McPherson, that roughly translates into "Our Lady Peace" appears several times in the album's packaging. The word "Naveed" written in Persian (نوید) was also seen on Raine Maida's acoustic guitar throughout the subsequent tours and included in the music video for "Naveed." Style and themes Naveed is considered one of the band's most raw and edgy works to date. One of the main characteristics of the band at this time was vocalist Raine Maida's extreme falsetto, and his ability to move relatively smoothly between high and low octaves with varying intensities. These vocals provided the overall melody juxtaposed with the heavy instruments. The tone of the album was darker and about more controversial topics than later releases. Raine Maida provided the lyrics for the album. This introduced his trademark of ambiguous lyrics and "dark optimism" for which the band's music would come to be known. According to Raine in the band's first press release, "Naveed is a constant quest to obtain knowledge, possessed with the desire to grow mentally and spiritually. We have forced Naveed to travel the distance between mysticism and bitter reality." A middle eastern theme is mildly detectable in some of the tracks, including the title track. Years later, Raine would suggest that in early mixes of these songs, the middle eastern vibe was even stronger but "we decided we had to pull back on it a bit. We realized we weren't knowledgeable enough, or steeped enough in that kind of music, to give it the treatment and respect that it deserves.". Raine Maida noted that Our Lady Peace's seventh studio album Burn Burn, features music more similar in origin to that of Naveed than that of recent albums, though "a little mature". Track listing Personnel As listed in liner notes Musicians Chris Eacrett – bass guitar Raine Maida – vocals Jeremy Taggart – drums, percussion Mike Turner – electric guitar Phil X – guitar solo on "Denied" Production Ted Jensen – mastering engineer Arnold Lanni – production and engineering Terrance Lee – assistant engineer Non-album tracks "Julia" (Live Piano Version) - never released, available on internet, arranged by Sarah Slean. 1992 Demos Demo 1 (January 1992) "The Birdman" "Out of Here" [Unknown] Demo 2 (March 1992) "Personal Parade" "Edge of Sanity" "Neon Crossing" Demo 3 (September 1992) "Nobody's Wrong" lyrics re-written and name changed to "The Birdman" to make the Naveed version. Studio version available on