Born on a Pirate Ship
Album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	March 19, 1996
Recorded	April-July 1995 The Gas Station, Toronto Reaction Studios, Toronto Manta Eastern, Toronto Right Tracks Studio, Saskatoon
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	51:39
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	Barenaked Ladies, Michael Phillip Wojewoda
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2/5) link
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Maybe You Should Drive (1994)	Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)	Rock Spectacle (1996)

Born on a Pirate Ship (1996) was the third full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. Its well-known tracks are "Shoe Box", "The Old Apartment", "When I Fall" and "Break Your Heart." The Old Apartment would become BNL's first US hit in 1997 and begin the process of winning many new American fans. Cover for the album Born on a Pirate Ship by Barenaked Ladies This is an album cover. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saskatoon is a city located in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. ... 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. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Reprise Records was formed in 1960 by Frank Sinatra in order to allow more artistic freedom for his own recordings. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Michael Phillip Wojewoda is a Canadian record producer and musician. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Maybe You Should Drive was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. ... Rock Spectacle (1996) is the fourth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their first live release. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Old Apartment is a song by Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies. ...

Tracks recorded for this album but left off the finished record are: "Trust Me" (earlier recorded for Maybe You Should Drive but left off the album -- included on the Shoe Box E.P.) and "Back" (included on the "Brian Wilson 2000" single). Maybe You Should Drive was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. ... Track listing Shoe Box (Radio Remix) Trust Me (Previously Unreleased) If I Had A $1000000 (Yellow Tape Version) Shoe Box (Album Version) Category: ...

The eye-catching front cover features a boy in a newspaper hat making a scary face. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a childhood picture of BNL bassist Jim Creeggan, but simply an actor hired for the photos. Jim Creegan is the bass player for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies. ...

The band was a fourpiece during the recording of this album. Kevin Hearn was asked to join the band for the tour and first appears on the live album Rock Spectacle. Kevin Hearn is the keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies and also has his own band, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. ... Rock Spectacle (1996) is the fourth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their first live release. ...

Although a hit in Canada, the album only managed #111 in the US. Happily, once the band had achieved success in America, Born On A Pirate Ship would be awarded gold status there in 2000.

The title of this album is a bit of an in-joke; if you say "born on a pirate ship" while making the same face as the boy on the cover it will vaguely sound like you are saying "born on a pile of shit." An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. ... Shit is a vernacular word in Modern English denoting feces, the byproduct of digestion. ...

The naked track recorded for this album is "Back", which was cut from the album..

Track listing

1. "Stomach Vs. Heart" (Page, Robertson) – 2:29
2. "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank" (Page, Robertson) – 3:23
3. "I Know" (Page, Robertson) – 3:02
4. "This Is Where It Ends" (Page, Robertson) – 2:53
5. "When I Fall" (Page, Robertson) – 4:04
6. "I Live With It Every Day" (Duffy, Page) – 4:30
7. "The Old Apartment" (Page, Robertson) – 3:29
8. "Call Me Calmly" (Page) – 2:52
9. "Break Your Heart" (Page) – 4:57
10. "Spider in My Room" (Creeggan) – 4:03
11. "Same Thing" (Robertson) – 4:01
12. "Just a Toy" (Page, Robertson) – 3:42
13. "In the Drink" (Creeggan) – 5:12
14. "Shoe Box" (Page, Robertson) – 5:27
15. "If I Had $1000000" (Page, Robertson), (edit version, appears on UK edition only)

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Personnel

Barenaked Ladies

• Jim Creeggan - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, fiddle, piano, electric double bass, percussion
• Ed Robertson - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, cowbell
• Steven Page - vocals, electric guitar, piano, percussion
• Tyler Stewart - piano, vibraphone, drums, xylophone, shaker, tambourine, percussion, background vocals

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• Bryan Adams - yells
• Chris Brown - organ
• Mark Fewer - violin
• Gene Hardy - tenor saxophone, saw
• Hugh Marsh - fiddle
• Michael Phillip Wojewoda - sound effects
• Tony Rapoport - viola
• Tim Walsh - trombone

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Production

• Producers: Barenaked Ladies, Michael Phillip Wojewoda
• Engineer: Michael Phillip Wojewoda
• Assistant engineers: Jeff Elliott, Tom Heron, Dale Morningstar
• Mixing: Michael Phillip Wojewoda
• Piano preparation: Robin Billinton, Steven Page

Charts

Album

Singles