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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624435129 Format: Enhanced Label: Desperation Records Manufacturer: Desperation Records MPN: 44351 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Desperation Records Release Date: September 12, 2006 Studio: Desperation Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: 15+ years after their winsome indie debut, Canada's Barenaked Ladies come full circle here, dropping off the major label merry-go-round to re-embrace a DYI sensibility with typically breezy aplomb. But, as this collection's strong songs and crisp production attest, that hardly means the band didn't learn a thing or three during its successful tenure in the majors. The gorgeous melancholy of "Adrift" is apt preamble to a collection that's more thematically balanced and graced by an expansive sense of artistic democracy. While mainstays Steven Page and Ed Robertson contribute such patently torqued, BNL-mirthful fare as "Bank Job," "Bull in a China Shop," "Rule the World With Love" and "Wind It Up," there's a growing maturity and sense of reflection in their work as well, as evidenced by Page confessing his own emotional disconnection via the evocative, banjo-accordion lament "Everything Had Changed." But it's the strong, equally literate contributions of fellow band members Jim Creeggan ("Peterborough & the Kawathas") and Kevin Hearn ("Sound of Your Voice," "Vanishing") that truly expand BNL's horizons at a career juncture when many bands are all too happy to rest on their laurels or hew religiously to the formula that garnered them. --Jerry McCulley Album Description: Barenaked Ladies Are Me still exudes the band's sense of fun while musically and lyrically demonstrating a maturity you'd expect from guys who have played together forever. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Barenaked Ladies Are MeIf you are a fan of Bakenaked Ladies, you'll enjoy as much. N0 disappointment. Rating:  - Love this groupThis contains both Barenaked Ladies Are Me & Barenaked Ladies Are Men, both in 5.1 surround sound. Disc 1 is better than disc 2, but there's good stuff on both. I particularly love the dreamy quality of "Adrift", "Something You'll Never Find", "Home", "Half A Heart", and the best track on the album, "Maybe You're Right". Steven Page has a terrific voice. Fun group!! Rating: - absolutely amazingI certainly consider myself a BNL fan. However, I only own their cd's (no dvds etc) so apparently I don't actually qualify as a real fan. I must say though that BNL ranks up there in my top three favorite bands. I've been listening to them since 1993 or so. This being said, this cd is MY FAVORITE. I cannot stop listening to it. It was like this with Everything for Everyone, but I wasn't AS addicted as I am to this one. This cd is very rich and it is clear (as if it weren't ... Read More Rating: - Creative and daring for this pop outiftThe Barenaked Ladies (BNL) career could be divided into two parts that flows into two countries. When they first started their career in their native Canada one of the first songs people heard from these merry popsters was their cover of Bruce Cockburn's Lovers In A Dangerous Time at the beginning of the 90's, a very grown-up, somber ballad that the Be My Yoko Ono boys pulled off beautifully (this February I attended a BNL concert where the song received one of the best responses). Meanwhile stateside ... Read More Rating:  - Not happy at allI am a big fan. I have seen the live shows. So the question remains - what went wrong here? There are a few great tracks - Bull in a China Shop, Easy, Take It Back and Bank Job. The problem is the rest of the tracks lack anything distinctive. There is nothing that makes you want to listen to the rest of the tracks. It is rather boring. The lead track is just slow and never develops. That is the problem with this cd. Where is the wit? And why is Kevin singing so much on this? I did not buy "thin buckle" ... Read More |
