Burn Burn (album)

''Burn Burn'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace, released in North America on July 21, 2009.Our Lady Peace set to release their seventh studio album July 21
– ''Tradingmarkets.com''. Retrieved May 5, 2009. The album's title is based on a quote by Jack Kerouac from his 1957 novel ''On the Road''.

The album, recorded at vocalist Raine Maida's home studio in Los Angeles between 2007 and 2009, was released independent of any major label under the band's longtime management company Coalition Entertainment. Sony Music (the band's previous label) distributed the album in Canada,Transcript - Interview with Raine Maida
– ''Canoe.ca''. Retrieved in 2008. and WMG's Independent Label Group did so in the United States.

''Burn Burn'' is Our Lady Peace's first album not to have involved collaboration with an outside producer, having instead been produced by band vocalist Raine Maida. The album's release marked the longest gap between Our Lady Peace studio albums to date, with their previous album, ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'', having been released in August 2005. At 38 minutes, ''Burn Burn'' was the band's shortest album until the release of '' Somethingness'' in 2018.

Album history

Production on ''Burn Burn'' began in February 2007, several months before the release of bandleader Raine Maida's solo album ''The Hunters Lullaby''. According to Maida, ''Burn Burn'' is a "proper rock album"—featuring a return to the raw originality of the band's first album '' Naveed'', though a "little more mature".

Maida produced the album himself, noting how he was excited to "not have anybody intrude on sessions". The band had previously worked with producer Bob Rock for their two preceding albums, as well as Arnold Lanni for their first four albums.

Having been defunct since 2007, the official Our Lady Peace fansite was relaunched on March 11, 2009 in anticipation of ''Burn Burn''.Official Our Lady Peace fansite
– ''Ourladypeace.net''. Retrieved May 2, 2009. The album's original cover was revealed with the relaunch, and on May 1 was officially changed to portray a darker and more simplistic tone than the original.

''Burn Burn'' finished production in early March 2009, and the first single " All You Did Was Save My Life" was released on May 25. The album, as well as a deluxe edition entitled ''Burn Burn Burn'', was released in North America on July 21, 2009. ''Burn Burn'' debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling over 11,000 copies in its first week.

Critical reception

''Burn Burn'' received generally favourable reviews, with ''PopMatters'' calling it "their most intimate, immediate album to date". ''Allmusic'' compared the album's sound to latter-day Goo-Goo Dolls and 1980s U2, but also noted that the album "remain(s) deficient in hooks and melodies", and that the music "simmered" instead of having "boiled with indignation" as it did in the band's previous albums.

''Billboard'' praised the seventh track "Never Get Over You" as a "killer ballad", but ultimately criticized the album for being too "ballad-heavy" and "one dimensional".''Burn Burn'' doesn't particularly sound like anything Our Lady Peace has done in the past, according to ''Sputnikmusic'', but "maybe that is what is so exciting about (it)".

Charts

Songs

The album contains 10 tracks of the 16 that were composedmelodic.net: ''Our Lady Peace recording new album''
". Melodic.net. Retrieved on July 20, 2008.—and is approximately 38 minutes in length. Lyrics were mostly written by Raine Maida, and the first track was co-written by Maida and former The Nixons vocalist Zac Maloy.

The official track listing for ''Burn Burn'' was released in May 2009, but was altered in early June to replace the track "The Right Stuff" with " The End is Where We Begin". Sequencing of remaining tracks was also affected by the change. A ''Deluxe Edition'' of the album was also released, retitled ''Burn Burn Burn'', with bonus tracks "The Right Stuff" and "Time Bomb" included, as well as a bonus DVD with studio performance footage and music videos for ''All You Did Was Save My Life'' and bonus track ''The Right Stuff.''

Single chronology

* In April 2009, the music video for ''Burn Burns first single, "'' All You Did Was Save My Life''", was filmed in an undisclosed wooded area near Ancaster, Canada. The video features Canadian actress Shenae Grimes, of '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and '' 90210'' fame; and model Ronnie Flynn of Courtice, ON.Shanae Grimes hooks up with Our Lady Peace in the 905
– ''Eonline.com''. Retrieved May 2, 2009. The video was leaked prematurely to Canadian viewers through MSN's website on May 22, and was officially unveiled on the May 25 episode of MuchMusic's ''Much On Demand''. The audio track was released to radio stations and iTunes on May 25 in Canada, and was released on June 9 in the United States.
* ''Burn Burns second single, "'' The End is Where We Begin,''" was officially released on September 14 in Canada.
* "Dreamland" was released as the band's third single on May 23, 2010, almost exactly one year since the release of the first single, "All You Did Was Save My Life". The song reached #6 on Canada's Active Rock charts.

Track listing

Bonus tracks (from "Deluxe edition")

Personnel

Our Lady Peace

* Raine Maida – lead vocals
* Steve Mazur – guitar; piano, percussion, backing vocals
* Duncan Coutts – bass; backing vocals
* Jeremy Taggart – drums; percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

* Eladio Reyes – backing vocals on "Signs of Life"
* Dusty Schaller - assistant engineer, digital editing
* Paul Hager - mixing on "All You Did Was Save My Life", "Dreamland", "Never Get Over You", and "The End Is Where We Begin"
* Andrew Scheps - mixing
* Eric Lawrence - management
* Rob Lanni - management
* End Creative - layout, web design
* Richard Misener - layout
* Bob Boyd - mastering
* Lorne Sprackman - business management
* Our Lady Peace - art direction and concept
* Dustin Rabin - photography
* S.L. Feldman & Associates - Canada booking
* Helter Skelter Agency Limited - Asia, Europe, South America, and UK Booking
* Paradigm - USA Booking

References

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2009 albums
Our Lady Peace albums
Self-released albums
Albums produced by Raine Maida