Continuing in the mature, reflective vein of 2003's Everything to Everyone, the Barenaked Ladies' seventh studio album Barenaked Ladies Are Me features more of the band's trademark wit and melodic folk-rock. Never straying too far afield from the formula they've been using ever since their breakthrough 1998 album Stunt, Barenaked Ladies are true torchbearers for the post-R.E.M., post-Smiths sound that shares much in common with such bands as Beautiful South, They Might Be Giants and even Sloan. Once again, lead vocal duties are largely split between Steven Page and Ed Robertson although both pianist/guitarist Kevin Hearn and bassist Jim Creeggan take the lead here on their original tunes "Vanishing" and "Peterborogh and the Kawarthas," respectively. Interestingly, these tracks, along with Hearn's "Sound Of Your Voice", are some of the best on the album with both musicians displaying a true knack for writing heartfelt, literate and tuneful songs about leaving those you love, whether they are your wife or young son. Elsewhere, the band's gift for mixing the humorous and the poignant is evident on such eminently catchy tracks as "Bank Job," "Bull in a China Shop'," and "Rule the World with Love." For a band 16 years into its career, it's great to hear an album so full of sparkling, positive-minded songcraft and thoughtful revelations.
BANKJOB, Barenaked Ladies: wonderful song to listen to right now. It's New Year's Eve in Middle Nebraska, and I've learned something important about myself: Ice Storms Fucking Suck Buckets Of Cocks. I can't go out, hell, I can't open my car door from the ice. I know it's winter, but this isn't fucking Fargo...no offense to you Northerners up above me.Ah well, nothing at all to do. I'll have a d...
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"Barenaked Ladies Are Me" aka BLAM is now out and downloadable from the band's website.I just had a chance to listen to it and while it's nice and pleasant and well made, it's lacking something. Something big as far as BNL goes.It's lacking any fun.I still love the guys but... meh.
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Did anybody read the series of articles in September's issue of Wired? I was talking about this earlier today with my trusted mogger Michael Goldberg. The articles basically are about the new found power and control musical artists are now able to have over their own recordings. Now more than ever artists are able to successfuly release their own music on their own labels and not have to answer...
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Hooray! New video out for the first single from BNL's upcoming CD "Barenaked Ladies Are Me." Enjoy the funky-cool animation.
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Staying on top of the curve The Barenaked Ladies have released their latest singles video on you tube and they are not even in it.Barenaked Ladies - Sound of Your Voice
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"Barenaked Ladies Are Me" aka BLAM is now out and downloadable from the band's website.I just had a chance to listen to it and while it's nice and pleasant and well made, it's lacking something. Something big as far as BNL goes.It's lacking any fun.I still love the guys but... meh.
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Hooray! New video out for the first single from BNL's upcoming CD "Barenaked Ladies Are Me." Enjoy the funky-cool animation.
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BANKJOB, Barenaked Ladies: wonderful song to listen to right now. It's New Year's Eve in Middle Nebraska, and I've learned something important about myself: Ice Storms Fucking Suck Buckets Of Cocks. I can't go out, hell, I can't open my car door from the ice. I know it's winter, but this isn't fucking Fargo...no offense to you Northerners up above me.Ah well, nothing at all to do. I'll have a d...
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Did anybody read the series of articles in September's issue of Wired? I was talking about this earlier today with my trusted mogger Michael Goldberg. The articles basically are about the new found power and control musical artists are now able to have over their own recordings. Now more than ever artists are able to successfuly release their own music on their own labels and not have to answer...
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| 1 Adrift |
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| 2 Bank Job |
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| 3 Sound of Your Voice |
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| 4 Easy |
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| 5 Home |
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| 6 Bull in a China Shop |
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| 7 Everything Had Changed |
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| 8 Peterborough and the Kawarthas |
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| 9 Maybe You're Right |
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| 10 Take It Back |
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| 11 Vanishing |
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| 12 Rule the World with Love |
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| 13 Wind It Up |
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