Stunt (album)

Stunt
Studio album by
Barenaked Ladies
ReleasedJuly 7, 1998 (1998-07-07)
Studio
  • Arlyn (Austin, Texas)
  • Phase One (Scarborough, Ontario)
Genre
Length51:17
LabelReprise
Producer
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Rock Spectacle
(1996) 		Stunt
(1998) 		Maroon
(2000)
Singles from Stunt
  1. "One Week"
    Released: September 15, 1998[3]
  2. "It's All Been Done"
    Released: December 16, 1998[4]
  3. "Call and Answer"
    Released: July 13, 1999
  4. "Alcohol"
    Released: 1999
  5. "Told You So"
    Released: 1999 (cassette)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
NME1/10[8]
Paste7.4/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Sputnikmusic[1]

Stunt is the fourth full-length studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies. Their most successful album, it entered the US charts at No. 3 and sold over 4 million units by the end of its chart run. Its first single, "One Week" became the band's breakthrough single in the US market by hitting No. 1 (selling over 5 million copies). The song also reached No. 5 in the UK, and helped revitalize their career in the band's home country of Canada, where their fame had diminished since the days of their debut album Gordon. In addition, follow-up singles "It's All Been Done", "Alcohol" and "Call and Answer" were each successful to some degree.

Stunt is the first studio album to feature keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Hearn, who originally joined the band for the Born on a Pirate Ship tour in 1995. Shortly after the release of the album, Hearn was diagnosed with leukemia. He spent the Stunt tour receiving chemotherapy and was replaced by Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin in the interim.

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  2. ^ Wilhelm, Rich (September 11, 2020). "20 Years Ago Barenaked Ladies Found Maturity with 'Maroon', PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Sandiford-Waller, Theda (September 19, 1998). "Hot 100 Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 38. p. 105. After it arrives at retail Tuesday (15), expect Barenaked Ladies' 'One Week'...
  4. ^ "イッツ・オール・ビー・ダン | ベアネイキッド・レディース" [It's All Been Done | Barenaked Ladies] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  5. ^ Stunt at AllMusic
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  7. ^ "Top Pop Albums". Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1998.
  8. ^ "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt (Reprise)". NME. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ Salmon, Ben (July 10, 2018). "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt: 20th Anniversary Edition Review". Paste. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. ^ "Barenaked Ladies: Stunt : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. April 12, 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Barenaked Ladies". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 44–45. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.