Barenaked Ladies – Gordon
Gordon was the Barenaked Ladies first full-length release, coming hot on the heels of their breakthrough success with the so-called The Yellow Tape cassette. It topped the RPM Album chart in Canada, earning diamond album status for sales over 1,000,000; though it didn't chart in the US, it did eventually earn platinum album status.
Gordon was nominated for the 1993 Juno Award for Album of the Year and Barenaked Ladies won for Group of the Year. AllMusic gave it four stars (out of 5). It ranked 38th on the Chart poll of great Canadian albums in 2000, 27th in book in 2007, 22nd in the in 2011 and 25th in CBC Radio's list in 2013.
Six songs from Gordon reached the singles charts in Canada: "Be My Yoko Ono" (#77), "Enid" (#2), "Grade 9" (#53), "If I Had $1000000" (#13), "Brian Wilson" (#18) and "What a Good Boy" (#34). "$1000000" is also included on this list of Great Canadian Songs.
| Hometown: |
Scarborough |
| Label: |
Sire / Reprise |
| Release Date: |
28 July 1992 |
| Producer: |
Michael Phillip Wojewoda |
| Style: |
pop rock |
| Mar*Star 125: |
did not exist |
| Mar*Star 150: |
17 |
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- "Hello City" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 3:22
- "Enid" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 4:07
- "Grade 9" (Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart) – 2:53
- "Brian Wilson" (Steven Page) – 4:47
- "Be My Yoko Ono" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 2:45
- "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan) – 4:35
- "What a Good Boy" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 3:52
- "The King of Bedside Manor" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 2:24
- "Box Set" (Steven Page) – 4:48
- "I Love You" (Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 4:08
- "New Kid (On the Block)" (Scott Dibble, Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 4:13
- "Blame It on Me" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 3:54
- "The Flag" (Steven Page) – 3:53
- "If I Had $1000000" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) – 4:27
- "Crazy" (Ed Roberts, Tim Wilson) – 4:08
Barenaked Ladies
- Andy Creeggan – piano (on 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15), congas (on 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), organ (on 3, 7), shaker (6, 8, 11, 12), tambourine (on 5, 8), cuica (on 2), cabasa (on 6), mark tree (on 6), finger cymbals (on 6), claves (on 9), guiro (on 9), vibraphone (on 9), marimba (on 12), mbira (on 12), suitcase (on 13), vocals (except 7)
- Jim Creeggan – double bass, shaker (on 8), vocals (except 7, 12)
- Steven Page – vocals, lead vocals (on 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13), guitar (on 4, 7, 8), synth (on 2), shaker (on 8)
- Ed Robertson – guitar, vocals, lead vocals (on 6, 15), synth (on 2), shaker (on 8), cowbell (on 9)
- Tyler Stewart – drums, vocals (on 1, 3, 8), shaker (on 8)
with
- Michael Phillip Wojewada – vocal (on 2, 15), tambourine (on 2), keyboard bass (on 3), shaker (on 8)
- Lewis Melville – pedal steel (on 2, 6, 11, 14)
- Tom Walsh – trombone (on 1, 2)
- Nic Gotham – baritone sax (on 2, 9), alto saxophone (on 9)
- Gene Hardy – tenor sax (on 2, 9)
- Chris Howells – trumpet (on 2), flugelhorn (on 6)
- Catherine MacDonnell-Stephens – bassoon (on 6)
- Chris Brown – organ (on 10)
- Dave Allen – fiddle (on 14)
- Bob Wiseman – accordion (on 14)
- The Suburban Tabernacle Choir: (Dave Allen,
Mike Barber,
Gregor Beresford,
Arlene Bishop,
Chris Brown,
Erica Buss,
Meryn Cadell,
Dave Clark, Andy Creeggan, Jim Creeggan, Naida Creeggan,
Matthew DeMatteo,
Kate Fenner,
Mike Ford, Murray Foster, Jian Ghomeshi, Gene Hardy, Natalie Herbert,
Shelley Hines, Sally Lee, David Matheson, Lewis Melville,
Jason Mercer,
Janet Morassutti,
Keith Nakonechy,
Blair Packham,
Jo-Anne Page, Matthew Page, Steven Page,
Steve Pitkin,
Jason Plumb,
Ed Robertson, Wilma Robertson,
Tannis Simmon, Tyler Stewart,
Earl Stokes,
Wayne Stokes, Martin Tielli, Tim Vesely,
Veteran Warhorse, Bob Wiseman) – vocals (on 14)
- Martin Tielli – guitar solo (on 15)
- Tim Watson – bagpipes (on 15)
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