Clumsy

Clumsy
Studio album by Our Lady Peace
Released	January 23, 1997
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:43
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Arnold Lanni
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Our Lady Peace chronology
Naveed (1994) Clumsy (1997) Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch (1999)
Singles from Clumsy
"Superman's Dead" "Automatic Flowers" "Carnival" "4 A.M." "Clumsy"

Clumsy is Our Lady Peace's second album. It was released on January 23, 1997 by Sony Records. The album is the band's most successful to date, achieving diamond status in Canada (1,000,000 units sold) and strong sales in other countries. In 2007, it ranked #76 on "The Top 100 Canadian Albums" by Bob Mersereau.

Clumsy's songs feature the striking vocals of lead vocalist Raine Maida, who utilizes an often jarring falsetto technique: Maida jumps from lower octaves in his vocal range to higher ones. Raine's vocals provide most of the melody of the songs, with guitars quieted down in this album compared to Naveed, their previous album. This aspect of singing has become the staple sound of the band, continuing with this fashion in their next studio album Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, and since lost on their 2005 album Healthy in Paranoid Times. The album features five hit singles: "Superman's Dead," "Automatic Flowers," "Clumsy," "4 A.M." and "Carnival". Each single has its own music video, with the exception of "Carnival".

It has been rumored that the album was originally supposed to be called Trapeze, after a song of the same name that never ended up being featured on the album. A trapeze artist is on the cover of the album, which has been used as evidence to support this theory. Despite the fact that the band has performed "Trapeze" live on several occasions, neither an official studio nor live version of the song has ever been released. Raine also stated in interviews prior to the album's release that it was to be titled Trapeze or Propeller.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Our Lady Peace and Arnold Lanni, with lyrics by Raine Maida. 

Some European releases came with a bonus CD with acoustic versions of Clumsy, Naveed, and Automatic Flowers.

Non-album tracks

1. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles cover, studio version released on The Craft soundtrack)
2. "Trapeze" (never released, live version available on internet)

Library sampler

Released in 1998, this promo contained various versions of songs from Clumsy and Naveed.

1. "4 A.M." (radio edit) – 3:30
2. "4 A.M." (album version) – 4:15
3. "Clumsy" (power acoustic version) – 4:00
4. "Clumsy" (album version) – 4:28
5. "Superman's Dead" (radio edit) – 3:44
6. "Superman's Dead" (live from Irving Plaza, NYC) – 4:53
7. "Starseed" (Armageddon remix) – 4:20
8. "Starseed" – 4:04
9. "Naveed" (edit) – 4:39

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