Healthy in Paranoid Times is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace, released on August 30, 2005, by Columbia Records.

The album mostly deals with current world events, and discusses issues such as war and the current state of the world, rather than the social and relationship themes featured on Gravity; however, some songs still features the social and relationship themes, which can be found in songs like "Picture" and "Apology".

In October 2002 they returned briefly to Bob Rock's Maui studio to record two unfinished songs from the Gravity sessions that were planned to be released on a soundtrack, which never happened.

Following these sessions, several of the songs including "Walking in Circles", "No Warning" and "Wipe That Smile Off your Face" were premiered live.

After touring concluded for the year, the band was set to finish the album that October in time for a January 2004 release.

"Even though we loved the energy of what we'd done, not enough of the songs were making the hair stand up on the back of your neck and so we realized that we needed to do more work," bass player Duncan Coutts explained.

[11][12] The album's mood and direction would shift again when Maida traveled to Sudan and Darfur to shoot a documentary with War Child in the middle of recording.

[14] "We'd get together, write, record, take two weeks off, go back in and we ended up doing that on and off for the last two-and-a-half or three years," By this time, over forty songs were in the can including "Picture", "Don't Ask Why" (Where Are You), "Holy Ghost" (Angels/Losing/Sleep) and "Vampires", which was briefly considered for the album's title.

"[15] Many songs went through multiple incarnations such as "Boy", which caused the band a lot of stress and took over three weeks to break down and re-record.

Raine commented, “I think we were at, like, 35 songs, and we all sat in a room and said, ‘Yeah, but there’s only eight that we all like.’ Everyone's really frustrated.... And I think Bob had even lost perspective at this point.

During these sessions, guitarist Joel Shearer of the band Pedestrian visited with them and contributed his guitar playing to several tracks.

According to Raine, Bob said that a polished record full of overdubs like Gravity was not where his head was at the time and the band agreed.

"[24] In a June 2003 interview, Maida explained that lyrically, his words on the album would follow the music and would be very much a product of the times.

"My head, with what's going on in the world and being able to reflect on all the (stuff) that I've done in the last few years in terms of going to Iraq, working very closely with War Child, I'm in that mode.

The finished product was a 20-by-20 inch oil painting of a man sitting in a chair in an all-white room with his back facing the audience.

Raine asked me to paint a bandaged head representing the wounds that were accumulated in spending 3 years, recording over 50 tracks, and almost breaking up had on the band.

The small band photo on the back cover was taken by Charman Baehler at the Alexandria Hotel in Los Angeles.

The disc was released on a standard CD as well as a DualDisc, with the reverse side containing a documentary on the making of the album with interviews of Bob Rock and the band members.

[1][32] In November 2005, it was revealed that Sony BMG was distributing albums with Extended Copy Protection, a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc.

Though Sony refused to release a list of the affected CDs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation identified Healthy in Paranoid Times as one of the discs with the invasive software.

Upon its release, Healthy in Paranoid Times peaked at #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 22,000 copies in its first week.

"[21] 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.

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.

"[42] 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."

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.

[52] Leading up to the album's release, they toured several small clubs in the Los Angeles area "to work the bugs out" and help the band get a better feel for the songs.

All lyrics are written by Raine Maida; all music is composed by Our Lady Peace & Bob RockAs listed in liner notes.

"Not Afraid" was played at the 2004 Juno Awards and a studio version was released on a 3-track promo CD by Labatt Blue (albeit with completely different lyrics).

The titles for the songs "End of the World", "Enemy", "Save Yourself", "Weight of the Lord" and "Hit the Wall" appeared on a set list seen the band's 2004 holiday video.