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Originally Posted by Automaticchaos
I still say though, that so far, their best two albums are their first two.
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Agreed, hell I even heard people say the only really good thing the band released was the first half of their first album. Starseed and Naveed are FANTASTIC tracks, Superman's Dead wasn't horrible but I don't think it aged well.
Personally I found Raine Maida to be a bit too much in all regards. From what I understand one of the main reasons the early discs have a different feel and an actual rock edge to them was their original guitarist (Mike Turner) who subsequently quit when the band he started, after they got big and Maida's head / attitude / ego expanded in line with it.
I'll admit I haven't paid attention to OLP in years, but the last time I heard anything it sounded like a pretentious ripoff of Radiohead. They also stand as the absolute worse live band I've ever seen. Back in 1998 they were the most boring, flat, and predictable band on a festival stage. I honest to crap couldn't tell if they played live or just cranked the cd.