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Curve
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Metascore
49

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6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The eighth studio album for the Canadian alternative rock band led by Raine Maida was produced with Jason Lader.
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As Fast as You Can
I know a girl, gotta long snake moan, A fever in a head and a restless soul, I gotta feeling that the church don't know, What the church don't know,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 4
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  1. NOW Magazine
    Apr 19, 2012
    60
    Curve isn't going to change anyone's mind about Our Lady Peace.
  2. AllMusic
    Apr 19, 2012
    50
    The resulting Curve more or less lives up to its ballpark idiom, and while it may not signal a complete reinvention, it definitely distances itself from the calculated guitar-driven alt-rock that dominated 2009's Burn Burn.
  3. PopMatters
    Apr 19, 2012
    50
    This album is proof that today's incarnation isn't exactly sure about where they will be tomorrow in spite of having a firm grasp on where they were yesterday.
  4. Consequence
    Apr 19, 2012
    40
    Curve finds the band rehashing other artists' creative moments in the sun but never making anything their own.

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  1. Pat
    Apr 23, 2012
    4
    Really do not like this album. OLP is my favorite band but this and Burn Burn are depressingly bad for me. I can't relate to the music atReally do not like this album. OLP is my favorite band but this and Burn Burn are depressingly bad for me. I can't relate to the music at all like their older material. The songs seem to take no risks. The whole thing is just boring. Been waiting for years for OLP to get back to the quality they once had. I will have to wait for the next album because sadly, this one is no good.… Collapse