Bargainville
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Bargainville was a 1993 (see 1993 in music
) album
by Canadian
band Moxy Früvous
, their first major-label
release. This disc's subject matter is divided between comedy
and serious personal, social, and ecological
issues.
Bargainville was released on July 20, 1993 in Canada by Warner Music Canada
and on February 8, 1994 in the US by WEA/Atlantic Records
.
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....
) album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
band Moxy Früvous
Moxy Früvous
Moxy Früvous was a politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The band was founded in 1989, and was active throughout the 1990s...
, their first major-label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
release. This disc's subject matter is divided between comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
and serious personal, social, and ecological
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
issues.
Bargainville was released on July 20, 1993 in Canada by Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd...
and on February 8, 1994 in the US by WEA/Atlantic Records
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
.
Track listing
- "River Valley" – 3:24
- "Stuck in the 90's" – 4:26
- "B.J. Don't Cry" – 3:19
- "Video Bargainville" – 4:15
- "Fell in Love" – 4:24
- "The Lazy Boy" – 3:14
- "My Baby Loves a Bunch of AuthorsMy Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors"My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" is a song by Canadian pop group Moxy Früvous. It was written for the CBC Radio show Later the Same Day, as a comment on a Toronto literary festival. It mentions famous authors, many Canadian....
" – 2:33 - "The Drinking Song" – 5:07
- "Morphée" – 2:13
- "King of SpainKing of Spain (song)"King of Spain" is a song by Canadian musical group Moxy Früvous, and was the second independent song to hit number one in Canada, after The Barenaked Ladies' "Be My Yoko Ono"....
" – 2:58 - "Darlington Darling" – 3:36
- "Bittersweet" – 3:25
- "Laika" – 2:53
- "Spiderman" – 1:44
- "Gulf War Song" – 4:02