Happiness...Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch
by Our Lady Peace

Happiness...Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch by Our Lady Peace
Year: 1999
Release date: 1999-09-21
Overall rank: 5,627th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (920th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,627th)

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Our Lady Peace bestography

Happiness...Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Our Lady Peace on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Our Lady Peace is Clumsy which is ranked number 4438 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 324.

Our Lady Peace album bestography « Higher ranked (5,345th)
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This album (5,627th)
Happiness...Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch
Lower ranked (6,045th) »
Spiritual Machines

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Happiness...Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,627th | 1990s rank: 920th | 1999 rank: 75th
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2026LordMarkTop 100 Greatest Music Albums75/10025
2026 MilhaudTop 55 Music Albums of 199912/554
2026mrmcrookTop 42 Music Albums of 199937/421
2026bonnequestionBest Canadian Albums2/100 -
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 per Year8/68 -
2026bonnequestionBest albums from '95 to '041/100 -
2026bonnequestionTop 100 Greatest Music Albums9/10091
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 51 Music Albums of 199925/513
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 Per Artist9/100 -
2025bonnequestionTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s1/10020
2025 Larcx13Top 44 Music Albums of 199937/441
2025 Patman360Top 84 Music Albums of 199980/840
2025bonnequestionBest Albums - 1 Per Country3/23 -
2025 MilhaudTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s81/1004
2025bonnequestionTop 26 Music Albums of 19991/265
2023sashastraussTop 11 Greatest Music Albums8/1126
2022henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of 199982/1001
2021chriskarmanTop 50 Music Albums of 199929/502
2021 ghosttomostTop 50 Music Albums of 19999/504
2021 CharlieBarleyTop 62 Music Albums of 199947/621
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 32
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 242
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 33 votes)
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70/100
 
06/01/2026 02:23 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,82370/100
 
85/100
 
02/12/2026 18:26 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,06071/100
 
65/100
 
11/04/2025 04:19 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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06/17/2025 20:14 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
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06/10/2024 10:14 Banner  Ratings distribution  4,92280/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.

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From 07/24/2018 21:47 | #218745
For me, this is Our Lady Peace's absolute best. This is an amazing album, all the songs are great from the first to the last. My favorite would be "Blister" i guess, but it's hard to pick just one.
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From 03/27/2017 22:44 | #188295
It's the weakest of their first 4 albums, and the songwriting leaves a lot to be desired. Nevertheless, it's still a consistent album, and I still enjoy listening to it after all these years.
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65/100
From 02/19/2015 22:23 | #135312
Awkward title... The music itself is OK, but not at the level of their first two albums. Seen as a bit of a letdown, and I'd agree.
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From 12/11/2011 01:45 | #32630
Great start to finish.
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