Author: Barenaked Ladies
Brand: WACR2
Features:
- Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits, 1991-2001 by Barenaked Ladies (2001-11-19)
Format: Best of
Release Date: 13-11-2001
Details: Product Description
The first " best of" collection from Barenaked Lad ies follows the band's third straight platinum alb um, 2000's Top 5 smash Maroon, and highlights 17 hits and classic songs from the band's first 10 ye ars plus two brand new songs.
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Electrifying performers and pure-pop songwriters of the highest order, Toronto's Barenaked Ladies have emerged over a decade as that strangest of beasts. They'll never land a dishy cover story in
Mojo Magazine, but as they reflect on those ribald years between 1991 and 2001, the five can allow themselves wry smiles, knowing that sometimes, just sometimes, the cream rises to the top. In addition to familiar radio staples such as "Pinch Me," "The Old Apartment," "Jane," "Alternative Girlfriend," and the ubiquitous "One Week," there's a trump card on
All Their Greatest Hits that will prove irresistible to completists: the Ladies' buttery, acoustic version of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Recorded eons ago for a Cockburn tribute disc that almost immediately went out of print, the song has until now been a rare and highly coveted collector's item. Two news songs--"Thanks That Was Fun" and "It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)"--were recorded specifically for this collection, while two others ("Brian Wilson" and "What a Good Boy") are captured live. But what really brings this album home is, ironically, "If I Had $1,000,000." One of their very first hits cut as the Ladies were learning to dovetail their so-called "acoustic hip-hop" into slicker pop sensibilities, "$1,000,000"--a simple knock-kneed love song with harmonies so tight they're practically braided--is a snapshot of a band with all the pieces in place just as the planets were about to align.
--Kim Hughes
UPC: 093624807520
EAN: 0044006549620
Languages: English
Binding: Audio CD
Item Condition: UsedVeryGood
