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''Gravity'' is Canadian alternative rock/post-grunge band Our Lady Peace's fifth studio album. 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 U.S. 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 () best album".〔Cantin, Paul "(New OLP album a radical departure )" - ''Canoe.ca''. Retrieved November 16, 2009〕 This was their first album to feature new guitarist, Steve Mazur, who replaced Mike Turner in 2002 after the latter's departure, which the band was feeling limited by Mike Turner guitar abilities in the studio. The band also wanted a guitarist who can really stand up and have a strong voice. Despite of Mike Turner departure, Turner appears on half the tracks on the album, however, having recorded parts for several songs on the album prior to his departure.〔 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. This was also the band's first album not to be produced by their original producer which was ''Arnold Lanni'', which he produced the band's first four albums. The band originally wanted him to produced their fifth album but he was busy working with ''Simple Plan'' and the band instead chose ''Bob Rock'', which he also produced their next album. ==Background and writing== After wrapping up the ''Spiritual Machines'' Tour in late 2001, Our Lady Peace were becoming restless and close to breaking up. Lead singer Raine Maida in particular was feeling limited by guitarist Mike Turner's abilities in the studio. Raine would later state in an interview, "I don’t know if Mike was born to be a guitar player. The studio was a tough place for him and we were working too hard to make up for it – we felt like we were cheating ourselves. Four albums is way too fucking long to put up with that. I’m sure he’ll do great things, just not with six-stringed instruments.〔Durham, Victoria. "(Our Lady Peace - Weight and Bleed )" Rock Sound Nov 2002. Retrieved September 21, 2009.〕” They mutually decided to part ways following preliminary sessions for the album.〔 The band decided that they had gone as far as they could go musically with ''Spiritual Machines''. Looking to reinvigorate themselves and change directions musically, they sought a more stripped down sound as opposed to the multiple layers and textures of their previous albums. It was this idea of simplifying that inspired the title of ''Gravity''. Raine discussed the transition in a 2002 interview. “’Spiritual Machines’ was so out there in talking about the future and trying to perceive man turning into machine, it was very heavy. With this record...it kind of felt like we were being pulled back down to earth, hence the title. It’s such a simple life out there and because of that the album was just based around living day to day rather than looking too far ahead. In that sense ‘Gravity’ is pretty much the opposite of ‘Spiritual Machines’. None of our other albums had been concept records, so it was the right time for us to get away from that whole philosophy. Because of that ‘Gravity’ is probably the most basic album we’ve made since our first.〔” Although Raine Maida had begun living in Los Angeles, The band came together in Toronto to start writing new material towards the end of touring for ''Spiritual Machines''. They did it this time without the usual help of producer Arnold Lanni, who at the time was working with fellow Canadian band and management-mates Simple Plan on their debut album, ''No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls''.〔Bliss, Karen "(OLP to Record with Bob Rock )" - ''Canoe.ca'' 25 Oct. 2001. Retrieved December 10, 2009〕 Jamie Edwards was credited for the first and last time as a songwriter on this album.〔 Three songs written by the band made the record but most were written by Maida during the 2001 holiday season.〔Taylor, Lewis "(Stripped Down and Ready to Rock )" - ''Eugene Register-Guard'' 29 Nov. 2002. Retrieved December 14, 2009〕 Steve Mazur's late official entry into the band meant he took no part in songwriting. 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「Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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