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Our Lady Peace's first release was the five time platinum selling album, Naveed. It was released in Canada on Sony Music in May 1994, and a year later in the states, on Relativity. Since then, it has sold over 400,000 copies in Canada and ultimately half-a-million around the world. The album was produced by Arnold Lanni of Frozen Ghost fame, a "real honest guy, a straight up kind of person", at Arnyard Studios in Toronto. The title is named for a friend of Raine's that means bearer of good news. While doing the artwork, OLP sought out the help of Saul Fox (the guy on the cover), who helped them with their vision of "trying to project the soul of young people in a world which seemed to be different from their's". The characters on the CD are Persian for Our Lady Peace.


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Naveed CD Cover
  1. The Birdman
  2. Supersatellite
  3. Starseed
  4. Hope
  5. Naveed
  6. Dirty Walls
  7. Denied
  8. Is it Safe?
  9. Julia
  10. Under Zenith
  11. Neon Crossing


"Naveed is the ancient Middle Eastern name for bearer of good news. We took the concept of Naveed and placed it into the dark optimism of our music. Naveed is a constant quest to obtain knowledge, possessed with the desire to grow mentally and spiritually. We have forced Naveed to travel the distance between mysticism and bitter reality." - Raine Maida


Music by: Mike Turner / Raine Maida / Chris Eacrett / Arnold Lanni
Words by: Raine Maida
Produced and Engineered by: Arnold Lanni
Assistant Engineer: Terrance Lee
Recorded and Mixed at: Arnyard Studios, Toronto
Mastered by: Ted Jensen, Sterling Sound, NYC


The singles released from this album are in order as follows:
"I think Naveed was always the eternal optimist that hung out in a dark cloud." -Raine Maida

E-mail Alison - ourladypeacer@audiophile.com