Barenaked Ladies Are Me

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Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	September 12, 2006
Recorded	October 17–November 20, 2005 (Beds) February 5–April 28, 2006 (Overdubs) May 2006 (Mixing) at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:47
Label	Desperation
Producer	Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies chronology
As You Like It (2005) Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006) Extended Versions (2006)

Barenaked Ladies Are Me is the seventh full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies. It was their first original-material album since Everything to Everyone in 2003. It was released in September 2006 internationally. The album was also the first full-length original-material album from the band following their decision to become independent rather than re-sign with Reprise. The cover art was created by a group of artists called Team Macho. The name has been cited by the band ^{[citation needed]} as a double entendre for "Barenaked Ladies Army".

Due to the diversity and wealth of content recorded for the album, the release of the material from the Are Me sessions became more complicated than for earlier albums. The band recorded 29 songs during the sessions but the primary physical release of Barenaked Ladies Are Me is a 13-track CD. Five months after the release of Are Me, a second primary physical album, Barenaked Ladies Are Men, was released, and included the remaining 16 songs from the same sessions. However, the line between these two releases was blurred by a series of additional releases which included songs from both releases in a variety of groupings. Thus, the entire 29-song collection could be considered the band's seventh full-length original-material studio album in its own right, or as both its seventh and eighth, taking Are Me and Are Men separately.