music, to give it the treatment and respect that it deserves."
Raine Maida
Raine Maida
Raine Maida , is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He has come to be known for his unique countertenor nasal falsetto singing voice, as well as his cryptic and poetry-influenced song lyrics...
noted that Our Lady Peace's seventh studio album Burn Burn
Burn Burn (album)
Burn Burn is the seventh and most recent studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, released in North America on July 21, 2009...
, features music more similar in origin to that of Naveed than that of recent albums, though "a little mature".
Track listing
- The cassette release puts tracks 1 - 5 on side one, and tracks 6 - 11 on side two.
Musicians
- Chris Eacrett - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Raine MaidaRaine MaidaRaine Maida , is a Canadian musician best known as being the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band Our Lady Peace. He has come to be known for his unique countertenor nasal falsetto singing voice, as well as his cryptic and poetry-influenced song lyrics...
- vocals - Jeremy TaggartJeremy TaggartJeremy Ronald John Taggart is a Canadian drummer, best known for playing with Our Lady Peace since 1993.-Early life:Taggart was born in Toronto, Ontario and has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums...
- drums, percussion - Mike TurnerMike Turner (musician)Mike A. Turner is a musician and producer. He is the former lead guitarist of the band Our Lady Peace. After his departure from OLP he began producing music and played guitar in the Canadian band Fair Ground, with Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance...
- electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Phil X - guitar solo on "Denied"
Production
- Ted JensenTed JensenTed Jensen is an American recording engineer. Jensen is the chief mastering engineer at Sterling Sound. He started his career as a mastering engineer in 1976 and is currently the most active Mastering Engineer in the industry...
- mastering engineerMastering engineerA mastering engineer is one skilled in the practice of taking audio that has been previously mixed in either the analog or digital domain as mono, stereo, or multichannel formats and preparing it for use in distribution, whether by physical media such as a CD, vinyl record, or as some method of... - Arnold LanniArnold LanniArnold David Lanni is a Canadian record producer, and former member of both Frozen Ghost and Sheriff. He wrote Sheriff's most successful song, "When I'm With You."-History:...
- production and engineering - Terrance Lee - assistant engineer
Non-album tracks
- "Julia" (Live Piano Version) - never released, available on internet, arranged by Sarah SleanSarah SleanSarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
.
1992 Demos
Demo 1 (January 1992)- "The Birdman"
- "Out of HereOut of Here (song)"Out Of Here" is Our Lady Peace's first single and their first music video. To date it has not been officially released on any albums, and is the only song the band released when they were going by the name As If....
" - "?"
Demo 2 (March 1992)
- "Personal Parade"
- "Edge of Sanity"
- "Neon Crossing"
Demo 3 (September 1992)
- "Nobody's Wrong"
- lyrics re-written and name changed to "The Birdman" to make the Naveed version. Studio version available on internet.
- "Blind Anniversary"
- "Sorry"
- no relation to the GravityGravity (Our Lady Peace album)Gravity is the title of Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace's fifth studio album. It was released on June 18, 2002 by Columbia Records in North America. The album became a worldwide success, charting highly both in Canada and the U.S...
song. Studio version available on internet.
- no relation to the Gravity
- "Julia"
Demo 4 (September 1992)
- "Supersatellite"
- "Denied"
- "Neon Crossing"
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | March 22, 1994 | Sony Music, Epic Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... |
EK80191 |
| United States | March 21, 1995 | Relativity Relativity Records Relativity Records, often branded just Relativity, is an American record label founded by Barry Kobrin at the site of his company, Important Record Distribution in metro New York. Early on, as an indie label, Relativity released music in a variety of styles, including dance, jazz, punk, and... |
88561-1507-2 |
| June 3, 1997 | Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... (reissue) |
CK68170 | |
External links
- Naveed lyrics at RhapsodyRhapsody (online music service)Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...