Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions | ||||
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Released | April 14, 2017 | |||
Recorded | October 23–24, 2016 | |||
Length | 49:35 | |||
Label | Vanguard | |||
Producer | Gavin Brown | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Digital Journal | A[2] |
The Washington Times | Positive[3] |
Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions is a collaborative album between Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies and New York a cappella group The Persuasions.[4] The album was released on April 14, 2017.[5] The album consists of fourteen re-worked songs from Barenaked Ladies' back catalog, plus a cover of The Persuasions' song "Good Times".
After playing two songs together in New York City on the Last Summer on Earth 2016 tour, both parties agreed that they would like to collaborate.[6] This resulted in a two-day session from October 23 to 24, with Gavin Brown producing, at Noble Street Studios in Toronto.[7][8] The album was made available for pre-order on March 10, 2017. Pre-orders of the album came with an instant download of "Don't Shuffle Me Back", "The Old Apartment", "Keepin' It Real" and "Odds Are".[9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "Narrow Streets" | Jim Creeggan | Creeggan | 2:31 |
2. | "Gonna Walk" | Kevin Griffin/Ed Robertson | Robertson | 2:40 |
3. | "Don't Shuffle Me Back" | Kevin Hearn | Jimmy Hayes/Hearn | 3:16 |
4. | "The Old Apartment" | Steven Page/Robertson | Clifford Dawson | 3:13 |
5. | "Keepin' it Real" | Robertson | Robertson | 4:11 |
6. | "For You" | Page/Robertson | Robertson | 3:46 |
7. | "Some Fantastic" | Page/Robertson | Dave Revels/Robertson | 4:33 |
8. | "Good Times" | Ted Daryll/Robertson | Revels/Robertson | 4:01 |
9. | "Odds Are" | Griffin/Robertson | Robertson | 3:09 |
10. | "Sound of Your Voice" | Hearn | Dawson/Hearn | 2:47 |
11. | "When I Fall" | Page/Robertson | Robertson | 4:05 |
12. | "Maybe Katie" | Creeggan/Page/Robertson | Creeggan/The Persuasions/Robertson | 3:07 |
13. | "One Week" | Robertson | The Persuasions/Robertson | 3:08 |
14. | "Four Seconds" | Ian LeFeuvre/Robertson | The Persuasions/Robertson | 2:50 |
15. | "I Can Sing" | Robertson | Robertson | 2:17 |
Barenaked Ladies
The Persuasions
Production
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] | 87 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[11] | 30 |