{"product_id":"barenaked-ladies-are-me","title":"Barenaked Ladies Are Me - 6575","description":"Amazon.com\n\n15+ 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 \u0026amp; 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\n\nProduct Description\n\nBarenaked Ladies the little indie band that could have returned to self-rule with their own label, Desperation Records, and their most cohesive album since the quadruple-platinum Stunt. 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. With one of rock's most devoted fanbases, Barenaked Ladies goes D.I.Y. with Barenaked Ladies Are Me.\n\nReview\n\n15+ 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 \u0026amp; 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 --Amazon.com\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000H1RG2M\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B000H1RG2M.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Barenaked Ladies\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49689805979946,"sku":"GGV.B000H1RG2M.VG","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_c5ad87d7-006a-4ce6-9c77-76a3a2bafc53.jpg?v=1733859494","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/barenaked-ladies-are-me","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}