Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before

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Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before
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Compilation album by
Released8 May 2012 [1] [2]
Recorded1992–2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length43:06 [3]
Label Rhino Records [1] [2]
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before
(2011)
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before
(2012)
Grinning Streak
(2013)
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Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before is a compilation album by Barenaked Ladies which includes rare recordings dating between 1992 and 2003. The album was originally planned as a companion to Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before ; however, the release was pushed back to 8 May 2012, making it a standalone release. The 12-track album [2] contains ten never-before-released tracks, as well as two previously released rarities. [1] The album was released by Rhino Records [1]

Contents

Album contents

Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before contains 12 songs spanning 1992 to 2003. [1] It contains four final studio recordings (B-sides not included on albums), three live recordings, three demos, an "outtake" and a remix. [1]

Two tracks ("One Week" (Pull's Break Remix) and "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!") were previously released as B-sides on singles. [1] "I Don't Get It Anymore" is the only final studio recording included for which the song was not later re-recorded and released on an album. "Second Best" appears on Everything to Everyone , and "Adrift", "Half A Heart" and "I Can, I Will, I Do" were subsequently re-recorded for Barenaked Ladies Are Me / Men . [1]

Much of the material on Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before dates to the band's Reprise period. Four tracks come from 2003's Everything to Everyone , two more come from the sessions for 2001's Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991-2001) , [1] and one track comes from the sessions of 2000's "Maroon". The remaining tracks include three live recordings from 1992 to 1994, a demo of The Old Apartment and "One Week" (Pull's Break Remix).

Early live recordings include "Same Thing" (1992), "Teenage Wasteland" (1993), and "Shake Your Rump" (1994), a cover of a Beastie Boys song.

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead Vocal(s)Length
1."I Don't Get It Anymore" Ed Robertson5:05
2."Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" (Stereo Mix)
Steven Page2:45
3."Half a Heart" Ed Robertson4:51
4."The Old Apartment" (Demo; recorded 1995) Steven Page1:48
5."Shake Your Rump" (live, Santa Maria Hilton, 13 October 1994)
2:54
6."Same Thing" (live, Canada 1992)Ed RobertsonEd Robertson4:11
7."One Week" (Pull's Break Remix)Ed Robertson
  • Steven Page
  • Ed Robertson
3:24
8."Teenage Wasteland" (live at Massey Hall, 3 April 1993) Ed Robertson4:08
9."Long While" (demo)
  • Steven Page
  • Ed Robertson
  • Jim Creeggan
Steven Page3:50
10."Second Best" (demo)
  • Steven Page
  • Ed Robertson
  • Kevin Hearn
Steven Page3:41
11."I Can, I Will, I Do" Steven Page3:09
12."Adrift"
  • Steven Page
  • Ed Robertson
  • Kevin Hearn
  • Ed Robertson
  • Kevin Hearn
3:30
Total length:43:06

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Barenaked Ladies press release for the album
  2. 1 2 3 Amazon.com listing for the album
  3. "Stop Us if You've Heard This One Before!".
  4. Collar, Matt. "Barenaked Ladies: Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before!". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 November 2017.