Stunt (album)

Stunt is the fourth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. Their most successful album, it entered the US charts at No. 3 and sold over 4 million units by the end of its chart run. Its first single, "One Week" became the band's breakthrough single in the US market by hitting No. 1 (selling over 5 million copies). The song also reached No. 5 in the UK, and helped revitalize their career in the band's home country of Canada, where their fame had diminished since the days of their debut album Gordon. In addition, follow-up singles "It's All Been Done", "Alcohol" and "Call and Answer" were each successful to some degree.

Stunt
Studio album by
Barenaked Ladies
ReleasedJuly 7, 1998 (1998-07-07)
RecordedFebruary–March 1998
Studio
  • Arlyn Studios (Austin, Texas)
  • Phase One Studios (Scarborough, Ontario)
GenreAlternative rock
Length51:17
LabelReprise
Producer
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Rock Spectacle
(1996)		 Stunt
(1998)		 Maroon
(2000)
Singles from Stunt
  1. "One Week"
    Released: August 3, 1998
  2. "It's All Been Done"
    Released: September 22, 1998
  3. "Call and Answer"
    Released: November 3, 1998
  4. "Alcohol"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Told You So"
    Released: 1999 (cassette)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
NME1/10[4]
Paste7.4/10[5]
Rolling Stone [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Sputnikmusic[8]

Stunt is the first studio album to feature keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Hearn, who originally joined the band for the Born on a Pirate Ship tour in 1995. Shortly after the release of the album, Hearn was diagnosed with leukemia. He spent the Stunt tour receiving chemotherapy and was replaced by Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin in the interim.

Tracks recorded for Stunt that did not appear on the album were "Long Way Back Home" and "She's On Time." These tracks appear as hidden tracks on the limited edition version of the album. "Long Way Back Home" was used during the closing credits for the band's Stunt tour documentary Barenaked in America.

There was also a special edition of the album which contained the standard 13 tracks plus a second disc including two versions of "Brian Wilson" (the album version and the "2000" version), and live versions of "The Old Apartment", "Jane", "When I Fall", "If I Had $1000000" and "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank".[9]

As with each of their earlier albums, the band recorded one song, "Alcohol", completely naked.

The album was released on vinyl June 2, 2015.[10]

In 2018, Rhino Records announced a 20th Anniversary Edition to be released digitally on July 6, 2018, as well as physical copies on September 28, 2018. However, the date was pushed back to October 19, 2018. The physical forms come in a vinyl and a CD/DVD set. The DVD is the documentary for Barenaked In America, which was never previously released in North America. The album also contains the bonus tracks "She's On Time" and "Long Way Back Home". The CD version also adds "Get In Line", which appeared on the soundtrack to King of the Hill.[11]

Track listing

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."One Week"Ed RobertsonSteven Page, Ed Robertson2:49
2."It's All Been Done"Steven PagePage3:26
3."Light Up My Room"Ed RobertsonRobertson3:36
4."I'll Be That Girl"Page, Stephen DuffyPage3:34
5."Leave" Robertson3:24
6."Alcohol"Page, DuffyPage3:43
7."Call and Answer"Page, DuffyPage5:49
8."In the Car"PagePage3:53
9."Never Is Enough" Robertson3:23
10."Who Needs Sleep?" Robertson3:44
11."Told You So" Robertson4:21
12."Some Fantastic" Page, Robertson4:16
13."When You Dream" Page5:19
Total length:51:17
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
14."She's On Time"Page3:22
15."Long Way Back Home"Robertson4:39
Total length:59:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Stunt booklet.[12]

Barenaked Ladies

  • Jim Creeggan – electric bass (2, 6, 11), violin (5), electric double bass (1, 13), cello (7, 11), background vocals (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), double bass (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12), arco bass (11), handclaps (8), acoustic double bass (13)
  • Kevin Hearn – organ (8), synthesizer (6, 7, 11), banjo (4), piano (6, 7, 12), accordion (4), electric guitar (1, 5, 8, 11), keyboards (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13), electric piano (3), background vocals (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12), clavinet (10), melodica (8), sampling (13), wah wah guitar (5), handclaps (8)
  • Steven Page – acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 13), electric guitar (2, 6, 10), background vocals (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11), flute (10), piano (11), lead vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13), phat drumz guy (9), co-lead vocals (12), handclaps (8)
  • Ed Robertson – acoustic guitar (all but 4), electric guitar (all but 13), percussion (12), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 13), lead vocals (3, 5, 9, 10, 11), co-lead vocals (12), dans la maison (1), invisible rap (6), "Employee of the Month-July 1985" (9), handclaps (8)
  • Tyler Stewart – percussion (2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13), bongos (6, 8), drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), background vocals (2, 9, 10), dans la maison (1), snare drums (12), handclaps (8)

Additional personnel

  • Colin Alexander – scratching (9)
  • Pierre "French Pete" Tremblay – background vocals (10)
  • Natasha Hébert – Parlez Français (2)
  • Sue Drew – Expert Violin Tuning (5)
  • "Party" recorded live at Jimmy C's birthday (6)
  • "Hala Hala Hala" sampled by Don Garbutt (10)

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1998 Billboard 200 3
1998 Canadian Albums 9
1998 New Zealand Albums[13] 20
1999 Australian Albums[13] 42

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "It's All Been Done" Adult Top 40 9
1998 "It's All Been Done" Modern Rock Tracks 15
1998 "It's All Been Done" Billboard Hot 100 44
1998 "It's All Been Done" Top 40 Mainstream 18
1998 "One Week" Adult Top 40 2
1998 "One Week" Canadian Singles Chart 6
1998 "One Week" Modern Rock Tracks 1
1998 "One Week" Billboard Hot 100 1
1998 "One Week" Top 40 Mainstream 1
1998 "One Week" Australia (ARIA Charts)[14] 16
1998 "One Week" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 79
1998 "One Week" Top 40 Tracks 3
1999 "Alcohol" Modern Rock Tracks 33
1999 "Call and Answer" Adult Top 40 17
1999 "Call and Answer" Top 40 Adult Recurrents 14
1999 "Call and Answer" Top 40 Tracks 40
1999 "It's All Been Done" Top 40 Tracks 19
1999 "One Week" Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1

References
  1. Stunt at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. "Top Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1998.
  4. "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt (Reprise)". Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. Salmon, Ben (July 10, 2018). "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt: 20th Anniversary Edition Review". Paste. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". April 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Barenaked Ladies". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 44–45. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. "Review: Barenaked Ladies - Stunt - Sputnikmusic".
  9. "Stunt – Special Edition". Amazon. November 22, 1999.
  10. "Stunt". Amazon. June 2, 2015.
  11. "Rhino Records: Barenaked Ladies Stunt 20th Anniversary Edition Available On July 6".
  12. Stunt (booklet). Barenaked Ladies. Reprise. 1998. W2 46963.CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. Hung, Steffen. "charts.nz - Barenaked Ladies - Stunt". charts.nz.
  14. Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Barenaked Ladies - One Week". australian-charts.com.
  15. Hung, Steffen. "Barenaked Ladies - One Week". hitparade.ch.
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