Barenaked Ladies Stunt CD

Barenaked Ladies: Steven Page (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, flute, piano); Ed Robertson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Jim Creeggan (violin, cello, acoustic & electric bass, background vocals); Kevin Hearn (electric guitar, banjo, accordion, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, melodica, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, samples, background vocals); Tyler Stewart (vocals, drums, bongos, percussion).
Additional personnel: Natacha Hebert (spoken vocals); Colin Alexander (scratches); Don Garbutt (samples); "French Pete" Tremblay (background vocals).
Producers: Susan Rogers, David Leonard, Barenaked Ladies.
Recorded at Arlyn Studios, Austin Texas in Feburary 1998 and Phase One
Studios, Scarborough, Ontario in March 1998.
"One Week" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal.
Barenaked Ladies: Steven Page (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, flute, piano); Ed Robertson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, percussion); Jim Creeggan (violin, cello, acoustic & electric bass, background vocals); Kevin Hearn (electric guitar, banjo, accordion, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, melodica, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, samples, background vocals); Tyler Stewart (vocals, drums, bongos, percussion).
Additional Personnel: Natacha Hebert (spoken vocals); Colin Alexander (scratches); Don Garbutt (samples); "French Pete" Tremblay (background vocals).
Producers: Susan Rogers, David Leonard, Barenaked Ladies.
Recorded at Arlyn Studios, Austin Texas in Feburary 1998 and Phase One Studios, Scarborough, Ontario in March 1998.
Personnel: Ed Robertson (vocals, rap vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dancer); Kevin Hearn (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, wah-wah guitar, banjo, accordion, melodica, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, sampler); Jim Creeggan (vocals, guitar, violin, cello, double bass, electric bass, bass guitar); Steven Page (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, flute); Tyler Stewart (vocals, drums, bongos, percussion, dancer); Pete "French Pete" Tremblay (vocals); Colin Alexander (scratches).
Audio Mixers: David Leonard; Tom Lord-Alge.
Recording information: Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX (02/1998-03/1998); Phase One, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada (02/1998-03/1998).
Photographer: Jay Blakesberg.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Natacha Hebert; Don Garbutt.
By trying to mask their smart-ass humor in a big pop production, the Barenaked Ladies attempt to set themselves up for the big crossover that they nearly achieved with such past singles as "Be My Yoko Ono" and "Brian Wilson." Nothing on Stunt, the group's fourth studio album, is so clearly jokey (although "Alcohol" comes close), but they still rely on clever satire. That may irritate some listeners who would otherwise be won over by the group's increased musical skill. Never before has the band been able to pull off so many different styles, from jangly pop and alt-country to loungy bossa nova, so well. Musically, it could convince the doubters who have written off Barenaked Ladies as novelty pranksters, but the lyrics still will stand in the way of trad-rockers predisposed to this style of music. Of course, listeners who are a little less uptight will find Stunt to be a fine collegiate party record and one of the best albums the Barenaked Ladies have released. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
STUNT is another tightly wound, witty, melodic Barenaked Ladies album, with songs that range from dangerously manic to contemplative and nearly sweet. The slightly psychotic white boy rap on "One Week" employs wacky lyrical ingenuity, with such lines as "Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes/Big like LeAnn Rimes." On the other hand, the charm of "In The Car" lies in its twangy alt-country sound and a sense of nostalgia for a more naive time. Barenaked Ladies' lyrics can veer awfully close to being precious, but they avoid crossing the line with a magical combiMojo (Publisher) (2/99, p.91) - "...Achingly beautiful harmony-rock embellished by an astonishingly eclectic instrumental palette and topped with mind-boggling lyrics..."