Barenaked Ladies discography explained

Artist:Barenaked Ladies
Studio:14
Singles:41
Ep:4
Compilation:4
Live:3
Video:6
Music Videos:39
Option:5
Option Name:Pre-label Releases
1Option:3
1Option Name:Themed albums
2Option:1
2Option Name:Collaboration albums

The discography of Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies consists of 14 primary studio albums, three themed studio albums, 41 singles, three live albums, two greatest hits compilations, and three video releases. This list does not include material recorded by band members individually or with other side projects.

Barenaked Ladies was formed in 1988 by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, both singer-songwriter guitarists. Andy and Jim Creeggan joined the group on percussion and bass respectively approximately a year later. In mid-1990, Tyler Stewart joined the band as drummer with Andy Creeggan shifting to keyboards after returning from an exchange trip. Andy Creeggan left the band before the mid-1995 sessions for its third album (recorded as a four-piece). He was replaced by Kevin Hearn later on in 1995. The band's lineup remained unchanged until Page left the band in early 2009. They have sold at least 15 million records including albums and singles.

Albums

Pre-label releases

The following albums were recorded and released prior to the band's first major record deal, consisting of demo/promo tapes. The Yellow Tape was commercially successful.

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Notes
CAN
1988Buck NakedDemo tape - Several versions released. Steven Page and Ed Robertson only.
1990Barenaked LunchDemo tape - Limited distributed, band now quartet with addition of brothers Andy and Jim Creeggan.
1990Barenaked RecessDemo tape - Unreleased.
1991Barenaked Ladies (The Yellow Tape)9[1] Demo tape - Became commercial following demand; band now quintet with addition of drummer Tyler Stewart.
Variety RecordingsRecorded as a radio promo disc.
1992Barenaked LadiesUK re-release of the Yellow Tape released in a CD and vinyl format.

Studio albums

The following are LP length studio albums which contain original material with no specified theme or topic:

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[3] [4]
NZ
[5]
UK
[6]
US
[7]
US
Rock
[8]
1992Gordon
  • Released: July 28, 1992
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
1
1994Maybe You Should Drive
  • Released: August 16, 1994
  • Label: Sire/Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette
357175
  • MC: 2× Platinum
1996Born on a Pirate Ship
  • Released: March 19, 1996
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette
12111
  • MC: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold
1998Stunt
  • Released: July 7, 1998
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette, vinyl
920203
  • MC: 4× Platinum
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • BPI: Gold[10]
2000Maroon
  • Released: September 12, 2000
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette, DVD-Audio
2645
  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum
2003Everything to Everyone
  • Released: October 21, 2003
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, DVD-Audio
617610
2006Barenaked Ladies Are Me
  • Released: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD, vinyl, USB stick, DVD-Audio
71017
2007Barenaked Ladies Are Men
  • Released: February 6, 2007
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD, USB stick, DVD-Audio (as part of "Barenaked Ladies Are Me Deluxe Edition 5.1")
102
2010All in Good Time
  • Released: March 30, 2010
  • Label: Raisin'
  • Format: CD, vinyl
3169232
2013Grinning Streak
  • Released: June 4, 2013
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Format: CD, vinyl
12101105
2015Silverball
  • Released: June 2, 2015
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Format: CD, vinyl
3465
2017Fake Nudes
  • Released: November 17, 2017
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Format: CD, vinyl
247248
2021Detour de Force
  • Released July 16, 2021
  • Label: Raisin'
  • Format: CD, vinyl
2023In Flight
  • Released September 15, 2023
  • Label: Raisin'
  • Format: CD, vinyl, cassette[11]

Themed/topical studio albums

The following are studio albums whose content has a specified unifying topic or purpose. This includes a holiday album, a soundtrack to a Stratford Shakespeare production, and an album of songs geared towards children.

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
US
2004Barenaked for the Holidays
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD, USB stick
2664
2005As You Like It
  • Released: June 3, 2005
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD
2008Snacktime!
  • Released: May 6, 2008
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD, CD & Book Combo
1061

Compilation albums

Barenaked Ladies have released two greatest hits compilations (the first was released November 13, 2001, the second on September 27, 2011), as well as an iTunes Music Store-exclusive iTunes Originals which compiles old tracks along with newly recorded live performances and interviews. A compilation of 12 unreleased demos, b-sides, remixes and live recordings from 1992 to 2003 was released May 8, 2012.[13] [14]

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[15]
US
2001Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001)
  • Released: November 13, 2001
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette
338
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RIAA: Gold
2006iTunes Originals – Barenaked Ladies
  • Released: January 10, 2006
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: Digital download
2011Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before
  • Released: September 27, 2011
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
2012Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before
  • Released: May 8, 2012
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
2019Original Hits, Original Stars
  • Released: October 4, 2019 [16]
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: Vinyl

Live albums

Barenaked Ladies has three true commercial live album releases as released by the band's label at that time. The band has also recorded and released many of their regular concerts for their fans both digitally and in directly retailed physical media (CDs and flash drives), though these are typically mixed live during the show and are released as-is. Some of these concert recordings have become available in through some commercial retailers in both digital and CD form, though these are not considered a part of the band's primary discography. Similarly, a compilation of these live tracks, released in 2006 as part of the Extended Versions album series, is not considered a part of the band's primary discography.

YearAlbumChart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US
1996Rock Spectacle
  • Released: November 19, 1996
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD, cassette
86
  • RIAA: Platinum
2004 Everything to Everyone Tour Recordings
  • Released: February–May 2004
  • Label: Nettwerk
  • Format: CD, digital
2006Extended Versions
2007
  • Released: November 6, 2007
  • Label: Desperation
  • Format: CD, DVD
2016BNL Rocks Red Rocks
  • Released: May 20, 2016[17]
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Format: CD
101

Collaboration albums

Barenaked Ladies collaborated with New York a cappella group The Persuasions in October 2016. During the 2 day session, they recorded 15 songs that would later become a collaboration album, titled . The album was released April 14, 2017.[18]

Extended plays

Barenaked Ladies have released one extended play disc consisting of commercially unreleased tracks (new songs or new versions), which also included enhanced multimedia content. Other EP releases were download-only compilations of previously released tracks.

YearAlbumCertifications
(sales thresholds)
1995Shoe Box E.P.
  • Released: February 6, 1996
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: CD
2003Everything Acoustic E.P.
  • Released: September 30, 2003
  • Label: Reprise
  • Format: Digital download
2005Barenaked for Hanukkah E.P.
  • Released: November 15, 2005
  • Label: Desperation Records
  • Format: Digital download
  • MC: Gold
2014The Long Weekend E.P.
  • Released: July 1, 2014
  • Label: Raisin Records
  • Format: Digital download
2019
  • Released: May 30, 2019[20]
  • Label: Raisin Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

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TitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
CAN
[21] [22]
CAN AC
[23]
AUS
[24]
NZ
UK
US
[25]
US
Alt

[26]
US
Adult

[27]
US
AAA

[28]
US
Pop

[29]
1992"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"16 24 Kick at the Darkness
"Be My Yoko Ono"77 Gordon
"Enid"2
"Grade 9"53
"If I Had $1000000"13 37
1993"Brian Wilson"18
"What a Good Boy"34
1994"Jane"3 1 Maybe You Should Drive
"Alternative Girlfriend"22 4
1995"Life, in a Nutshell"29 21
1996"Shoe Box"10 15 Born on a Pirate Ship
"The Old Apartment"14 32 88 40
"Break Your Heart"47
1997"Brian Wilson" (2000/live versions)73 68 23 37 15 Rock Spectacle
1998"One Week"3 5 16 5 1 1 2 2 1
  • ARIA: Gold[30]
  • BPI: Platinum
Stunt
"It's All Been Done"1 1 57 28 44 15 9 6 18
1999"Alcohol"73 33
"Call and Answer"10 6 81 52 17
"Get in Line"18 26 28 King of the Hill soundtrack
2000"Pinch Me"4 10 41 15 30 2 2 17Maroon
2001"Too Little Too Late"122 86 13 11 40
"Falling for the First Time"11
2003"Another Postcard"28 82 9 14 Everything to Everyone
2004"Testing 1,2,3"19 10
"For You"
"Celebrity" (UK only)81
"Maybe Katie" (Canada only)
2006"Easy"6 11 Barenaked Ladies Are Me
"Wind It Up"26
2007"Sound of Your Voice"
2008"7 8 9"Snacktime
"Pollywog in a Bog"
"Drawing"
2010"You Run Away"25 5 96 21 19 All in Good Time
"Every Subway Car" (featuring Erin McCarley)
"The Big Bang Theory Theme"
(History of Everything)
Non-album single
2013"Boomerang"11 Grinning Streak
"Odds Are"89 16
2014"Did I Say That Out Loud?"
"Our Blue Dot"
2015"Say What You Want"Silverball
"Duct Tape Heart"
2017"Lookin' Up"Fake Nudes
2020"Gotta Be Patient"
[31]
2021"Flip"Detour de Force
"New Disaster"
"Landed on My Head"The Super Bob Einstein Movie
2023"Lovin' Life"In Flight
"Too Old"

Music videos

TitleYearDirector(s)
"Lovers in a Dangerous Time"1992Tim Hamilton
"Enid"
"Brian Wilson"1993Stephen Scott
"What a Good Boy"Larry Jordan
"Be My Yoko Ono"
"Jane"1994Peter Henderson
"Alternative Girlfriend"Adam Bernstein
"Shoe Box"1996Scott Kalvert
"The Old Apartment"Jason Priestley
"Brian Wilson" (live)1997
"One Week"1998McG
"It's All Been Done"Doug Aitken
"Call and Answer"1999David Hogan
"Get In Line"Phil Harder
"Pinch Me"2000
"Too Little Too Late"2001
"Falling for the First Time"Tim Godsall
"Thanks That Was Fun"Pierre Tremblay
"Another Postcard"2003
"Testing 1,2,3"2004
"Easy"2006
"Wind It Up"
"Sound of Your Voice"2007
"7 8 9"2008
"Pollywog in a Bog"J. P. Riley
"Drawing"
"You Run Away"2010
"Every Subway Car"
"The Big Bang Theory Theme"2011
"Boomerang" (lyric video)2013
"Boomerang"
"Odds Are" (lyric video)
"Odds Are"Matt Hullum
"Did I Say That Out Loud?"2014
"Silverball"2015Barenaked Ladies
"Say What You Want"Matt Hullum
"Duct Tape Heart" (lyric video)
"Duct Tape Heart"
"One Week" (live lyric video)2016
"Lookin' Up"2017Matt Hullum
"Bringing It Home"Barenaked Ladies
"Navigate"2019Barenaked Ladies
"Flip"2021Stefano Bertelli
"New Disaster"2021Enis Cisic and Toni Huml
"Good Life"2021Edward Pond
"Lovin' Life"2023Edward Pond

DVD/Video releases

YearAlbumCertifications
(sales thresholds)
1999Barenaked in America
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Shooting Gallery
2000Too Little Too Late (DVD single)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Reprise
2002Barelaked Nadies
  • Released: November 5, 2002
  • Label: Reprise
2004The Barenaked Truth
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Take 3 Productions
  • MC: Platinum
2007
  • Released: November 6, 2007
  • Label: Desperation Records
2008Ships & Dip III: You Never Know What's Gonna Happen on the Cruz-Ah!
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Desperation Records

Alternate format releases

Flash drive

YearReleaseContent
2005Barenaked on a StickPrimarily contains Barenaked for the Holidays, plus bonus content.
2006Primarily contains Barenaked Ladies Are Me Deluxe Edition, plus bonus content

Other songs

Songs recorded for non-album use

Theme songs

External links

Notes and References

  1. Top Albums/CDs - Volume 55, No. 10, February 29, 1992. RPM. 2010-02-23.
  2. Web site: Gold Platinum Database: Barenaked Ladies . . 2011-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323092409/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Barenaked%20Ladies&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist . 2012-03-23 .
  3. Barenaked Ladies Top Albums/CDs positions. RPM. 2010-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019185857/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Barenaked+Ladies&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50. 2012-10-19. dead.
  4. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Billboard Canadian Albums. Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  5. Web site: Barenaked Ladies – Stunt. charts.nz.
  6. Web site: Barenaked Ladies full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. May 11, 2023.
  7. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  8. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Rock Albums. Billboard. September 20, 2018.
  9. Web site: RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 24, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130225031458/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. dead. Recording Industry Association of America. February 25, 2013.
  10. United Kingdom. Barenaked Ladies. July 24, 2022.
  11. Web site: Barenaked Ladies . In Flight Limited Edition Cassette . 2024-03-04 . Barenaked Ladies shop.
  12. Web site: Gold and Platinum Search. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323092409/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Barenaked%20Ladies&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. dead. March 23, 2012.
  13. https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Youve-Heard-This-Before/dp/B007L9IZVY/ref=sr_1_32?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1332018775&sr=1-32 Amazon.com: Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before!: Barenaked Ladies: Music
  14. Web site: Barenaked Ladies prepare for "The Last Summer On Earth".
  15. Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of December 15, 2001. Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  16. Web site: Original Hits, Original Stars. Amazon. 2019.
  17. Web site: "BNL Rocks Red Rocks" set for release. Get Barenaked!.
  18. Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions
  19. Web site: Ladies & Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions. Get Barenaked!.
  20. Web site: Fake Nudes: Naked. Amazon.
  21. Barenaked Ladies Top Singles positions . . 2010-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014114807/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Barenaked+Ladies&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 . 2012-10-14 . dead .
  22. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Canadian Hot 100. Billboard. May 11, 2023.
  23. Adult Contemporary positions . . 2010-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019204728/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=Barenaked+Ladies&q2=Adult+Contemporary&interval=20 . 2012-10-19 . dead .
  24. Web site: Discography Barenaked Ladies. australian-charts.com. March 12, 2020.
  25. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Hot 100. Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  26. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Alternative Songs. Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  27. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Adult Top 40. Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  28. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Triple A. Billboard. September 20, 2018.
  29. Barenaked Ladies Chart History: Mainstream Top 40. Billboard. March 12, 2020.
  30. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 24.
  31. Web site: Gotta Be Patient - single. Apple Music. May 1, 2020. May 17, 2020.
  32. Web site: Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies: I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) . CBC Music . 2013-02-20 . February 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130220150310/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvAnfi8WpVE . live .
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