Everything to Everyone
Album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	October 21, 2003
Recorded	April-June 2003
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	50:40 60:55 (LE)
Label	Reprise
Producer(s)	Ron Aniello
Professional reviews
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Barenaked Ladies chronology
Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 (2001)	Everything to Everyone (2003)	Barenaked for the Holidays (2004)

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Well-known tracks from this album are "Another Postcard", "Maybe Katie" and "Testing, 1,2,3."

Tracks recorded for this album but left off the finished record are "Statue" (unreleased), "Sign Me Up" (unreleased), "Adrift" (unreleased), "What a Let Down", (unreleased), "I Can, I Will, I Do" (earlier recorded for Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001, but left off that album, too) and "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" (appears on the Everything Else DVD). The aforementioned song "Sign Me Up" was described as "basically us swearing our heads of for six minutes" and was the "naked track" recorded for the album. In response to the many fans who wanted to hear the song, guitarist Ed Robertson replied with this: Disc One is the seventh album by Barenaked Ladies. ... Ed Robertson (full name Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson) is a lead singer and songwriter of Barenaked Ladies. ...

"This is the last time I will say this. You don't want "Sign Me Up". I know you think you do. You don't. Imagine you'd never tasted puke. You heard about a puke milkshake, and found it really intriguing. You spent a lot of time thinking about it... imagining what it would taste like. It tastes like puke. You don't want it."

This album came out in three packages: regular album, limited edition album with 3 bonus acoustic tracks, and a special edition with fancy liner notes, and a bonus DVD called Everything Else; comes in a cardboard case and protective plastic sleeve.

The commonly pictured cover with a white flag with the words "Everything to Everyone" on it is not the actual CD cover. The title of the record is only on the plastic wrapping; once you take it off, the cover is just a white flag. On the special edition's plastic sleeve, the words "Everything to Everyone" do appear, so the flag looks just like in the pictures with the sleeve on.

This album is notable in the BNL catalogue for being the first to feature overt political commentary, with songs such as "Next Time", "Shopping", and especially "Second Best" and "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" expressing thinly-veiled criticism of the Bush administration and of the war in Iraq.

Also notable is the more open writing process, as front-men Steve Page and Ed Robertson shared their pen with bassist Jim Creeggan and keyboardist Kevin Hearn.

The choice of making "Another Postcard" the first single off the album was a disappointment to many fans. They felt that the record company was trying to imitate the success of "One Week", due to the fact that the former contains "rapping", similar in nature to that of the latter. Fans also felt that non-fans would dismiss BNL as a "joke band", due to the humorous nature of the song.

The second single off the album was "Testing 1,2,3". Some people interpret it as an autobiography of themselves. Specifically, their mistakes. During one of the pre-chorus lines, the lyrics say "Better than the last time... With a bunch of really fast rhymes", which could be interpreted as "One Week". During the music video for the song, guitarist Ed Robertson is shown writing the lyrics to "One Week" on a chalkboard in fast motion when the line comes up.

While BNL were aware of their stereotype as jokers, and were trying to move on musically, it seemed too little too late. Everything To Everyone, despite its musical excellence, performed poorly at retail, entering in the Canadian and US Top 10, but dropping fairly quickly down the charts. It remains the only BNL album to not have at least gone gold in the US, besides 1994's Maybe You Should Drive. Maybe You Should Drive was the second full-length album by Barenaked Ladies. ...

Track listing

1. "Celebrity" (Hearn, Page, Robertson) - 3:27
2. "Maybe Katie" (Creeggan, Page, Robertson) - 2:58
3. "Another Postcard" (Page, Robertson) - 3:25
4. "Next Time" (Creeggan, Hearn, Page, Robertson) - 3:51
5. "For You" (Page, Robertson) - 3:27
6. "Shopping" (Hearn, Page, Robertson) - 3:34
7. "Testing 1, 2, 3" (Page, Robertson) - 3:32
8. "Upside Down" (Page, Robertson) - 3:15
9. "War on Drugs" (Page, Robertson) - 5:32
10. "Aluminum" (Page, Robertson) - 4:34
11. "Unfinished" (Hearn, Page, Robertson) - 3:00
12. "Second Best" (Hearn, Page, Robertson) - 3:21
13. "Take It Outside" (Page, Robertson) - 3:49
14. "Have You Seen My Love?" (Page, Robertson) - 2:55

Bonus tracks on Limited Edition release

1. "Another Postcard" [acoustic] - 3:35
2. "Maybe Katie" [acoustic] - 3:09
3. "Second Best" [acoustic] - 3:31

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies

• Jim Creeggan - electric bass, vocals, double bass
• Kevin Hearn - organ, acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano, accordion, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals, saw, vibraphone
• Steven Page - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Ed Robertson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Tyler Stewart - percussion, drums, vocals

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• Ron Aniello - banjo, percussion, electric guitar
• Charlie Bisharat - violin
• Chris Bowen - percussion
• Larry Corbett - cello
• Joel Derouin - violin
• Yvonne Gallegos - vocals
• Matt Goldman - percussion
• Annabelle Hill - choir
• Brian Scott - percussion
• Phil Stanton - percussion
• Chris Wink - percussion
• Chris Wonzer - choir

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Production

• Producer: Ron Aniello
• Engineers: Tim Oberthier, Clint Roth, Eric Sarafin, Ed Thacker
• Assistant engineers: Daniel Kresco, Brian Wohlgemuth, Chris Wonzer
• Mixing: Mike Shipley
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Digital Editing: Clint Roth
• A&R: Jeffrey Aldrich
• String arrangements: Jim Creeggan
• String contractor: Suzie Katayama
• Design: Stephen Walker
• Collage: Phil Mucci
• Photography: Phil Mucci
• Cover painting: Chris Woods
• Office coordinator: Jonathan Abrams

Charts

Album

Singles