Somethingness

{{Infobox album

| name = Somethingness

| type = studio

| artist = Our Lady Peace

| cover = Somethingness.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 23, 2018

| recorded = 2016–2018

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|art rock}}

| length = 33:37

| label = Warner Music Records

| producer = Jason Lader

| prev_title = Curve

| prev_year = 2012

| next_title = Spiritual Machines 2

| next_year = 2021

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Somethingness

| type = Studio

| single1 = Drop Me in the Water

| single1date = August 18, 2017

}}

}}

Somethingness is the ninth studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace (OLP). Produced under Warner Music Records label by Jason Lader,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/somethingness-mw0003093034/credits|title=Somethingness | Our Lady Peace | Credits|accessdate=February 26, 2018|publisher=AllMusic}}{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Our_Lady_Peace_Somethingness?id=Bvbugnnz3ohsrjah2qa7yopuxqe&hl=en|title=Our Lady Peace: Somethingness - Music on Google Play|accessdate=February 26, 2018|publisher=Google, Inc.}} who also produced their preceding album Curve, this is the band's first studio album in nearly six years and it was promoted using the PledgeMusic platform,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sY4a36V4_Q|title=Our Lady Peace - Somethingness - Pledge Music Preorder|date=16 August 2017 |accessdate=February 26, 2018|publisher=Youtube}}{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/our_lady_peace_detail_somethingness_album_share_new_video|title=Our Lady Peace Detail 'Somethingness' Album, Share New Video|accessdate=February 26, 2018|last=Hudson|first=Alex|date=February 9, 2018|publisher=Exclaim!}} a website which facilitates musicians reaching out to their fans to market and distribute music.

It is the first OLP album to have been released in two separate volumes; Vol. 1 was released as an EP in August 2017,{{cite tweet|user=OurLadyPeace|number=900808719067299840|date=August 24, 2017|title=Our "Somethingness" Vol 1 track listing! Preorder @PledgeMusic & get the tunes before they are released at midnight!}} and the album as a whole was released on February 23, 2018, and contained all of the songs from Vol. 1. The album is the first not to feature original drummer Jeremy Taggart, who departed from the band in 2014, and is the first to feature Jason Pierce, who replaced Taggart in 2016.

Track listing

The official track listing includes the four songs initially released as part of Vol. 1, "Drop Me in the Water", "Hiding Place for Hearts", "Falling into Place", and "Nice to Meet You".

{{tracklist

| extra_column = Notes

| title1 = Head Down

| extra1 =

| length1 = 3:31

| title2 = Nice to Meet You

| length2 = 3:21

| extra2 =

| title3 = Ballad of a Poet

| length3 = 3:58

| extra3 =

| title4 = Hiding Place for Hearts

| extra4 =

| length4 = 3:38

| title5 = Drop Me in the Water

| length5 = 4:03

| extra5 =

| title6 = Missing Pieces

| length6 = 4:28

| title7 = Falling into Place

| length7 = 3:24

| extra7 =

| title8 = Let Me Live Again

| length8 = 3:44

| title9 = Last Train

| length9 = 3:30

}}

Personnel

Information adapted from AllMusic credits listing database.

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|29|artist=Our Lady Peace|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2018}}

References