Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	September 8, 2006 (Switzerland, Germany, Austria) September 11, 2006 (UK) September 12, 2006 (U.S., Canada)
Recorded	October-November 2005 (Beds) February-April 2006 (Overdubs) May 2006 (Mixing)
Genre	Alternative Rock
Label	Desperation Records
Producer(s)	Barenaked Ladies
Professional reviews
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Barenaked Ladies chronology
Barenaked for the Holidays (2004)	Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006)
Barenaked Ladies Are Men

Barenaked Ladies Are Me (often abbreviated BLAM and sometimes Are Me or BLAMe) and Barenaked Ladies Are Men (often abbreviated BLAMen and sometimes Are Men) (debatably considered as one album) comprise the tenth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their seventh original-material studio album (not including Disc One's two original tracks, or Barenaked for the Holidays' original songs). It is their first major original commercial release since 2003's Everything to Everyone, and their first two-CD release ever. It was released in September 2006, with different dates for different markets (see sidebox). The album is the first full-length original-material album from the band since they decided not to re-sign with Reprise, and became independent. The cover art was created by a group of artists called Team Macho. Image File history File linksMetadata BLAM1. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Barenaked Ladies. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Blogcritics is a popular news and opinion blog founded in 2002 by Eric Olsen and Phillip Winn. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... Image File history File links Stars10085. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 2. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Barenaked for the Holidays is a holiday album released by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, released in 2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BLAMen1. ... Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ... Disc One is the seventh full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. ... Barenaked for the Holidays is a holiday album released by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, released in 2004. ... Everything to Everyone is the eighth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their seventh studio album. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. ...

Due to the wealth of content recorded for the album, the release has become more complicated than prior albums. The primary physical release of Barenaked Ladies Are Me is a 13-track CD, with subsequently released second CD, Barenaked Ladies Are Men, which has 12 new songs, as well as "Easy" and "Wind It Up", the first two singles from Are Me. The album is available in one limited "deluxe edition" 2-disc, 25-song package, and in several digital collections. Adding the fact that the songs were all recorded in one session, the two albums are generally being considered as one double-album, despite the gap in the general release of the two physical discs. Easy is the first single from Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies upcoming 2006 album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me. ...

Creative process

Reflecting their new independence, the album saw changes in the creative process. The band began 2005 with several songs already written, many of which were performed, recorded, and released on the 2004 summer Au Naturale tour (see below for details). In the spring of 2005, Ed Robertson and Steven Page got together at Page's home and began writing the first songs specifically intended for this album. They met again at Robertson's cottage after the summer and wrote 13-15 more songs. Kevin Hearn was also busy writing songs at his own cabin, where he completed several songs for this album, as well as a large portion of his own album The Miracle Mile. Additionally, Jim Creeggan managed to complete a two-year-old idea into the song "Peterborough and the Kawarthas". The content provided by the latter two members continued the practice started on Everything to Everyone of including writing from band members other than Page and Robertson, and not taking in writing from outside the band. Ed Robertson, frontman for Barenaked Ladies. ... Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page (born June 22, 1970 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian musician. ... Kevin Hearn, 2005 Kevin Neil Hearn (b. ... The Miracle Mile is the third album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. ... Jim Creegan is the bass player for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. ... Nickname: The Electric City Map of Ontario with Peterborough indicated with a red dot Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Peterborough County Established 1819 - Scotts Plains Incorporated as town 1850 - Peterborough Incorporated as city July 1, 1905 Mayor Sylvia Sutherland MP Dean Del Mastro (CPC) MPP Jeff Leal (OLP... This article discusses the geographic region. ...

The band gathered the more than 30 songs (far more than any past album) at a rehearsal hall in Toronto, to learn and arrange the songs. They intended to recorded as many beds (initial recordings, used to record the final track over) as possible, and ultimately recorded 29 beds in the fall of 2005 (they decided to leave several songs which were previously recorded off in order to potentially use the prior recordings on an upcoming boxed set). The band also noted that there was no "naked track" for this album, saying that it had gotten old.

The band set out after the bed-recording session at Steven Page's farmhouse studio, Fresh Baked Woods, for their perennial Barenaked for the Holidays tour. They returned to the studio in February 2006 and recorded their overdubs through April. In May, they began mixing the album at Toronto's Metalworks studios with mixer Bob Clearmountain while still finishing the last overdubs. Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page (born June 22, 1970 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian musician. ... Steven Page, 2005 Steven Jay Page, often called Steve (b. ... Barenaked for the Holidays is a holiday album released by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, released in 2004. ... Bob Clearmountain is a legendary American music engineer, mixer and producer. ...

Initial exposure of songs

In the summer of 2004, the band continued to build upon the setlist variations they began on the Peepshow tour. The band decided to play one song at every show that they had never played before, or had not played in many years. Among these songs were unreleased B-sides, and newly written songs, including seven that became part of the 29-song BLAM sessions ("Adrift", "Bull In A China Shop", "Beautiful", "I Can, I Will, I Do", "What A Letdown", "Take it Back", and "Half a Heart"). The Peepshow tour was a music tour of the United States by Barenaked Ladies from October 21 to November 29, 2003, in support of their album Everything to Everyone. ...

The band took a break from the unheard songs on their 2004 Holidays tour, but on the 22-show 2005 Holidays tour, after emerging from the first studio session, they played a song from the BLAM session at every show. The first five songs listed above from the Au Naturale tour were repeated, while 17 other new songs were played. The only songs unheard (in entirety) after that tour were "One and Only", "Vanishing" (originally titled "Magician"), "Running Out of Ink", "Maybe Not", and "Serendipity". "Running out of Ink" was subsequently performed solo by Steve at a fundraising show in Toronto on May 8, 2006, and later at the All New Revue (see below). "Vanishing" was also played at the All New Revue. The other songs were not publicly played until the release of the album. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The band also took the opportunity in the studio to record three of their songs ("Easy", "Wind It Up", and "What A Letdown") in 'Simlish' (a gibberish language used in the Sim series of video games by Maxis) and were released in the Sims 2 "Family Fun Stuff" expansion pack. These were the first fully released (several clips have/had been played on podcasts) studio tracks from the album; though the mixing was not the final album mixing, and the vocals were replaced. Simlish is a fictional language featured in Maxis Sim series of games. ... Gibberish is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but has no actual meaning (such as the maves rint ist slanpehed up uthep yongrish). This meaning has also been extended to meaningless text or gobbledygook, such as hogtdkypopgjifgjdfgyfkk. A family of language games in English... This is a list of all Sim games, and expansion packs. ... A color version of the Maxis logo, used since 1992 Maxis Software was founded as a video game developer and is now a brand name of Electronic Arts (EA). ... The Sims 2 is a computer game from Maxis and is the sequel to the popular game The Sims. ... An orange square with waves was introduced by Mozilla Firefox to indicate that an RSS feed is present on a webpage. ...

On May 26, 2006, the album release dates were announced, along with the revelation of "Easy" as the leadoff single for late June (the announcement came from the band's German management, and was subsequently confirmed by the band's North American official websites). On June 6, the band announced the album title, along with a remix contest. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining // 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513...

On June 19, iTunes released a three-track single for the song "Easy", which also included "Wind It Up", and the version of "Home" from the All New Revue. This was the first release of any complete final tracks from Barenaked Ladies Are Me. The single was also available on eMusic, marking the band's first release on the service. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... The correct title of this article is . ... eMusic is an online music store that operates by subscription. ...

On August 17, iTunes accidentally released the standard edition of the album plus the four associated bonus tracks on some of their music stores. For just over twelve hours, the album was available to buy in single track form (for all 17 tracks) or as an album before the mistake was corrected. On September 2, the same occurred for the 29-track deluxe edition, which was available for two and a half days. August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The correct title of this article is . ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

All New Revue

On May 19, 2006, the band performed an intimate acoustic performance at Toronto's 341-seat Glenn Gould Studio in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre. The band initially announced plans to play all 29 new songs at the show (they were still mixing at the time). However, the plan was revised shortly before the show when the band decided that 29 songs would not be feasible, and ultimately decided on a final list of songs for the physical CD album. They played only 15 songs, explaining that approximately 12-14 of those songs would be the songs making up the initial physical release. The show was audio and video recorded, and an audio CD of the 13 songs which ultimately became the primary album was a pre-order bonus, and later available on iTunes. The video has not currently been used. The CBC apparently has their own access to the audio recording of the show, as they played a differently ordered, differently mixed version of the show during a radio interview on Definitely Not the Opera with Steven Page in early September. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Glenn Gould Studio is a performance and recording studio located in the CBC Broadcast Centre. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Centre View up to the skylight inside the Barbara Frum atrium. ... Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO) is a magazine-style radio programme focussing on aspects of pop culture. ...

Remix contest

On June 6, the band announced a contest for their fans. They plan to release five songs from the album in the form of separate instrument tracks for the purpose of remixing. The first song released was "Easy"; the second, released on July 13, was "Wind It Up"; the third, released on August 16, was "Bank Job"; the fourth, released on September 2, was "Rule The World With Love"; "I Can I Will I Do" rounded off the five songs. On September 27, the band released a sixth song for remixing, "Maybe You're Right". June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining // 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The main releases, available through the band's download site, and werkshop.com, contain each track from the song's mix. Shortly after each's release, the songs were available to download split into four mp3 tracks on the band's myspace.com page. Each file grouped similar tracks, such as all the vocals, or all the guitars, in order to divide the songs tracks four ways. Wind It Up's myspace split lacked some of the song's elements including the guitar solo and the keyboard tracks. MySpace. ...

Fans can submit remixes of each song and the band will ultimately select one of each for inclusion on a special EP, whose proceeds will go to charity.

Release versions

The band was not sure how to release so much material, initially opposing suggestions of a double album citing both cost and a potential overload of too much music. They indicated a likely plan to release a normal-length album, and save other songs for future shorter EP releases. The band, however, ultimately settled on a 13-track physical album, with several non-CD options for fans to buy all 29 songs. A subsequent physical CD entitled Barenaked Ladies Are Men was released February 6, 2007 with different songs, though Starbucks stores in Canada released it exclusively on October 3, 2006. A 5.1 surround sound deluxe edition of all 29 songs was released in the US on December 12, 2006, and alongside Are Men in Canada on February 6, 2007. A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... Starbucks is the worlds largest multinational chain of coffee shops. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... It has been suggested that Multichannel audio be merged into this article or section. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...

Physical discs

• 13-track Barenaked Ladies Are Me (with a bonus 13-track All New Revue CD if the album was preordered)
• 13-track Barenaked Ladies Are Me LP vinyl release
• 16-track Barenaked Ladies Are Men
• 14-track Barenaked Ladies Are Men Starbucks exclusive prerelease
• 24-track limited deluxe edition 2-CD digipack containing both albums without the four bonus tracks
• 29-track Barenaked Ladies Are Me Deluxe Edition 5.1 DVD-Audio

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Digital versions

Each of the two download editions added an additional two bonus tracks had you preordered. The download editions are available at various online music download stores, including the band's own site. The initial claim was that two bonus tracks would be available only if you bought entire albums and not individually, but different retailers are inconsistent on this issue. The deluxe edition was not to be available as individual tracks, but that decision has apparently been reversed.

• 13-track download , +2 bonus tracks if you buy the whole album (see above).
• 25-track deluxe edition +2 bonus tracks if you buy the whole album (see above).
• Barenaked Ladies Are USB - A USB stick sold at shows and at werkshop.com containing (in variable bit rate mp3 format):
  • 29 studio tracks
  • 4 live tracks from the All New Revue
  • Easy (studio acoustic version)
  • 5 Adlibs
  • 2 video tracks (studio home video)
  • 2 promo photos ("dog shot" and "diner shot")
  • 5 IM Icons

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Tracks recorded

The first 13 tracks are the physical Barenaked Ladies Are Me album; Tracks 14-29 make up the regular retail version of Barenaked Ladies Are Men. The first 25 are the deluxe CD edition. The original Starbucks version of Barenaked Ladies Are Men is made up of tracks 14-25, plus "Easy" and "Wind It Up". Starbucks is the worlds largest multinational chain of coffee shops. ...

1. "Adrift" (Hearn, Page, Robertson) – 3:35 - originally recorded for Everything To Everyone, rearranged for a slower/mellower rhythm.
2. "Bank Job" (Page, Robertson) – 4:27
3. "Sound of Your Voice" (Hearn) – 3:16 - originally sung by Hearn, but passed to Page.
4. "Easy" (Page/Robertson) – 4:31
5. "Home" (Page, Robertson) – 3:34 - completed at the spring 2005 writing session.
6. "Bull In A China Shop" (Page, Robertson) – 3:24 - supposedly written after Everything To Everyone, but frequently played by Steve solo, and by the band.
7. "Everything Had Changed" (Creeggan, Page, Robertson) – 3:22
8. "Peterborough and the Kawarthas" (Creeggan) – 2:40
9. "Maybe You're Right" (Page, Robertson) – 4:26
10. "Take It Back" (Page, Robertson) – 4:00
11. "Vanishing" (Hearn) – 3:14 - originally called "Magician"
12. "Rule the World With Love" (Page, Robertson) – 3:52 - completed at the spring 2005 writing session.
13. "Wind It Up" (Page, Robertson) – 4:26 - completed at the spring 2005 writing session. Features a guitar solo by Kim Mitchell.
14. "Serendipity" (Hearn) – 4:11
15. "Something You'll Never Find" (Page, Robertson) – 4:57
16. "One and Only" (Robertson) – 3:47
17. "Angry People" (Page, Robertson) – 4:01
18. "Down To Earth" (Page, Robertson) – 3:46
19. "Beautiful" (Page, Robertson) – 2:35
20. "Running Out Of Ink" (Page, Robertson) – 3:58
21. "Half a Heart" (Page, Robertson) – 4:27 - originally recorded for Maroon
22. "Maybe Not" (Page, Robertson) – 3:00
23. "I Can I Will I Do" (Page, Robertson) – 3:08 - originally recorded for both Disc One and Everything To Everyone
24. "Fun & Games" (Page, Robertson) – 3:45
25. "The New Sad" (Page, Robertson) – 2:34 - completed at the post-summer 2005 writing session.
26. "Quality"⁺ (Page, Robertson) – 4:15
27. "Another Spin"⁺ (Hearn) – 4:05
28. "What A Letdown"^‡ (Robertson) – 3:49
29. "Why Say Anything Nice?"^‡ (Page, Robertson, Stewart) – 3:42

Notes:
⁺Bonus for buying entire album (on standard and deluxe editions).
^‡Pre-order only bonus (on both standard and deluxe editions - currently iTunes and USB only).
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