Stunt (album)

Stunt

Studio album by Barenaked Ladies

Released

July 7, 1998

Recorded

February–March 1998

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

51:21

Label

Reprise

Producer

Barenaked Ladies, David Leonard, Susan Rogers

Barenaked Ladies chronology

Rock Spectacle
(1996)

Stunt
(1998)

Maroon
(2000)

Singles from Stunt

"One Week"
Released: September 22, 1998
"It's All Been Done"
Released: February 23, 1999
"Call and Answer"
Released: July 13, 1999
"Alcohol"
Released: 1999
"Told You So"
Released: 1999 (cassette)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Los Angeles Times	^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Sputnikmusic	^[4]

Stunt is the fourth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. Their most successful album, it entered the US charts at No. 3 and sold over 4 million units by the end of its chart run. Its first single, "One Week" became the band's breakthrough single in the US market by hitting No. 1 (selling over 5 million copies). The song also reached No. 5 in the UK, and helped revitalize their career in the band's home country of Canada, where their fame had diminished since the days of their debut album Gordon. In addition, follow-up singles "It's All Been Done", "Alcohol" and "Call and Answer" were each successful to some degree.

Stunt is the first studio album to feature keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Hearn, who originally joined the band for the Born on a Pirate Ship tour in 1995. Shortly after the release of the album, Hearn was diagnosed with leukemia. He spent the Stunt tour receiving chemotherapy and was replaced by Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin in the interim.

Tracks recorded for Stunt that did not appear on the album were "Long Way Back Home" and "She's On Time." These tracks appear as hidden tracks on the "limited edition" version of the album. "Long Way Back Home" was used during the closing credits for the band's Stunt tour documentary Barenaked in America.

There was also a special edition of the album which contained the standard 13 tracks plus a second disc including two versions of "Brian Wilson" (the album version and the "2000" version), and live versions of "The Old Apartment", "Jane", "When I Fall", "If I Had $1000000" and "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank".^[5]

As with each of their earlier albums, the band recorded one song, "Alcohol", completely naked.

The album was released on vinyl June 2, 2015. ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"One Week" (Ed Robertson)	Steven Page, Ed Robertson	2:49
2.	"It's All Been Done" (Steven Page)	Steven Page	3:26
3.	"Light Up My Room"	Ed Robertson	3:36
4.	"I'll Be That Girl" (Steven Page, Stephen Duffy)	Steven Page	3:34
5.	"Leave"	Ed Robertson	3:24
6.	"Alcohol" (Steven Page, Stephen Duffy)	Steven Page	3:43
7.	"Call and Answer" (Steven Page, Stephen Duffy)	Steven Page	5:49
8.	"In the Car" (Steven Page)	Steven Page	3:53
9.	"Never Is Enough"	Ed Robertson	3:23
10.	"Who Needs Sleep?"	Ed Robertson	3:44
11.	"Told You So"	Ed Robertson	4:21
12.	"Some Fantastic"	Steven Page, Ed Robertson	4:16
13.	"When You Dream"	Steven Page	5:19
14.	"She's On Time†"	Steven Page	3:22
15.	"Long Way Back Home†"	Ed Robertson	4:39

† – bonus tracks on limited edition.

Personnel

Colin Alexander – scratching (track 9)
Jim Creeggan – electric bass (tracks 2,6,11), violin (track 5), electric double bass (tracks 1,13), cello (tracks 7,11), background vocals (tracks 2,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13), double bass (tracks 3,4,5,7,8,9,10,12), arco bass (track 11), handclaps (track 8), acoustic double bass (track 13)
Kevin Hearn – organ (track 8), synthesizer (tracks 6,7,11), banjo (track 4), piano (tracks 6,7,12), accordion (track 4), electric guitar (tracks 1,5,8,11), keyboards (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,9,12,13), electric piano (track 3), background vocals (tracks 2,3,4,8,9,10,12), clavinet (track 10), melodica (track 8), sampling (track 13), wah wah guitar (track 5), handclaps (track 8)
Steven Page – acoustic guitar (tracks 2,3,4,13), electric guitar (tracks 2,6,10), background vocals (tracks 1,3,5,9,10,11), flute (track 10), piano (track 11), lead vocals (tracks 2,4,6,8,13), all vocals (track 7), phat drumz guy (track 9), co-lead vocals (track 12), handclaps (track 8)
Ed Robertson – acoustic guitar (tracks 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13), electric guitar (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12), percussion (track 12), background vocals (tracks 1,2,4,6,8,13), lead vocals (tracks 3,5,9,10,11), co-lead vocals (track 12), dans la maison (track 1), invisible rap (track 6), employee of the month-July 1985 (track 9), handclaps (track 8)
Tyler Stewart – percussion (tracks 2,5,6,7,10,12,13), bongos (tracks 6,8), drums (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11), background vocals (tracks 2,9,10), dans la maison (track 1), snare drums (track 12), handclaps (track 8)
Pierre "French Pete" Tremblay – background vocals (track 10)
Natasha Hébert- Parlez Français (track 2)
Sue Drew- Expert Violin Tuning (track 5)
"Party" recorded live at Jimmy C's birthday (track 6)
"Hala Hala Hala" sampled by Don Garbutt (track 10)

Production

Producers: Barenaked Ladies, David Leonard, Susan Rogers
Engineers: David Leonard, Susan Rogers
Assistant engineers: Charlie Brocco, Femio Hernández, Boo Macleod, Kevin Szymanski
Mixing: David Leonard, Tom Lord-Alge
Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
Design: John Rummen
Photography: Jay Blakesberg
Artwork: John Rummen

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1998	The Billboard 200	3
1998	Top Canadian Albums	9

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"It's All Been Done"	Adult Top 40	9
1998	"It's All Been Done"	Modern Rock Tracks	15
1998	"It's All Been Done"	The Billboard Hot 100	44
1998	"It's All Been Done"	Top 40 Mainstream	18
1998	"One Week"	Adult Top 40	2
1998	"One Week"	Canadian Singles Chart	6
1998	"One Week"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1998	"One Week"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1998	"One Week"	Top 40 Mainstream	1
1998	"One Week"	Top 40 Tracks	3
1999	"Alcohol"	Modern Rock Tracks	33
1999	"Call and Answer"	Adult Top 40	17
1999	"Call and Answer"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	14
1999	"Call and Answer"	Top 40 Tracks	40
1999	"It's All Been Done"	Top 40 Tracks	19
1999	"One Week"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	1
1999	"Told You So"	Modern Rock Tracks	84

References

Barenaked Ladies

Jim Creeggan Kevin Hearn Ed Robertson Tyler Stewart Andy Creeggan Steven Page

Studio albums	Gordon Maybe You Should Drive Born on a Pirate Ship Stunt Maroon Everything to Everyone Barenaked for the Holidays As You Like It Barenaked Ladies Are Me Barenaked Ladies Are Men Snacktime! All in Good Time Grinning Streak Silverball

Live albums	Rock Spectacle Extended Versions Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan BNL Rocks Red Rocks

Compilation albums	Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001) Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before

DVDs	Barenaked in America Barelaked Nadies Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan

Singles	"Be My Yoko Ono" "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" "Enid" "What a Good Boy" "Brian Wilson" "If I Had $1000000" "Jane" "Alternative Girlfriend" "Shoe Box" "The Old Apartment" "One Week" "It's All Been Done" "Call and Answer" "Get in Line" "Alcohol" "Pinch Me" "Too Little Too Late" "Falling for the First Time" "Another Postcard" "Celebrity" "One Little Slip" "You Run Away" "Every Subway Car" "Boomerang" "Odds Are" "Say What You Want" "Duct Tape Heart"

Concert tours	Au Naturale Tour

Side projects	The Brothers Creeggan Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle The Vanity Project Yukon Kornelius

Related articles	Discography Chris Brown Greg Kurstin Barenaked on a Stick Demo tapes Barenaked Ladies Public Stunts Private Stories

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