Barenaked Ladies / Maroon – CD (Used)

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Author: Barenaked Ladies

Brand: WACR2

Release Date: 12-09-2000

Details: Product Description1998’s quadruple-platinum smash Stunt catapulted Barenaked Ladies from alternative favorite to major pop stardom. The colorful Maroon, produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Randy Newmanm, B-52’s), marks the return of the wittiest, hook-happiest pop-rock band in all the land. Certified at 1 million units by the RIAA. (2/01)Amazon.caFrat-rock japester Mojo Nixon proposed that in a world in which Elvis is everywhere, Michael J Fox is the only human with no Elvis in him whatsoever. Further reflection suggests that in a world in which gutter-trawling excess is required beat-combo behaviour, only Fox’s fellow Canadians Barenaked Ladies–punsome frat-rock japesters for those too clever and dorky for most frats’ taste–are the only band with no Iggy Pop in them whatsoever. Instead, some six albums in, the barbershop-harmonising, pop-literate thirtysomething quintet prefer a state of arrested-adolescence precocity, frolicking in the whitebread suburban nostalgia, lawn sprinklers and gym shorts ofMaroon’s ingratiatingly whimsical first single « Pinch Me ». To give them their due, the tuneful confectionery on offer for those stout of heart enough to negotiate the dread word « wacky » are many: the blissfully bouncy John S Sebastian-in-excelsis « Go Home », the -esque black comedy of « Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel » and a slightly smirky « Conventioneers », and a hidden track that’s the improbable spit of . Oddly, it’s not the zaniness quotient elsewhere that grates most, despite a luridly operatic « Sell, Sell, Sell » almost as tiresome as the band’s recent faux-rap hit « One Week », but the too-frequent appearance of anonymously bright, toppy, radio-friendly fodder (« Too Little, Too Late », « Never Do A Anything », « Humour Of The Situation ») that could as easily be Matchbox Twenty. Given the pop smarts of both these solidly wholesome kid-adults and producer Don Was, merely sounding like any other pop band sells the Ladies short.–Jennifer Nine

UPC: 093624781424

EAN: 0093624781424

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood