Sevens the Easy Way (series)

Born on a Pirate Ship

Product Description:

This is an enhanced audio disc which contains both regular audio tracks and multimerdia computer files.

Barenaked Ladies: Jim Creeggan (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, fiddle, piano, electric double bass, percussion); Ed Robertson (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, pedal steel guitar, bass, cowbell); Steven Page (vocals, electric guitar, piano, percussion); Tyler Stewart (piano, vibraphone, drums, xylophone, shaker, tambourine, percussion, background vocals).

Additional personnel includes: Coleman Beaver (vocals); Stoney Park Pow-Wow Singers (vocals, drums); Robin Billinton (guitar, piano); Mark Fewer (violin); Hugh Marsh (fiddle); Max Mandel, Anthony Rapoport (viola); Mary-Katherine Finch (cello); Carolyn Ricketts (flute, piccolo); Rob Carli (alto saxophone); Gene Hardy (tenor saxophone); Tony Walsh (trombone); Murray McLaughlan (harmonica); Chris Brown (organ); Michael Phillip Wojewoda (tambourine, background vocals); John Millard (background vocals).

Producers: Michael Phillip Wojewoda, Barenaked Ladies.

Recorded at The Gas Station, Reaction Studios and Manta Eastern, Toronto, Canada between April and July 1995 and Right Tracks Studio, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

After releasing a somewhat somber second effort, the Barenaked Ladies returned with BORN ON A PIRATE SHIP, an album that balanced the Barenaked Ladies' desire to explore serious lyrical concerns with the wit and exuberance that characterized their acclaimed debut album. This disc brims with bold melodies and clever lyrics that range from thoughtful pop-rock like "When I Fall" and "Same Thing," to the quirky radio hits "Shoe Box," and "The Old Apartment"--a dark, humorous song about post breakup obsession.

Due to the departure of the band's keyboardist, this is less piano-oriented than their previous efforts, which gives vocalist/guitarist Ed Robinson ample opportunity to fill in the sound with a variety of guitar textures. A welcome return to form after the moody MAYBE YOU SHOULD DRIVE, BORN ON A PIRATE SHIP established a winning formula that would earn the group international fame with their 1998 album STUNT.