YMMV / Our Lady Peace

• Even Better Sequel: Naveed was well-received and let the band make a name for themselves well enough, but Clumsy was, by Canada standards, a blockbuster, reaching diamond status.
• Fanon Discontinuity: A good chunk of the fanbase rejected the Bob Rock-produced Gravity and much of the Arena Rock stuff that came afterward, including the sequel to Spiritual Machines released 22 years after.
• Never Live It Down: They were a popular post-grunge band of the late '90s and early 2000s, but unfortunately they'll always be known as the band who made "Whatever", the theme song of Chris Benoit.
• Paranoia Fuel: "The Birdman" from Naveed is just about an odd man Raine Maida met on the street. But the way the lyrics paint the picture, it sounds like he's singing about some kind of serial killer.
• Signature Song: "Superman's Dead", "Clumsy", "Somewhere Out There" & "Innocent" are the band's most popular songs and the ones the average listener would most likely know.
• Tear Jerker: "Thief," about a fan that succumbed to cancer.
  • If you have a rough relationship with your father, "4am" is gonna hit home really hard.
  • "Naveed", especially the bridge.
  There he's on his knees again
  Trying hard to understand
  Why Naveed would let a young man die
  Convinced that he might break
  He reaches for that phone
  And another day has gone
  Oh another day has gone
  • "Are You Sad?" fittingly. Sung from the perspective of a person trying to convince their friend You Are Not Alone, but they refuse to listen. Introduced by Raine Maida once as follows:
  You guys are all real people out there right? Real people have real problems and the problem, that I find with a lot of people is usually in some point in your life there's a person very close to you that you love...who needs help. The problem is that usually the time when this person needs the most help, is the time when they don't want your help. This next song is about that person that everybody has or will have. It's about trying to connect with them and save them and all those things that you want to do but, sometimes as human beings you can't do.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: When Spiritual Machines II was announced, a few people who were still on board with the band were excited over the announcement that Mike Turner would make an appearance on the album...only for his guitar to be used on an interlude. While fans acknowledge Steve Mazur being the current guitarist, some felt that Turner could have played lead or additional guitar in at least one or two proper songs as his involvement on the band was vital in the early days.