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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 This band sucks Aug 14, 2009
This music sucks so bad it's an insult to canadian music. The vocals are unbearable too.
 average Feb 13, 2009
I personally feel this kind of alternative rock music has overstayed its welcome, but I guess back in 1997, it wasn't annoying... yet.
The problem is the lead singer more than anything else. When he's singing a simple verse melody he sounds alright, but when the time comes to sing the chorus part... he's almost unbearable to me. He almost sounds like a male witch with that annoying high-pitched voice he has. His voice alone makes it VERY hard to listen to the album. Sometimes his voice bothers me to the point where I'm just happy the chorus isn't irritating the living heck out of me.
Other than that, the songwriting has some decent moments, predictable (yet tolerable) verse melodies, passable drumming, bass work that sounds like every other alternative rock band out there, and just an average band overall. I wonder if maybe this band wanted to be like the Smashing Pumpkins. It would be very hard for me to believe they weren't listening to the Smashing Pumpkins at the time they made Clumsy (or maybe the Pumpkins were listening to this band, who knows).
I can't see a band like this ever becoming legendary in the same way a band like Nirvana has. These guys just don't have the songwriting skills or an original enough sound to ever be mentioned in the same breath if you ask me.
 Wow...just wow Aug 04, 2008
I heard Our Lady Peace's hit song "Clumsy" on the radio and had to pick this one up. Our Lady Peace produced such a unique sound. The vocals on this soundtrack blow me away. I cannot even begin to describe the way the singer vocalizes each piece of music.
If anything, this music could a called a cross between light rock and emotional music. I'm not sure if that is the perfect way to describe this CD, but it is the best I can do with such an unique band.
Every single song is top notch, and none of it feels like filler. Songs like "Automatic Flowers", "Car Crash", and "Clumsy" are my personal favorites. This is one of the only albums in which I do not just listen to my favorites over and over again. I can listen to this entire album and be satisfied with every song. Pick this one up as soon as possible.
3 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A Frustrating Hit And Miss Collection Dec 15, 2005
On their debut album Naveed, Our Lady Peace (OLP) set the bar high amongst its fans as their first record sparkles to this day as a full collection of energetic rock songs.
For their second record Clumsy, the band choose to be a little more experimental seemingly trying for a fuller sound, the end result is a hit and miss collection that showcases some of the band's best ever modern rock tracks (Superman's Dead, Big Dumb Rocket) while also revealing the band's tendency to write songs that seem drowned by the need for new elements (Story of 100 Aisles and Car Crash).
The good outweigh the bad but not by enough to warrant a must have status for Clumsy, for that I would suggest Naveed and Spiritual Machines. But if you are a fan of OLP certain songs on this album will always define the band to its audience, so if there ever is an OLP greatest hits record Clumsy will be well represented.
The question then becomes if you wish to buy this record is how good do you believe the good tunes are? If six out of 11 songs being of a high quality are enough to buy a record then grab Clumsy. Just be forewarned, it is a record that does not always reach the height's set by its predecessor.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great Music That Many Don't Know Oct 22, 2005
Most people started hearing about OLP about the time that their 5th album, 'Gravity' came about (back in 2000/2001ish), and I will be one of the first to admit that it is a great album. 'Clumsy', their second album, I feel is quite possibly their best work, even with now four more albums under their belt. Most of the songs on this album carry quite a bit of emotion with them, notably '4am' and 'Clumsy', and while to many people most of the songs are nonsense (mostly referring to 'Automatic Flowers' which, to this day, I can find no real meaning behind the song), but if you listen to the words, and not so much the sound of the songs, each one speaks of something which can mean something different to everyone. The music on this album is, on the surface, there to sound good (and it does), but even so goes deeper...if you enjoy music that you actively listen to, this album is a great buy for your collection...so long as you don't mind lyrics that repeat almost endlessly at the end of each song (I suggest hitting the skip button for the end of each track).
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