Curve (album)

Curve
Studio album by
Our Lady Peace
ReleasedApril 3, 2012
RecordedJanuary 2010–February 2012
StudioLos Angeles, California, US
Genre
Length41:39
LabelWarner Music
ProducerJason Lader
Raine Maida
Our Lady Peace chronology
Burn Burn
(2009) 		Curve
(2012) 		Somethingness
(2018)
Singles from Curve
  1. "Heavyweight"
    Released: December 20, 2011
  2. "As Fast As You Can"
    Released: April 2012[1]

Curve is the eighth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace (OLP), released on April 3, 2012.[2] The album was recorded from 2010 through 2012 at vocalist Raine Maida's home recording studio. Curve's first single, "Heavyweight", was released on December 20, 2011. The music from Curve has been touted by lead singer Maida as being "more experimental and ambitious" than the band's 2000 concept album Spiritual Machines.[3] The album's cover features Canadian heavyweight boxer George Chuvalo, whose vocal excerpts are featured in the album's tenth and final track "Mettle".[4]

The album debuted at No.9 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[5] This is the last album to feature the Gravity-era lineup, with drummer Jeremy Taggart leaving the band in June 2014. The time between Curve's release and the band's 2018 album Somethingness marked the longest gap between Our Lady Peace studio albums to date, at nearly 6 years.

  1. ^ Our Lady Peace's Heavyweight video packs a wallop – Zoiks! Online. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Our Lady Peace still rewriting their history Archived April 10, 2012, at Archive-It – National Post. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Our Lady Peace bringing new tunes and renewed energy to Tecumseh's Cornfest – Windsorite.ca. July 18, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  4. ^ TRT Interviews: Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace Archived February 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – The Round Table. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  5. ^ "Canadian Albums - Week of April 21, 2012". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2012.