Everything to Everyone
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Everything to Everyone (commonly abbreviated E2E) is the sixth full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies
. It was released in 2003 and was produced by Ron Aniello. Singles from the album include "Another Postcard
", "Testing 1, 2, 3", "For You", "Celebrity" and "Maybe Katie". The content of the album is noted for its increased political commentary over previous albums.
and Kevin Hearn
, and the band ended up recording more songs than usual (which in turn resulted in a 14 song album plus a bonus track). The album was recorded in Los Angeles
, and was the first album the band recorded following the inception of their online blog
. This allowed the band to communicate with their fans on a continual basis during the recording, and gave additional insight into the creative process.
The band took to the facility's B-studio near the end of the recording to record versions of the album's songs on acoustic instruments. This was quickly setup, and drummer Tyler Stewart
ended up using a drum kit assembled from various unusual objects. The band performed eleven songs which comprised the entire released album except for "Shopping", "Unfinished", "War on Drugs" and the bonus track "Yes!, Yes!!, Yes!!!". This acoustic session proved successful, and a similar performance would be undertaken for their next album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me
(abbreviated as BLAM).
The album's cover was painted by Canadian Chris Woods, and depicts the band in profile displaying a white flag of surrender. The title text was displayed over the flag, though to preserve the meaning of the white flag, the album title was not printed on the cover itself. It was instead placed as a sticker on the transparent wrapping, and was "flat", not wavy to match the flag's contours. For the special edition, the title was on the clear plastic sleeve, and matched the flag's waves. The original painting, a 60" x 60" oil on canvas, reportedly hangs at Page's farmhouse studio, Fresh Baked Woods.
Tracks recorded but not included on the album:
As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Sign Me Up", completely naked.
The album's first single was "Another Postcard", which many fans perceived as an attempt by the record company to repeat, or capitalize on the success of the leadoff singles from the previous albums ("One Week" from Stunt
, and "Pinch Me
" from Maroon) which both had similar rap-based vocals. Though the band appeared on a number of major U.S.
talk shows to promote it, the single was not significantly successful. The band coincided the album release with a U.S. tour called the Peepshow tour, which was not a typical promotional tour for the band, and was seen as being somewhat geared towards the band's biggest fans, rather than promoting the album to casual fans. Everything To Everyone debuted in the Canadian and US Top 10, but dropped fairly quickly down the charts. At the time it was only the band's second album to have not at least been certified Gold in the US, along with 1994's Maybe You Should Drive
.
The album's second single, "Testing 1,2,3" was released early in 2004 with its own music video
, and coincided with a more traditional arena tour. A different single, "Maybe Katie" was released to radio in Canada. The album, however, did not see a significant resurgence in sales.
A third single, "For You" was released on a single with the album version, and a live version from Glasgow
, Scotland
, but did not receive a video. The song received little airplay. In the UK, "Celebrity" was released as a radio and commercial single.
releases that were test marketed in two cities: Boston and Seattle. It has the standard CD album on one side, and bonus DVD material on the second side.
The DualDisc version was never reissued after the very limited test market run.
Additional personnel
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
. It was released in 2003 and was produced by Ron Aniello. Singles from the album include "Another Postcard
Another Postcard
"Another Postcard" is a song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It was the band's first single from the album Everything to Everyone, which was released after the band took a nearly two-year hiatus from performing. The song is notable for its reggae-rap verses, somewhat evocative of Canadian...
", "Testing 1, 2, 3", "For You", "Celebrity" and "Maybe Katie". The content of the album is noted for its increased political commentary over previous albums.
Creative process
After recording and touring incessantly from 1992 until 2001, Barenaked Ladies opted to take some time off for 2002 and most of 2003. It was the first serious hiatus for the band since their inception. Upon returning to the recording studio to being recording what would become Everything to Everyone, BNL adopted a new policy of keeping the writing exclusively within the band members. This resulted in increased contribution from Jim CreegganJim Creeggan
James Raymond Creeggan, better known as Jim Creeggan , is the bassist for Canadian band Barenaked Ladies...
and Kevin Hearn
Kevin Hearn
Kevin Neil Hearn is a Canadian musician who is currently the keyboardist of Barenaked Ladies and his own group, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. He is also a former member of Rheostatics.-Early life:...
, and the band ended up recording more songs than usual (which in turn resulted in a 14 song album plus a bonus track). The album was recorded in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, and was the first album the band recorded following the inception of their online blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
. This allowed the band to communicate with their fans on a continual basis during the recording, and gave additional insight into the creative process.
The band took to the facility's B-studio near the end of the recording to record versions of the album's songs on acoustic instruments. This was quickly setup, and drummer Tyler Stewart
Tyler Stewart
Tyler Joseph Stewart is the drummer for the Canadian music group Barenaked Ladies. He was the last of the original five Barenaked Ladies to join the band.-Role in Barenaked Ladies:...
ended up using a drum kit assembled from various unusual objects. The band performed eleven songs which comprised the entire released album except for "Shopping", "Unfinished", "War on Drugs" and the bonus track "Yes!, Yes!!, Yes!!!". This acoustic session proved successful, and a similar performance would be undertaken for their next album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Barenaked Ladies Are Me
Barenaked Ladies Are Me is the seventh full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies. It was their first original-material album since 2003's Everything to Everyone. It was released in September 2006 internationally...
(abbreviated as BLAM).
The album's cover was painted by Canadian Chris Woods, and depicts the band in profile displaying a white flag of surrender. The title text was displayed over the flag, though to preserve the meaning of the white flag, the album title was not printed on the cover itself. It was instead placed as a sticker on the transparent wrapping, and was "flat", not wavy to match the flag's contours. For the special edition, the title was on the clear plastic sleeve, and matched the flag's waves. The original painting, a 60" x 60" oil on canvas, reportedly hangs at Page's farmhouse studio, Fresh Baked Woods.
Tracks recorded but not included on the album:
- "Statue of Los Angeles" (unreleased) - a Hearn song; released on his album The Miracle MileThe Miracle MileThe Miracle Mile is the third album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. It was released in Canada and July 11, 2006. The first single from the album will be "In The Country". This is the band's first album on the Warner Music Canada label...
- "Sign Me Up" (unreleased) - described as "basically us swearing our heads off for six minutes"
- "Adrift" (re-recorded for BLAM)
- "What a Let Down" (re-recorded for BLAM)
- "I Can, I Will, I Do" (previously recorded on Disc One, and re-recorded for BLAM; appears on iTunes Originals - Barenaked Ladies).
- "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!" (bonus track on the special edition's DVD, and b-side on the UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
single for "Celebrity")
As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Sign Me Up", completely naked.
Release
The album was released in three versions:- The standard 14-track album
- A limited edition, marked with a sticker, that contained three bonus tracks from the acoustic session
- A special edition in a threefold digipack with plastic sleeve; with the standard CD, and a bonus DVD labeled Everything Else (containing DVD-Audio of the album including bonus track "Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!", and both video and stereo-audio forms of the acoustic show, and several video clips from the recording studio)
The album's first single was "Another Postcard", which many fans perceived as an attempt by the record company to repeat, or capitalize on the success of the leadoff singles from the previous albums ("One Week" from Stunt
Stunt (album)
Stunt is the fourth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. By far their most successful album, it entered the US charts at #3 and sold over 4 million units by the end of its chart run. Its first single, "One Week" would become the band's breakthrough single in the U.S. market by hitting #1...
, and "Pinch Me
Pinch Me
"Pinch Me" is the title of a song by the Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It was released in August 2000 as the first single from their 2000 album, Maroon, which was a follow-up to their hit album, Stunt. As such, "Pinch Me" is often regarded as an attempted follow-up to the hit single "One Week"...
" from Maroon) which both had similar rap-based vocals. Though the band appeared on a number of major U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
talk shows to promote it, the single was not significantly successful. The band coincided the album release with a U.S. tour called the Peepshow tour, which was not a typical promotional tour for the band, and was seen as being somewhat geared towards the band's biggest fans, rather than promoting the album to casual fans. Everything To Everyone debuted in the Canadian and US Top 10, but dropped fairly quickly down the charts. At the time it was only the band's second album to have not at least been certified Gold in the US, along with 1994's Maybe You Should Drive
Maybe You Should Drive
- Singles :* "Jane"** Released: 1994** Formats: CD, cassette* "Alternative Girlfriend"** Released: 1995** Formats: CD- Charts :Album...
.
The album's second single, "Testing 1,2,3" was released early in 2004 with its own music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, and coincided with a more traditional arena tour. A different single, "Maybe Katie" was released to radio in Canada. The album, however, did not see a significant resurgence in sales.
A third single, "For You" was released on a single with the album version, and a live version from Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, but did not receive a video. The song received little airplay. In the UK, "Celebrity" was released as a radio and commercial single.
DualDisc version
This album was included among a group of 15 DualDiscDualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...
releases that were test marketed in two cities: Boston and Seattle. It has the standard CD album on one side, and bonus DVD material on the second side.
The DualDisc version was never reissued after the very limited test market run.
Track listing
† bonus track on Limited Edition releasePersonnel
Barenaked Ladies- Jim Creeggan - electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2... - Kevin Hearn - organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
, acoustic guitarSteel-string acoustic guitarA steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocals, saw, vibraphoneVibraphoneThe vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family.... - Steven Page - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Ed Robertson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals
- Tyler Stewart - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals
Additional personnel
- Ron Aniello - banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, percussion, electric guitar - Charlie BisharatCharlie BisharatCharlie Bisharat is a Grammy-winning violinistwho has extensively toured and/or recorded with numerous artists. He was a member of Shadowfax who won a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for Folksongs for a Nuclear Village...
- violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello.... - Blue Man GroupBlue Man GroupBlue Man Group is an organization founded by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton. The organization produces theatrical shows and concerts featuring popular music, comedy and multimedia; recorded music and scores for film and television; television appearances for shows such as The Tonight...
(Chris Bowen, Matt Goldman, Brian Scott, Phil Stanton, Chris Wink) - percussion - Larry Corbett - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Joel Derouin - violin
- Yvonne Gallegos - vocals
- Annabelle Hill - choir
- Chris Wonzer - choir
- Roberto "Tiny" Menegoni - percussion
Production
- Producer: Ron Aniello
- Engineers: Tim Oberthier, Clint Roth, Eric Sarafin, Ed Thacker
- Assistant engineers: Daniel Kresco, Brian Wohlgemuth, Chris Wonzer
- Mixing: Mike Shipley
- Mastering: Bob Ludwig
- Digital Editing: Clint Roth
- A&R: Jeffrey Aldrich
- String arrangements: Jim Creeggan
- String contractor: Suzie Katayama
- Design: Stephen Walker
- Collage: Phil Mucci
- Photography: Phil Mucci
- Cover painting: Chris Woods
- Office coordinator: Jonathan Abrams