Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band formed in 1988 in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough,Ontario. The band developed a following in Canada,with their self-titled 1991 cassette becoming the first independent release to be certified gold in Canada. They reached mainstream success in Canada when their debut with Reprise Records,Gordon,featuring the singles "If I Had $1000000" and "Brian Wilson",was released in 1992. The band's popularity subsequently spread into the US,beginning with versions of "Brian Wilson" and "The Old Apartment" off their 1996 live album Rock Spectacle,followed by their fourth studio album Stunt,their breakout success in 1998. The album featured their highest-charting hit,"One Week",as well as "It's All Been Done" and "Call and Answer". Their fifth album,Maroon,featuring the lead single "Pinch Me",also charted highly. In the 2010s the band became well-known for creating the theme song for the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Barenaked Ladies,is the Barenaked Ladies' third indie tape release,after Buck Naked in 1989 with just Ed Robertson and Steven Page,then Barenaked Lunch in 1990,with bassist Jim Creeggan and percussionist Andy Creeggan. It was recorded in 1991 at Wellesley Sound by Walter Sobczak in Toronto.
Gordon is the debut studio album by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. It was released through Sire Records on July 28,1992.
Born on a Pirate Ship is the third full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies (BNL),featuring the songs "Shoe Box","The Old Apartment","When I Fall" and "Break Your Heart". "The Old Apartment" would become BNL's first US hit in 1997.
Rock Spectacle is the first live album by Barenaked Ladies. It was also the first major success for the band in the United States,selling over one million copies and producing a hit single in the country in its version of "Brian Wilson." The album was recorded at two concerts:at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago and at The Olympia in Montreal during the Born on a Pirate Ship tour.
Disc One:All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001) is a greatest hits compilation album by Barenaked Ladies which spans their first decade as a band. It contains released singles,plus new songs "It's Only Me " and "Thanks That Was Fun",the latter which was released as a single. Disc One was released in November 2001 to a warm commercial reaction and was certified gold in the United States. The title itself is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a line from the "Box Set" off the album Gordon,which is about a box set release from a has-been band:"Disc One –it's where we've begun/It's all my greatest hits/And if you are a fan then you know that you've already got 'em." The album was released two months after the September 11 attacks,and is dedicated to the victims. The album was among the top 50 best-selling albums of 2001 in Canada and the fourth best-selling album of the year in Canada by a Canadian artist.
"One Week" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies released as the first single from their 1998 album,Stunt. It was written by Ed Robertson,who is featured on the lead vocal of the rapped verses. Steven Page sings lead on the song's chorus,while the two co-lead the prechoruses in harmony. The song is notable for its significant number of pop culture references and remains the band's best-known song in the United States,where it topped the Billboard Hot 100. Coincidentally,when the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100,it remained in the top spot for one week.
James Raymond Creeggan is the bassist for Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies.
"Brian Wilson" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies from their 1992 album Gordon. The song was written by Steven Page as a tribute to the Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson. It was released as a single and peaked at number 18 on the Canadian Singles Chart. In 1998,the song peaked at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Wilson himself covered the song on his live album Live at the Roxy Theatre (2000).
"Shoe Box" is a song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies,released as a single from their 1996 album,Born on a Pirate Ship. It is notable for being featured on the first soundtrack to the television series Friends,as well as the last track on the band's Born on a Pirate Ship album. The song was also recorded and mixed for the band's live album,Rock Spectacle,but was ultimately left off,and later included on One Week single.
Barenaked in America is a 1999 documentary film about the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies filmed during the 1998-1999 Stunt tour. Directed by actor Jason Priestley,the film was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. The band and director introduced the film at the Winter Garden theatre.
"Pinch Me" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It was released as the first single from their fifth studio album,Maroon (2000),on August 7,2000. The song became the band's last top-10 hit in Canada,peaking at number four on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. In the United States,the single peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2000,becoming the band's final top-40 hit there. It also peaked at number two on Billboard's Triple-A and Adult Top 40 charts.
"Call and Answer" is a song by the Canadian group Barenaked Ladies. It was the third single from their highly successful 1998 album Stunt. When released as a single,the song was both remixed and edited into a radio mix which cut from the second verse to the third chorus,skipping a chorus,an instrumental break and the third verse. The remix was a slight adjustment of EQ and levels;not a comprehensive remix involving adding or replacing musical elements. This version was also included on the soundtrack for the film EdTV.
"Be My Yoko Ono" is the debut single by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies.
"Another Postcard" is a 2003-released song by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It was the band's first single from the album Everything to Everyone which was released after the band took a nearly two-year hiatus from performing. The song is notable for its reggae-rap verses. The verses are rapped by Ed Robertson while the chorus and bridge are led by Steven Page. The two co-wrote the track. The song was used and featured in the end credits and on the soundtrack of the 2008 American film Space Chimps.
"Enid" is a song by the Canadian alternative rock group Barenaked Ladies. It was written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson and released as the lead single from their 1992 debut album,Gordon. The song was successful in their home country,reaching number two on the RPM Top Singles chart to become their highest-charting single until "It's All Been Done" reached number one in 1999. "Enid" was Canada's 28th most successful song of 1992.
Snacktime! is a children's-themed studio album by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies released on 6 May 2008 by Desperation Records. A companion book was written with artwork by multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn,who also contributed artwork for the album. It is the final Barenaked Ladies album to include Steven Page,who departed the band on 25 February 2009. He was subsequently quoted,saying of the album,"[i]t was a lot of fun to do,but it wasn't my idea. I was along for the ride."
All In Good Time is the ninth studio album by Barenaked Ladies,released by Raisin' Records 23 March 2010 in Canada,and 30 March 2010 in the United States. It is the first album recorded following the departure of founding member Steven Page in February 2009,and the band's second album recorded as a four-piece.
Hits from Yesterday &the Day Before is a greatest hits compilation album by Barenaked Ladies that includes several US singles released 1997–2010. The album was released by Rhino Records on 27 September 2011.
The Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies released five demo tapes before being signed to Reprise Records.
