Maroon
Album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	September 12, 2000
Recorded	April-June 2000
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	52 min 09 sec
Record label	Reprise
Producer	Don Was
Professional reviews
AMG	3/5	link
Barenaked Ladies Chronology
Stunt (1998)	Maroon (2000)	Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 (2001)

Maroon (2000) is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album. The follow-up to 1998's Stunt, Maroon reached the Top 5 in Canada and the US, selling a million units in America alone. With keyboardist Kevin Hearn's leukemia battle won, and with an instinct to downplay the jokey reputation they were so known for, BNL deliberately created a more serious and sophisticated album. It's probable that the lesser sales of Maroon were a result of this artistic decision. Cover for the album Maroon by Barenaked Ladies This is an album cover. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Barenaked Ladies members, performing onstage. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music1 were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Minutes are the instant written record of a meeting or hearing. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... 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 is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Don Was (born Don Fagenson on September 13, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician and a music and record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Stunt is the fifth full-length album and fourth studio album by Barenaked Ladies. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Disc One is the seventh album by Barenaked Ladies. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Barenaked Ladies members, performing onstage. ... Stunt is the fifth full-length album and fourth studio album by Barenaked Ladies. ...

Still the album had its share of famous songs: "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late" and "Falling For the First Time."

Tracks recorded for this album but left off of the finished record include: "Powder Blue" (appears on the US "Pinch Me" single), "Inline Bowline" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single), "Born Human" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single, also appears on the new Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle album Night Light), "Half a Heart" (unreleased) and "Hidden Sun" (a song written by Kevin when he was in the hospital; appears as a hidden track after "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel"). In recorded music, a hidden track is a song that is not listed as one that should appear on a compact disc, audio cassette, vinyl record or other medium containing a musical album. ...

The album is a loose concept album; like Pink Floyd's The Wall, it tells the story of a rock star with a color for a name: maroon. Sgt. ... Pink Floyd circa 1971. ... The Wall is a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd. ... Maroon is a color mixture composed of brown and purple. ...

Track listing

1. "Too Little Too Late" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) - 3:24
2. "Never Do Anything" (Page, Robertson) - 3:51
3. "Pinch Me" (Page, Robertson) - 4:45
4. "Go Home" (Page, Roberson) - 2:43
5. "Falling for the First Time" (Page, Robertson) - 3:40
6. "Conventioneers" (Page, Robertson) - 3:43
7. "Sell Sell Sell" (Page, Robertson) - 4:01
8. "The Humor of the Situation" (Page, Robertson) - 3:45
9. "Baby Seat" (Stephen Duffy, Page) - 4:13
10. "Off the Hook" (Page, Robertson) - 4:34
11. "Helicopters" (Page, Robertson) - 4:33
12. "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" (Page, Robertson) - 8:51
    • hidden track "Hidden Sun".

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Personnel

• Kevin Hearn - organ, synthesizer, piano, accordion, glockenspiel, electric piano, vocals, clavinet, handclapping, sampling
• Steven Page - acoustic guitar, flute, recorder, vocals, background vocals
• Ed Robertson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, vocals, 12 string guitar, handclapping, wah wah guitar, cabasa
• Jim Scott - handclapping, vocal (soprano)
• Tyler Stewart - castanets, drums, tambourine, bells, handclapping, tympani, cowbell, wah wah shaker

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Production

• Producer: Don Was
• Engineer: Jim Scott
• Assistant engineer: Katy Teasdale

Charts

Album

Singles