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''Healthy in Paranoid Times'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, released on August 30, 2005 by Columbia Records. The disc was released on a standard CD as well as a DualDisc, with the reverse side containing a documentary on the making of the album. The album fared well in both Canada and the U.S., but didn't match up to the success of its 2002 predecessor, ''Gravity''. The first single was "Where Are You", released in Canada during June 2005 and released in the United States a month later. The second and third singles were "Angels/Losing/Sleep" and "Will the Future Blame Us", respectively. According to the album's liner notes, ''Healthy'' was recorded in 1165 days at ten different studios. 2000 hours were spent both discussing and playing music and 43 songs were written and recorded. Over 6000 GB of hard drive space was used for the recording. The band's inability to choose which songs they were satisfied with caused them to prolong recording and push back the release date several times. They came close to breaking up several times during the process. ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'' has a lighter sound and tone, and is less metaphorical than Our Lady Peace's pre-2002 releases. The second single, however, "Angels/Losing/Sleep" has vocalist Raine Maida singing at a higher pitch, making the jarred, falsetto-like voice Raine Maida and Our Lady Peace was formerly known for. Other songs, like "Boy", also have a lighter melody and vocals, instead of the heavier sounds on ''Gravity''. The album mostly deals with current world events, and discusses issues such as war and the current state of the world, rather than the social and relationship themes featured on ''Gravity'', however, some songs still features the social and relationship themes, which can be found in songs like ''Picture'' and ''Apology''. It has been classified as a politically charged album.〔Fuller, Carn "(Political comeback: Our Lady Peace returns with new album,anti-Bush message )" ''The Star Phoenix'' 1 May 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2010〕 In particular, the song "Wipe That Smile Off your Face" was confirmed to be written about George W. Bush.〔Gonshor, Adam "(President Bush Inspires Our Lady Peace Track )" andPOP.com 13 Oct. 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2010〕 ==Background and writing== The members of Our Lady Peace began writing new material together soon after the ''Gravity'' tour began. In October 2002 they returned briefly to Bob Rock's Maui studio to record two unfinished songs from ''Gravity'' that were planned to be released on a soundtrack, which never happened. "Working with him on that soundtrack song was just another reaffirmation for us how well we work together," Maida stated in an October interview. "With the way this band has grown, and the way we've come to trust Bob, it would be ridiculous for us to look for another producer now. When we're all together, we feel like we can do anything. We have to go at least one more round with him. I think we just scratched the surface of what we can do together."〔Cronick, Scott "(Frontman promises OLP will rock Marina )" ''At The Shore'' Oct. 2002. Retrieved November 30, 2009〕 By the end of 2002, the band was eager to re-enter the studio in Maui to begin laying down demos with Rock. Two new songs, "Not Afraid" and "Talk is Cheap" were premiered in March 2003 while touring in Europe with Avril Lavigne. They began working more quickly on material then they ever had. "We write songs in like five minutes now," Maida said at the time, "The energy's there." For the first time, Mazur was included in the songwriting process, having not been in the band yet while ''Gravity'' was being written.〔Gonshor, Adam "(Our Lady Peace Almost Break Up Recording ‘Perfect’ Album )" andPOP.com 13 Oct. 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2010〕 "On this record we really tried to write together," Maida says. "It’s easy for me to come in with a song, say here it is, lets go record it and it’ll be done in a couple of days. But when you have to sit in your rehearsal hall and you wait for that magic to happen, well, it doesn’t always happen right away, but that was the M.O. for this record and it worked."〔Missio, David "(Our Lady Peace Band Together )" ''Chartattack'' 2 Sept. 2005. Retrieved December 21, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Healthy in Paranoid Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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