Monday, April 22, 2019

"Annie" by Our Lady Peace

Lead by the distinctive vocals of Raine Maida, Our Lady Peace is a post-grunge band hailing from Ontario, Canada. Formed in 1992, they attained their first chart appearance in the US with their breakthrough 1997 album, "Clumsy." Two singles from this record put the band on the Top 100: "Superman's Dead" flew to #74 and the title track stumbled to #59 (it was also featured in the hit movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer).

The band returned in 1999 with a strangely named yet terrific follow-up record called "Happiness...Is Not A Fish You Can Catch." I thought the single, "One Man Army," was amazing and would secure the band a longterm home on the US charts. But it was not to be and the band fell off the radar until they retooled their sound with producer Bob Rock in 2002 and scored their biggest hit yet, "Somewhere Out There," which went to #44. Despite many strong tunes thereafter ("Life," "Innocent," "Where Are You," "All You Did Was Save My Life," "The Right Stuff," "Head Down"), the band has yet to crack the US charts again.

"Annie" is another great cut from the "Happiness" album. Check it out, as well as the band's extensive catalogue of nine albums and counting.

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