Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)

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[12] (their second to reach No. 1 after their 1992's 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 U.S.[13] It has sold at least 1 million copies in the U.S. alone. The album spawned three hit singles : "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late" and "Falling for the First Time".

Maroon
Studio album by
Barenaked Ladies
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
RecordedApril–June 2000
GenreAlternative rock
Length52:09
LabelReprise
ProducerDon 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 29, 2000
  2. "Too Little Too Late"
    Released: March 20, 2001
  3. "Falling for the First Time"
    Released: May 21, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment.ie [4]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[5]
The Guardian[6]
NME0/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin3/10[11]

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. As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Humour of the Situation", completely naked.

The band recorded 17 tracks for the album;[14] 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.[15] 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 an "alternate" version of "Green Christmas" previously . 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.TitleLead 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 Robertson2:43
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 Page, Stephen Duffy)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" (song ends at 3:48, followed by hidden track "Hidden Sun," written by Kevin Hearn, which starts at 3:51)Steven Page, Kevin Hearn ("Hidden Sun")8:51

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies
  • Jim Creeggan – electric bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11), background vocals (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), handclaps (1, 4), violin (3, 11), viola (3, 7, 11, 12), baritone guitar (4), glockenspiel (4), electric double bass (6, 12), double bass (4, 6, 7, 11), arco double bass (12)
  • Kevin Hearn – organ (1, 2, 3, 8, 9), synthesizer (5, 6, 10, 12), piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10), accordion (2), glockenspiel (7), electric piano (3, 4), background vocals (1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12), clavinet (1, 2), handclaps (1) , sampling (1, 2, 7, 9, 12), baritone guitar (7), vocoder (8), electric guitar (11), keyboards (7, 11), melodica (11), lead vocals ("Hidden Sun")
  • Steven Page – lead vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), background vocals (1, 3, 5, 6), acoustic guitar (11), flute (12), recorder (11)
  • Ed Robertson – lead vocals (3, 5), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), electric guitar (all), tambourine (10), 12-string guitar (11), handclaps (1, 4), wah-wah guitar (6), cabasa (10), mandolin (11), banjo (12)
  • Tyler Stewart – castanets (7), drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11), bells (11), handclaps (1), timpani (7, 12), cowbell (6), wah wah shaker (6), background vocals (4, 5), 808 drums (10), drum kit (10), shaker (11), snare drum (12), cymbal (12)

Additional personnel
  • Jim Scott – vocals
  • Roberto "Tiny" Menegoni – percussion
  • Party in Studio 3 – Sweet Pea Atkinson, Jane Oppenheimer, Jen Hilliard, and Jim Scott (track 2)
  • Sean Cullen and the male cast of "Shave It" (track 7)
  • Major Scale courtesy of Chris Brown (track 9)
  • Jono Abrams – Faxed thumbs-up (track 12)

Production
  • Don Was – producer
  • Jim Scott – engineer
  • Jen Hiller - assistant engineer
  • Katy Teasdale – assistant engineer
  • Michael Scotella - additional engineer
  • Brian Gardner - mastering

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2000 Billboard 200 5
2000 Canadian RPM Albums Chart 1
2000 Top Internet Albums 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Pinch Me" Adult Top 40 2
2000 "Pinch Me" Modern Rock Tracks 30
2000 "Pinch Me" Billboard Hot 100 15[16]
2000 "Pinch Me" Top 40 Mainstream 17
2000 "Pinch Me" Top 40 Tracks 11
2001 "Falling for the First Time" Adult Top 40 11
2001 "Pinch Me" Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1
2001 "Too Little Too Late" Adult Top 40 13
2001 "Too Little Too Late" Billboard Hot 100 86
2001 "Too Little Too Late" Top 40 Mainstream 40

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  12. "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 71, No. 21, September 25, 2000". Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  13. "BNL's 'Maroon' disc debuts at #2". Jam!. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  14. Moll, George (executive producer) (2000). Behind the Music (TV-series). New York, NY: VH1.
  15. Maroon 20th Anniversary Vinyl - Barenaked Ladies
  16. "Billboard Hot 100, Week of November 19th, 2000". Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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