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All In Good Time is the ninth full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies. All In Good Time was released on 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.
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