Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)

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Maroon
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
RecordedApril–June 2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length52:09
Label Reprise
Producer Don Was
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Stunt
(1998)
Maroon
(2000)
Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001)
(2001)
Singles from Maroon
  1. "Pinch Me"
    Released: August 7, 2000
  2. "Too Little Too Late"
    Released: March 20, 2001
  3. "Falling for the First Time"
    Released: May 21, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment.ie Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 3/10 [10]

Maroon is the fifth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. The album was the follow-up to 1998's Stunt , the band's most successful album in the United States. Maroon debuted at No. 1 in Canada [11] (their second to reach No. 1 after their 1992 debut Gordon ) and No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200. In its first week, the album sold 17,800 copies in Canada and just under 128,000 in the US. [12] It has sold at least 1 million copies in the US alone. The album spawned three hit singles: "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late" and "Falling for the First Time".

Contents

Unlike past albums, the songs came almost entirely from the pairing of Page/Robertson. One track, "Baby Seat", was written by Page with longtime songwriting partner, Stephen Duffy. This was the last Page/Duffy track that Barenaked Ladies would release, starting a policy of keeping the writing within the band on their next album. "Hidden Sun", written while Hearn was in the hospital, appears as a hidden track on most copies of the album.[ citation needed ] As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Humour of the Situation", completely naked.[ citation needed ]

The band recorded 17 tracks for the album; [13] Tracks recorded for this album but omitted from the finished record include: "Powder Blue" (appears on the US "Pinch Me" single), "Inline Bowline" (appears as an extra track on some international versions, and is on the Australian "Pinch Me" single), "Born Human" (appears on the Australian "Pinch Me" single, re-recorded for Hearn's album Night Light ) and "Half a Heart" (re-recorded for the Barenaked Ladies Are Me sessions before the Maroon sessions version was later released on Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before! ). "That's All, That's All" was also written for the album, and was later recorded for Page's The Vanity Project .

The album was the first Barenaked Ladies album released on DVD-Audio in a 5.1 surround sound mix. In 2020, a 20th Anniversary Edition was released digitally, and was announced for a vinyl release in early 2021. [14] The 20th Anniversary Edition includes contains the three contemporary B-sides recorded for the album (not including "Half a Heart") as well as a demo version of "Falling for the First Time", and a previously unreleased "alternate" version of "Green Christmas". Also, "Hidden Sun" is separated into its own track.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Too Little Too Late" Steven Page3:24
2."Never Do Anything" Steven Page3:51
3."Pinch Me" Ed Robertson4:45
4."Go Home" 
  • Steven Page
  • Ed Robertson
2:43
5."Falling for the First Time" Ed Robertson3:40
6."Conventioneers" Steven Page3:43
7."Sell, Sell, Sell" Steven Page4:01
8."The Humour of the Situation" Steven Page3:45
9."Baby Seat"Steven Page4:13
10."Off the Hook" Steven Page4:34
11."Helicopters" Steven Page4:33
12."Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" Steven Page3:48
13."Hidden Sun" (hidden track)Kevin HearnKevin Hearn5:01

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
2000"Pinch Me"Adult Top 402[ citation needed ]
2000"Pinch Me"Modern Rock Tracks30[ citation needed ]
2000"Pinch Me" Billboard Hot 100 15 [22]
2000"Pinch Me"Top 40 Mainstream17[ citation needed ]
2000"Pinch Me"Top 40 Tracks11[ citation needed ]
2001"Falling for the First Time"Adult Top 4011[ citation needed ]
2001"Pinch Me"Top 40 Adult Recurrents1[ citation needed ]
2001"Too Little Too Late"Adult Top 4013[ citation needed ]
2001"Too Little Too Late"Billboard Hot 10086[ citation needed ]
2001"Too Little Too Late"Top 40 Mainstream40[ citation needed ]

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