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OLP [[Our Lady Peace discography|has released]] seven studio albums, one [[Live (Our Lady Peace album)|live album]], and two compilation albums to date, with their 1997 album ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' often being considered their signature and most widely recognized work.<ref name="Clumsybest">"[http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/et_story.html?id=981a7cd4-4a31-4c0a-a024-0ffd50445df4 Canada.com article ''top 100 Canadian albums'']{{Dead link|date=April 2010}}". Retrieved on July 21, 2008.</ref> They have enjoyed many hit singles, ranging from "[[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]" in 1994, to "[[Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)|Somewhere Out There]]" in 2002.
The band's earlier albums are often praised for their distinctly unique sound and style, with lead singer Maida being called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled"<ref name="NvdReview">[http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2551 Our Lady Peace - Naveed review] – ''Sputnikmusic.com''. Retrieved May 10, 2009.</ref> as a [[singing|vocalist]]. Their fifth album, ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' (2002), is sometimes noted to have been a "radical departure"<ref name="Departure">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/2002/02/12/748555.html|publisher= Canoe|title=New OLP record a radical departure|accessdate=2008-07-17}}</ref> from this distinctive style, and has been criticized as being "too [[popular music|mainstream]]".<ref>[http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2547 Our Lady Peace - Gravity review] – ''Sputnikmusic.com''. Retrieved May 10, 2009.</ref> Lead singer Maida has confirmed the difference, calling ''Gravity'' "vastly different" than their previous records.<ref name="Gazette2010">[http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/complete+Raine+Maida/2632762/story.html The complete Q&A: Raine Maida] – ''Montreal Gazette''. Canwest Publishing, Inc. 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2010.</ref>
After nearly breaking up during the recording of their sixth studio album ''[[Healthy in Paranoid Times]]'' in 2005,<ref name="sales" /> the band took a prolonged hiatus before releasing their seventh and most recent album, ''[[Burn Burn (album)|Burn Burn]]'', in July 2009.<ref name="Release">[http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2309071/ Our Lady Peace set to release their seventh studio album July 21] – ''Tradingmarkets.com''. Retrieved May 5, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/93012/our_lady_peace|title=Our Lady Peace Launch Album With Exclusive Concert|accessdate=2009-07-24|date=2009-07-22|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> Recently, the band completed a North American tour featuring both their 1997 album ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' and their 2000 album ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'' in entirety,<ref name="OLP2010">[http://ourladypeace.net/EWOLP/#D847 An Evening with Our Lady Peace] — ''Ourladypeace.net''. Retrieved December 7, 2009.</ref> and have also begun work on their eighth album which they hope to finish and release in 2011.<ref name="2010album">[http://www.chartattack.com/news/77668/our-lady-peace-preparing-new-album-talk-clumsyspiritual-machines-tour Our Lady Peace preparing new album] — ''Chartattack.com''. Retrieved on January 4, 2010.</ref><ref name="2011 date">[http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/10/22/raine-maida-looking-back-and-moving-forward/ Raine Maida Interview | Guitar International] – ''Guitar International''. October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.</ref>
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