| Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Barenaked Ladies |
| Cover: | StopUsIfYouveHeardThisOneBefore.jpg |
| Released: | 8 May 2012 |
| Recorded: | 1992–2003 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 43:06[1] |
| Label: | Rhino Records[2] [3] |
| Prev Title: | Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Grinning Streak |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before is a compilation album by Barenaked Ladies which includes rare recordings dating between 1992 and 2003. The album was originally planned as a companion to Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before; however, the release was pushed back to 8 May 2012, making it a standalone release. The 12-track album [3] contains ten never-before-released tracks, as well as two previously released rarities.[2] The album was released by Rhino Records[2]
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before contains 12 songs spanning 1992 to 2003.[2] It contains four final studio recordings (B-sides not included on albums), three live recordings, three demos, an "outtake" and a remix.[2]
Two tracks ("One Week" (Pull's Break Remix) and "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!") were previously released as B-sides on singles.[2] "I Don't Get It Anymore" is the only final studio recording included for which the song was not later re-recorded and released on an album. "Second Best" appears on Everything to Everyone, and "Adrift", "Half A Heart" and "I Can, I Will, I Do" were subsequently re-recorded for Barenaked Ladies Are Me/Men.[2]
Much of the material on Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before dates to the band's Reprise period. Four tracks come from 2003's Everything to Everyone, two more come from the sessions for 2001's ,[2] and one track comes from the sessions of 2000's "Maroon". The remaining tracks include three live recordings from 1992 to 1994, a demo of The Old Apartment and "One Week" (Pull's Break Remix).
Early live recordings include "Same Thing" (1992), "Teenage Wasteland" (1993), and "Shake Your Rump" (1994), a cover of a Beastie Boys song.