Spiritual Machines is the fourth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, released by Columbia Records in December 2000. Although it was not initially intended, the project evolved into a conceptual interpretation of futurist and inventor Raymond Kurzweil's 1999 book The Age of Spiritual Machines and featured spoken dialog from Kurzweil himself. The Kurzweil K250 keyboard, one of his inventions, was utilized throughout the recording of the album.
The album was written and recorded in two months while the band was still on tour in support of their previous record, Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, which had only been released 14 months prior. A combination of lead singer-songwriter Raine Maida's prolific songwriting at the time and lead-guitarist Mike Turner's discovery of The Age of Spiritual Machines in a bookstore hurried the completion of the album. The band only took a break from recording to organize and perform at Summersault 2000. Unlike their previous releases, this one features a more natural sound, and less obvious layering and electronic texturing.
Spiritual Machines has been noted as being the end of an era for Our Lady Peace, as it was the last album produced by the band's longtime producer Arnold Lanni, the last to feature original guitarist Mike Turner in full, and the last studio album to feature art model Saul Fox on its cover. It is also the band's last album to feature Raine Maida's prominent high-falsetto singing voice exclusively. Spiritual Machines peaked at number five in Canada, where it is certified double platinum.
Origins
While touring rigorously in support of Happiness... in mid-2000, Mike Turner came across the book The Age of Spiritual Machines by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. "I happened to be lucky enough to discover a really shiny book cover in a book store." Mike stated, "I wish I could say it was like, 'Well, I've been on this intellectual quest.' I picked it up, read it and went mental."[1] Becoming fascinated by the futuristic ideology of the book, he proceeded to share it with the other band members, reading them passages on their tour bus over the next several months.[2][3]
Raine Maida first brought up the idea of a concept album after excerpts from the book began influencing his songwriting. Passing time on the road, he had amassed a backlog of songs and had began to record demos. He jokingly suggested an album title of Kurzweil.[4] While the other band-members were less enthusiastic about the idea, Maida and Turner decided to pursue it and Turner contacted Ray Kurzweil via email to ask if they could use the title of his book for their project. Kurzweil's excitement at the prospect prompted them to invite him to record spoken excepts from his book for the album and a correspondence developed.[3][5] “I think it’s amazing that Ray Kurzweil sent us a bunch of pieces, and for whatever reason, they really tie in with what we were trying to say on this record,” said Maida.[6]
Recording
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We never sat down and said ‘Let’s make a concept record’. I think it was a focused mindset. The book dwelled on Raine’s mind quite a bit as he was reading it and absorbing the information in it. So this record came from that mindset. It was never about writing songs that related to the book directly, it was just something that affected us.
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Unlike the band's three previous albums, most of the songs used were written solely by Maida. “I think that because this record happened quickly, we just ended up using a lot more of my songs this time,” stated Maida. “Whatever happens, happens, and if there are good ideas lying around, we use them.”[6] Also unlike on their previous albums, this one was recorded sporadically piece by piece with songs being added as others were discarded.[6] Raine had made several vocal demos at his new home recording studio before the Spiritual Machines idea had come in to play. Many of these demos were used for the final recordings and Raine was given production credits. “I co-produced the album this time around,” he explained. “It was more a means to an end. I would start off with a 4-track, then move to an 8-track, then go to digital. I have a ProTools system set up in my basement, so I just try to finish songs and get them out of the way so I don’t build up this backlog of ideas. We just sift through that stuff, as well as the stuff we do in rehearsal and just pick the best ideas and go. It wasn't like I said I wanted to be a producer or anything, it’s just that the demos I was making came closer to the finished product on one or two occasions, so now, I’m a producer.”[6]
About eight of the songs, including "Life" and "Everyone's a Junkie", were in demo form by August 2000 while on the road touring and the rest were completed with Arnold Lanni at Arnyard Studios in Toronto as well as in New York City at Avatar Studios over the next two months.[7] Rumours had surfaced that, while in New York, Our Lady peace had dumped Lanni as producer to work with The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan. These rumors were later debunked by Raine.[6] The first songs to be played live were "Life" and "Everyone's a Junkie", which debuted during Summersault in August 2000.[8] In an August 2000 interview with Chartattack Raine revealed that a song titled "Yesterday" ("Middle of Yesterday") was almost guaranteed to be the first single for Spiritual Machines.[8] Guitarist Mike Turner noted: "We had these six songs that were 90% finished when we went out on Summersault. After we were done we brought them in for the record company to hear, with an eye to making plans for next year. They heard what we were doing and said, 'Well, let's finish the album you're working on.' And we thought, 'Album? We're just demoing.' But they told us what we had was great, so we went back into the studio with Arn (producer and co-manager Arnold Lanni) and did just that."[9]
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He’s worked with all these huge artists we respect, so we just let him do his thing. The only thing we tried to do in the studio, was to keep it live and not overdo parts, and I think he exemplified it even more. For him, it wasn't about trying to hear every little part, it’s just about putting it all together and making it feel like there is a live band and it has an energy, and he’s really fucking good at that.
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Towards the end of recording Spiritual Machines, percussionist Jeremy Taggart suffered a serious ankle injury during a mugging while walking his dog.[10] While he recovered, Taggart's friend Matt Cameron, former drummer for Soundgarden and current drummer for Pearl Jam, filled in for Taggart on the tracks "Right Behind You (Mafia)" and "Are You Sad?".[11] When the final tracks were ready for mixing, the band shopped around before finding a producer they wanted. The album was mixed in Atlanta, Georgia by Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam's long time producer.[12] "It was an amazing experience working with Brendan, someone who immediately understood what we were trying to do and was able to capture exactly how we heard this album," said Raine.[12]
Music and lyrics
The songs for Spiritual Machines were written and partially recorded during a year in which the band was doing extensive touring of Canada, the United States, and Europe. According to lead singer Raine Maida, the live stage-context inspired the band to "keep it really basic and not try to add too many textures... to not overdo it."[5] and giving the technically inclined record an ironically acoustic feel at times. According to Maida, half of the record was completed before the book and its ideas even entered the equation. During an interview in late 2001, he stated, "... even though it seems quite intrinsic to the record, really, it only represents about four or five songs."[4] While the lyrics of several songs were inspired by the futuristic theories of Kurzweil, they were also written as a response to them, saying that the human spirit would always prevail. "Lyrically, this album is about finding the spirituality within ourselves."[13] This is the case with the opening song, "Right Behind You (Mafia)", which Raine said, "..[is] not an 'F-You' to Kurzweil. It's like 'I believe [much of] what you're saying, but we're going to fight it as well because there is a soul and there is a spirit.'"[14]
During a 2001 interview with Gary Graff from Wall of Sound Magazine, Maida recounted the inspiration for the lyrics of "Are You Sad". He was in New York recording "In Repair" at the old Hit Factory studio, which was later known as Avatar Studios. Following those sessions, Maida attempted to call his younger brother from his hotel room but couldn't get through. "When you're making a record, you kind of go into hiding, especially when I'm writing lyrics or writing music; I tend not to keep in touch with any friends or family or stuff. But my brother and I have a good relationship, and I want to keep it good. I couldn't get a hold of him for, like, a week, and I knew he was going through a shitty time — typical young-20s, no job, having a tough life. I wanted to talk to him desperately, and this song just came out of me, "Are You Sad?" It came out really quickly on a shitty travel guitar".[15] The meaning of "If You Believe" was revealed in a 2001 interview with Cleveland.com, "That song's about having an out-of-body experience and seeing that the afterlife is real," Maida confirms, "and telling people that there's something machines can't have, and we've got it.[16]
Toward the end of the album, there is a hidden track with Ray Kurzweil communicating with 'Molly'. Molly is a robot from 2099, who at the beginning of the book was a 23-year-old woman who knew nothing about what Kurzweil was trying to explain, and then started to evolve in the way Kurzweil predicted.[17] Spiritual Machines concludes with the track "The Wonderful Future", which is one of the more unique songs on the album that features minimal instrumentation. It is about a woman who builds her "own satellite from an old rusted chair" who will one day realize that a man of flesh and tears can satisfy her future. "That's one of my favourite songs, for that reason," said Maida. "That song's about building the perfect human - this cyber-human - and realizing that you can't really compete."[14]
Release
Promotion
Limited edition black case
Following a virtual listening party on the band's website where the full ten songs from the record were made available to listen to, Spiritual Machines was released in Canada on 12 December, 2000.[18] For those who pre-ordered the album, a limited edition version of the CD was released in a black jewel case in which the artwork was not visible, only the band's name and logo in embossed lettering.[19][20] Spiritual Machines sold 100,000 units in the first month after its release making it their fastest selling album to date.[21] It went on to be certified 2X Platinum in Canada.[22] As was common practice, the album was released several months later in the United States on 13 March, 2001.[23][24] Upon release in the United States, it spent a total of four weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 81.[25] It was released to Asian and European markets on May 9, 2001 under the Epic Records label. The record was re-released in 2008 under the Sony's Special Markets division.[11]
The lead off single for Spiritual Machines was "In Repair". It was only promoted in Canada and though reaching number one on the Canadian Rock Radio charts,[26] quickly fell of the charts shortly after its November 15, 2000 release[20]. While the single was a failure in the United States, the music video, directed by Oli Goldsmith won multiple awards at the MuchMusic Video Awards including Best Video and Best Director.[27] The second single was "Life", released shortly after the album's Canadian release in December 2000. It was the only single that was commercially released, in Australia (EPK 6718742). It fared better on the charts, reaching number 27 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks Chart on 10 March, 2001 after 13 weeks.[28] In Canada, the song peaked at number two on the Canadian Rock Radio charts[29] while the music video eventually reached number one on the MuchMusic Countdown.[27] The third and final single was "Right Behind You (Mafia)". By this time, Spiritual Machines was proving itself to be commercial failure in the States. The release of the single, set to be in June 2001,[27] was aborted and the promotional copies were instead distributed to the band's fan club.[27] The Oli Goldsmith directed music video's release was also cancelled and the video has not been seen until recently when it was released on the band's official website.[30]
Packaging
The band contacted local Toronto artist Oli Goldsmith who happened to be reading the same book, to create the artwork for the upcoming album.[31] In total, he made around 200 paintings relating to the project, many of which were used for the album art, promotional singles, the band's website and the videos for "In Repair"[2] and "Right Behind You (Mafia)", both of which he directed.[27] His artwork was described as "Integrating photographs, logos, television images, signs, as well as a variety of written forms, such as epigrams and poetry, Goldsmith's art juxtaposes the unexpected, resulting in pieces that are bold, colourful, and energetic."[32] When the album insert is unfolded, it reveals a surrealistic panorama that appears to be set in a hospital. The official photo shoot for Spiritual Machines took place on October 7, 2000 on the sixth floor of St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto, formerly an intensive-care unit.[33]
Critical reception
Although Spiritual Machines wasn't as successful as Our Lady Peace's previous three albums, it was highly praised by critics[11][34][41] as being one of Our Lady Peace's finest releases, and has also been proclaimed as being the height of their artistic creativity.[43][44][45] MacKenzie Wilson of Allmusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying that "They can still deliver pinch-hitting licks and the brash attitude they did when they first formed in 1993, but they are a little older and a little wiser."[11] A review from the Hamilton Spectator noted that the album's concluding tracks "If You Believe" and "The Wonderful Future" demonstrated a particular facility for mixing sonic textures and that there were "actually moments when vocalist Raine Maida varies from his impersonation of a singing head cold."[35] Ashley Bird of Kerrang! noted that the album was packed with crisp, clean songwriting, odd searing post-grunge riffs and Raine Maida's nasal croon. She went on to say that the song "Life" "is one of the most perfectly weighted slices of pop-rock you'll hear."[37]
Eddie Fournier of The New Hampshire reviewed Spiritual Machines positively but said that, "The spoken word sections are intriguing, but in a way, they detract from the overall strength of the album, breaking up the momentum created by the powerful 10 songs." He concluded by saying "Overall, Spiritual Machines is a lovely album from start to finish, and even better, it is an album that will make you wonder."[46] Cheryl Hunter of the Hartford Courant said that "It may sound formulaic, yet Maida's intelligent songwriting and nasally, but forthright vocals make Our Lady Peace more that just another faceless modern rock band."[47] Bartley Kives of Winnipeg Free Press gave the album 3 1/2 stars out of 5, saying that Our Lady Peace had finally gotten control of their sound and calling it "easily the finest thing they've ever created."[42]
Touring
Original tours (2000–2001)
Our Lady Peace toured in support of Spiritual Machines from November 2000 until September 2001. The first leg of the tour began with a university warm-up tour in Ontario, then a cross-Canadian fan club appreciation tour from Vancouver, BC to Ste-Foy, Quebec in which members of their fan club received free tickets.[1][18] The tour continued into the United States in March, 2001 with American Hi-Fi joining them as an opening act.[24] During May 2001, the band debuted a new song they had written for WWF pro-wrestler Chris Benoit that would be included on the soundtrack WWF Forceable Entry much to the chagrin of Maida.[48] The song had been recorded in early March and was mixed in Seattle.[49].
Several shows during the Summer leg had to be rescheduled or canceled after Maida contracted a throat infection. A cancer scare which turned out to be harmless caused bassist Duncan Coutts to miss six weeks of touring following the shoot for the "Life" video in February.[26][50] Rob Higgins of the band Change of Heart filled in for him while he recovered from surgery.[51] Coutts would also miss several shows in June after breaking his wrist in a biking accident.[24] The band wrapped up the tour with a performance at Music Without Borders at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on October 21, 2001.[1][52] This would be their last live performance with Mike Turner. Several songs were recorded live by the band in Syracuse, New York with hopes of releasing a live album with producer Bob Rock. The live tracks were instead spread across various promos and singles and the band decided to record a full length album, Gravity, with Rock.[53]
Recreation tour (2010)
In December 2009, the band announced that they would be "recreating"[54] both Spiritual Machines and their 1997 record Clumsy by performing them live in their entireties[54][55] throughout a new tour that is set to begin in March 2010; only nine months before the 10-year anniversary of the release of Spiritual Machines.[54]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Raine Maida, all music composed by Raine Maida, Mike Turner, Arnold Lanni.
| 1. |
"R.K. Intro" |
0:06 |
| 2. |
"Right Behind You (Mafia)" |
3:14 |
| 3. |
"R.K. 2029" |
0:15 |
| 4. |
"In Repair" |
3:58 |
| 5. |
"Life" |
4:23 |
| 6. |
"Middle of Yesterday" |
3:54 |
| 7. |
"Are You Sad?" |
5:08 |
| 8. |
"R.K. 2029 (Part 2)" |
0:12 |
| 9. |
"Made to Heal" |
3:47 |
| 10. |
"R.K. 1949–97" |
0:44 |
| 11. |
"Everyone's a Junkie" |
3:38 |
| 12. |
"R.K. on Death" |
0:39 |
| 13. |
"All My Friends" |
3:37 |
| 14. |
"If You Believe" |
3:35 |
| 15. |
"The Wonderful Future" |
20:00 |
- "The Wonderful Future" ends at 4:30, and is followed by roughly 12 minutes of silence, after which a hidden conversation between R.K. and Molly is heard.
| 16. |
"4 AM" |
4:17 |
| 17. |
"Clumsy" |
4:29 |
| 18. |
"Car Crash" |
5:07 |
Studio outtakes
Several known outtakes from the Spiritual Machines sessions were demos carried over from the Happiness... sessions, such as "Ordinary Day" and "Sleeping In". "Ordinary" is seen being played during demo sessions for Happiness... on the band's 1998 holiday fan club video. The lyrics were published in the Pied Piper's Union Christmas 1998 newsletter.[56] A poor quality recording of the latter is available on Youtube as well as in trading circles. Other song names such as "La Bra" and "A Waste of Violence" (or The Weight of Violence) were revealed on web casts of the recording sessions or seen on original artwork by Oli Goldsmith.[57] A narrative outtake by Ray Kurzweil titled "R.K. Jack" was included as an intro to the track "Life" on A Decade.[58]
In an August 18, 2000 article, it was revealed at that point that 8 songs were complete with four more being recorded in the past five weeks. This was before heading to New York to record "In Repair" and "Are You Sad", among others. Mike Turner even noted "We've got so much music, we could even put another (album) out."[59]
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[17]
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Musicians
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Production
Design
- Oli Goldsmith - artwork, layout
- Clay Patrick McBride - photography
- Catherine McRae - art direction
- Our Lady Peace - art direction
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