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| Released | June 18, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | November 2001 – February 2002 at Plantation Mixing and Recording, Haiku, Hawaii | |||
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| Length | 41:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bob Rock | |||
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Gravity is the fifth studio album by the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. 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 United States with the hit singles "Somewhere Out There" and "Innocent".
The album title, Gravity, was inspired by the chorus lyrics "Falling back to me, defying gravity" from the track "Somewhere Out There". At the time of the album's release, OLP drummer Jeremy Taggart said that Gravity was "by far [their] best album".[1]
Gravity was the first album to feature new guitarist, Steve Mazur, who replaced Mike Turner in 2002 after the latter's departure, due to the band feeling limited by Mike Turner's guitar abilities in the studio. Despite Turner's departure, he appears on half the tracks on the album, having recorded parts for several songs prior to his departure.[2] This was also their last album with musician Jamie Edwards, who had performed on two prior albums and was briefly an official member, but left the band soon after the album's completion.
It was the band's first album made without the involvement of producer Arnold Lanni, who not only produced the band's previous four studio albums but helped co-write many of their songs. The band originally wanted Lanni to produce their fifth album but he was busy working with Simple Plan and the band instead chose notable hard rock producer Bob Rock. It is also Our Lady Peace's first album that does not feature Saul Fox on the cover.
Originally conceived as a live album based on the Spiritual Machines tour that would include three new studio tracks, the band would accept Rock's offer to record an entire studio album when his schedule opened up as a result of the ongoing struggles of his prior engagement, Metallica.