what we heard in our heads and got on (record). For us this is the most complete record, start to finish. Some of the other records had awesome moments, but I think this is as close as we feel we have gotten to getting a whole record exactly the way we wanted it." In Johnny Loftus' Allmusic review of the album, he gives it two stars out of five and mentioning how the songs seem to drag on and that "the biggest problem with Healthy in Paranoid Times, besides its inflated thematic framework, is its lack of distinction." Mike Schiller from PopMatters gave the album five out of ten stars. While he called the album derivative and "unabashedly mainstream" he also said "For all of its awkward leanings, the melodies are catchy, and the beats are crisp and tight, popping out of the speakers and driving everything forward with authority." Brian Mulligan from Richmond.com declared the album a "mixed bag" saying "Gone is the free-spirited vibe of past OLP offerings, as the band has infused "Healthy" with a continual political undercurrent that leaked in through the hiatus." and finishing with, "What you're left with is a band that alternates between sounding like a bunch of unified rockers and a group that's just not having any fun. It's a solid effort, but in the end, should it have been such hard work?" Yuri Wuensch of the Edmonton Sun called the album "their weakest yet". He also explained that "Part of the album's problem is it's devoid of the aggressive energy that punctuated most of the band's older material. Healthy in Paranoid Times sounded like Our Lady Peace was descending into the greatest pitfall of all bands: balladry." Brad Hilgers of Source echoed the band's sentiments by saying that the album was their most complete to date. "On Healthy In Paranoid Times, the band has written an impressive album from start to finish with very little filler." In Jordan Zivit's 4 star review of the album, he said that their struggle in the studio paid off. He specified that "Maida delivers his most considered - and poignant - vocals ever." The album was arraigned by News Record reviewer Amanda Amselr who claimed that each song is worse than the one before it and called the album "a mere shell of the cult following they used to instill with their music." She concluded