to use the room, but he never imposed anything". Bassist Chris Eacrett told the Ottawa Citizen in 1995, that "he always had suggestions but we made the final decisions." Every written song would be taken through multiple musical arrangements before being committed to tape. "There's nothing on the album we didn't want there," says Mike. "If we didn't feel a song suited the setting we'd created, it was dropped. We recorded this as an album. There is no filler." For unknown reasons, the last song "Neon Crossing" almost didn't make the final cut for the album. Another song that remains unreleased from this era, titled "One By One" was registered with the CMRAA. Toward the very end of recording in January 1994, the band was given the opportunity to record a Neil Young song for an upcoming tribute album, and they quickly chose "The Needle and the Damage Done" before anyone else could. "That whole song fit the vibe of our record, and we recorded it at the tail end of our sessions. It just seemed to be the twelfth song," Raine Maida. The song would subsequently be issued as a 7" single sent to radio stations to promote Naveed in the United States and would later be included as a bonus track on imports of the band's 1999 release, Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. Release and reception When Naveed was released in Canada in March 1994 it took a little while to pick up steam but eventually became very popular. The band's sound was compared to Led Zeppelin and was praised for sounding unique and original. By January 1997, Naveed had sold 250,000 units in the United States. As of 1998, Naveed had sold over 400,000 copies in Canada. In the United States, advance copies of the album were sent to radio stations on December 6, 1994, in the form of a three track sampler. In releasing it in the States, Raine commented, "Even that was lucky. Initially, our U.S. label Relativity serviced it on cassette, and through an oversight forgot the 'Do Not Broadcast' title on the promotional copy. Radio stations were so hyped they started playing the cassette on the air. There was no information on the cassette about the band - just Our Lady Peace." Upon its release in the United States one year later, Naveed was admired by critics and was received