Tracks

1. Hello City

2. Enid

3. Grade 9

4. Brian Wilson

5. Be My Yoko Ono

6. Wrap Your Arms Around Me

7. What A Good Boy

8. The King Of Bedside Manor

9. Box Set

10. I Love You

11. New Kid (On The Black)

12. Blame It On Me

13. The Flag

14. If I Had $1000000

15. Crazy

Performer Notes

Barenaked Ladies: Ed Robertson (vocals, guitar, banjo); Steven Page (vocals, guitar); Jim Creeggan (vocals, acoustic bass); Tyler Stewart (vocals, drums); Andy Creeggan (vocals, congas).
Personnel: Ed Robertson (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, cowbells, shaker, sound effects); Steven Page (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, shaker, sound effects); Martin Tielli (vocals, guitar); Lewis Melville (vocals, steel guitar); Dave Allen (vocals, fiddle); Bob Wiseman (vocals, accordion); Gene Hardy (vocals, tenor saxophone); Andy Creeggan (vocals, piano, organ, congas, claves, cuica, finger cymbals, guiro, shaker, tambourine, triangle, sound effects); Chris Brown (vocals, organ); Michael Phillip Wojewoda (vocals, keyboards, keyboard bass, shaker, tambourine, sound effects); Jim Creeggan (vocals, double bass, shaker, sound effects); Tyler Stewart (vocals, drums, shaker, sound effects); Naida Creeggan, Sally Lee, Keith Nakonechy, Dave Clark , Steve Pitkin, Tim Vesley, Jason Walton Plumb, Wayne Stokes, David Matheson, Tannis Slimmon, Gregor Beresford, Kate Fenner, Jian Ghomeshi, Matt DeMatteo, Meryn Cadell, Mike Ford, Murray Foster, Jason Mercer, Arlene Bishop, Blair Packham, Mike Barber (vocals); Tim Wilson (bagpipe); Nic Gotham (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Tom Walsh (trombone).
Audio Remixer: Michael Phillip Wojewoda.
Recording information: Chalet Studio, Claremont, Ontario, Canada; Le Studio Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada; Reaction Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Ed Robertson ; Martin Tielli ; Tim Vessely; Gene Hardy; Dave Clark ; Lewis Melville; Dave Allen ; Andy Creeggan; David Matheson; Tannis Slimmon; Jian Ghomeshi; Jim Creeggan; Matt DeMatteo; Meryn Cadell; Mike Ford; Murray Foster; Tyler Stewart; Steven Page; Bob Wiseman; Mike Barber.
Released at the height of the grunge era, this Canadian group's debut was unlike any other album issued in 1992. While the Barenaked Ladies' cheerful pop tends to focus on exhuberant melody, they rock harder than you would expect for a band whose sound relies so heavily of intricate vocal interplay, snapping acoustic bass and fluid acoustic piano work. Though the band has since released several very successful albums, GORDON remains the definitive Barenaked Ladies disc.
Many of their best-known songs are here: including "Be My Yoko Ono," a good natured tribute to John Lennon's often misunderstood wife, a poignant reflection on the mental illness of the Beach Boy legend called "Brian Wilson" and "If I Had A Million dollars," a fun-filled song that still inspires fans to hurl macaroni and cheese at the band every time the song is performed in concert. Although the Ladies have since tried to tone down the humorous content of their music, the band has yet to surpass GORDON's perfect blend of first-class musicianship, excellent songwriting and limitless wit and charm.

Professional Reviews

Q (11/92, p.99) - 3 Stars - Good - "..[Barenaked Ladies have] a precocious familiarity with sundry pop styles, a reliable ear for a hook and an enviable grasp of harmony.."

Reflex (12/15/92, p.68) - "..packed with peppy pop tunes that your standard Brit-o-phile is gonna dig.."

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