OLP never again visited the pure anger displayed by Clumsy, and went on to make great uplifting music in Spiritual Machines and Happiness. But this album spotlights more dark feelings, brooding melodies and a sense of urgency in every song. It's an experience that should not be missed out on. OLP freaking rocks by the way, and Gravity's release is a mere 3 days away! Enjoy and thanks for reading.

Dan


If there was an album that changed my life...   September 11, 2003
B. Leach
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

When I bought this CD, I already owned Gravity, Spiritual Machines, and Happiness...is not a fish that you can catch. I would have considered myself a fan, but not nearly to the extent I would now. What made that transfer was Clumsy. And I will tell you why in my review/best parts.
1. Superman's Dead- An excellent start to this excellent albumn. Great guitar, and if you're a fan of Naveed you'll see that Maida's vocals have expanded. Best part: Doesn't anybody ever know that the world's a subway?
2. Automatic Flowers- This song paints an interesting picture of a girl whose pop-up book is driving her insane. This song is actually sort of personal to me because there have been many days where I'll be alone in my room, doing anything to keep myself afloat.
3. Carnival- The tune at the beginning is actually the type of music you would expect to be played at a carnival. It has melodic verses with a harder chorus, keeping it interesting. Best part: You worry about the future, sign said, "Yoga Class for Cats".
4. Big Dumb Rocket- The humming at the beginning is brilliance.
5. 4 A.M.- Called this because it's when Raine wrote it and his father's initials are "A.M." By far, it is OLP'###### personal song. Very well written.
6. Shaking- This is my least favourite song on the disc. The verses aren't bad, in fact it's rather catchy. But it's just the way he says, "Why"- dragging it out. It sort of hits a nerve. Best part: You're rushing to meditate, should eat but probably wait. And when they clap.
7. Clumsy- This is sort of reminiscent of Carnival. It's the encouraging I'm-here-for-you type song Our Lady Peace has on every albumn. Best part: You realize that sometimes you're just not okay, you level off...but it's not alright now.
8. Hello Oskar- I love this song. It has such a momentum. You could crash a car to this song. Best part: He'll build up a bridge then walk around, don't ever call him dumb. He's not that bright, he's just not himself.
9. Let You Go- The beginning isn't great, but it gets better I promise. It's a weird song, a different beat. But it's still really good. Best part: There's a cigarette theif, stealing cigarette disease and I wish I was there.
10. 100 Aisles- This probably isn't a really popular song. But I think it hits something, with the yelling and the bass solo. It hits something and then it's stuck in your head. Best part: This is not what you wanted, this is pain, this is pain: Anacin.
11. Car Crash: Hello Oskar was my favourite song until I discovered this one. It's slower, but heavy, and Raine experiments with his vocals wonderfully. It's intriguing. Best part: They'll wake up today to the papers that say, "oh well", it was too hard to tell- he was swerving, they were swerving much to late.
I truly advise you to get this albumn. I think it shaped who Our Lady Peace is today, and you can't appreciate them until you appreciate Clumsy.


Clumsified   September 1, 2003
David Blue (San Diego, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Clumsy wasn't quite up to Naveed's quality, yet it was close. Mike Turner had some great guitar on this, Raine had even more vocal tweaking parts, Jeremy had important drums on tracks such as 4a.m. Duncan Coutts, the bassist of OLP had an intro on Car Crash that stood out, but wasn't as good as the bass on Naveed.

Superman's Dead- The best track on the album. Uses a twelve string acoustic for the intro and stuff. Raine really had some creative parts for this song, with the "Ah awhoo woo" parts. Excellent song.

Automatic Flowers- Another great song, not quite as good, but played a great part in the success of Clumsy. This kind of went back to the style of Naveed, but posseses more anger (as does this CD over any of OLP's others).

Carnival- This song uses the "Don't step on a crack or you'll break your mother's back" thing to produce a good song.

Big Dumb Rocket- There was a nice guitar in this song, and it helped the song get stuck in my head at least.

4am- The slowest track on this CD until around the last third, where it speeds up. Very great lyrics than mean a lot. Jeremy has good drums on this track.

Shaking- The second worst song on this album. Not much more to say than that.

Clumsy- This song goes up with Automatic Flowers in a way. The guitar part was nice.

Hello Oskar- The worst song on the album by far.

Let You Down- A so so track that is kind of weird in the beginning. Not top notch OLP.

The Story of 100 Aisles- A great song, but makes you wonder. The instruments really helped on this one.

Car Crash- Seems like OLP went back to the Naveed (the song) formula, as they tried the little bass part. I consider this the Little Known Naveed.

The angst in this album was dropped and is yet to return in an OLP album.


Excellent cd! OLP's best   July 24, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I believe that this is Our Lady Peace's best work. I have the "canadian" version and as i see on the "u.s." tracklist, there's three different versions of clumsy? What's up with that?

Anyway, he's a closer look at clumsy (note: the tracklist im using the canadian version)

1. Superman's Dead 5/5 - The rise to OLP's stardom 2. Automatic Flowers 5/5 - This track was not origanlly supposed to be on clumsy but im glad it's on 3. Carnival 5/5 - another great olp song that will stay in your head for days 4. Big Dumb Rocket 5/5 - this is a great song 5. 4am 5/5 - a song about Raine's father, excellent song 6. shaking 4/5 - make that a 4 and a half 7. clumsy 5/5 - two words - IT ROCKS!!!! 8. hello oskar 4/5 - not the best on the cd, but still worth a listen 9. let you down 5/5 10. the story of 100 aisles 5/5 - it takes two listens and your hooked 11. car crash 5/5 - great ending for a cd

anyways, to sum it up, in my opinon, this is one of the greatest CD's ever made


the best definetly   March 7, 2000
CODY BENNETT (Georgia , USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

im very new to olp. i just bought naveed 2 weeks ago and i liked it very much.But when i bought CLUMSY i was amazed at how good these guys really are.Now believe me when i say u will not be dissapointed with this cd.Songs like "4am",and"clumsy" are very emotional yet great rock songs.While songs like "superman's dead","automatic flowers","hello oscar","big dumb rocket",and "let u down" are great hard rock songs.Every songs chorus is the best. You can let this cd play through the whole way w/o skipping at all. This cd has great guitar riffs, probably the best drums iv'e ever heard, and great vocals by raine.please buy this cd u will not be dissapointed it is the best.olp is the best.