Maroon (album)
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| Maroon | ||
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| Missing image Barenaked_Ladies_-_Maroon.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Barenaked Ladies | ||
| Released | September 12, 2000 | |
| Recorded | April-June 2000 | |
| Genre | Alternative Rock | |
| Length | 52 min 09 sec | |
| Record label | Reprise | |
| Producer | Don Was | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| AMG | 3/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47D1ED847A47E20E0B11A40DEB561F61A8F1AACD83E284541D1B43844C30E79EC40A6D8B1E8B800E203E3FE2EBB580DCCC8EE56F890673C3789ECAC65392E3A7B&uid=CADMR0410221142&sql=10:jzr9282u051a~T1) |
| Barenaked Ladies Chronology | ||
| Stunt (1998) | Maroon (2000) | Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 (2001) |
Maroon (2000) is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album. The follow-up to 1998's Stunt, Maroon reached the Top 5 in Canada and the US, selling a million units in America alone. With keyboardist Kevin Hearn's leukemia battle won, and with an instinct to downplay the jokey reputation they were so known for, BNL deliberately created a more serious and sophisticated album. It's probable that the lesser sales of Maroon were a result of this artistic decision.
Still the album had its share of famous songs: "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late" and "Falling For the First Time."
Tracks recorded for this album but left off of the finished record include: "Powder Blue" (appears on the US "Pinch Me" single), "Inline Bowline" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single), "Born Human" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single, also appears on the new Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle album Night Light), "Half a Heart" (unreleased) and "Hidden Sun" (a song written by Kevin when he was in the hospital; appears as a hidden track after "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel").
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Track listing
- "Too Little Too Late" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) - 3:24
- "Never Do Anything" (Page, Robertson) - 3:51
- "Pinch Me" (Page, Robertson) - 4:45
- "Go Home" (Page, Roberson) - 2:43
- "Falling for the First Time" (Page, Robertson) - 3:40
- "Conventioneers" (Page, Robertson) - 3:43
- "Sell Sell Sell" (Page, Robertson) - 4:01
- "The Humor of the Situation" (Page, Robertson) - 3:45
- "Baby Seat" (Stephen Duffy, Page) - 4:13
- "Off the Hook" (Page, Robertson) - 4:34
- "Helicopters" (Page, Robertson) - 4:33
- "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" (Page, Robertson) - 8:51
- hidden track "Hidden Sun".
Personnel
- Kevin Hearn - organ, synthesizer, piano, accordion, glockenspiel, electric piano, vocals, clavinet, handclapping, sampling
- Steven Page - acoustic guitar, flute, recorder, vocals, background vocals
- Ed Robertson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, vocals, 12 string guitar, handclapping, wah wah guitar, cabasa
- Jim Scott - handclapping, vocal (soprano)
- Tyler Stewart - castanets, drums, tambourine, bells, handclapping, tympani, cowbell, wah wah shaker
Production
- Producer: Don Was
- Engineer: Jim Scott
- Assistant engineer: Katy Teasdale
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | The Billboard 200 | 5 |
| 2000 | Top Canadian Albums | 2 |
| 2000 | Top Internet Albums | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "Pinch Me" | Adult Top 40 | 2 |
| 2000 | "Pinch Me" | Modern Rock Tracks | 30 |
| 2000 | "Pinch Me" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
| 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" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 86 |
| 2001 | "Too Little Too Late" | Top 40 Mainstream | 40 |