Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me
A surprisingly mellow departure from standard BNL fare, Barenaked Ladies Are Me presents an interesting dilemma for a longtime fan like me. Roll with it, or resist? But wait! A second question arises; where are they going?
This latest album sounds very generic BNL. There are very few surprises among the songs, dissapointing in a BNL album. Now, none of it’s downright bad, I enjoyed the album for the greater part, but the days of ingenuitive pop and lyrics seem faded.
Maybe it’s because I loved “Everything to Everyone” so much. But the sprinkling of lackluster songs on this album make it hard to enjoy it completely without feeling a little let down at the end, a byproduct of songs like “Adrift” and “Home”.
There are a couple of shiny songs in there though. “Everything Had Changed” stands out as an interesting plunky tune, and “Sound of Your Voice” exemplifies some of the best traits of BNL’s sound.
“Wind It Up” finishes out the album with a sound… exactly like “Blue Rodeo”.
Overall, a good BNL album, but an unsure one, stuck in between where they’ve been and where they’re going.
December 14th, 2006 at 10:24 am
I agree with you…a good but not great album. I thought the first 3 or 4 songs were really great, but then they kind of trailed off from there. Well, I guess a few great songs are better than none. I really liked “Bank Job” a lot…it’s a good ol’ quirky BNL tune.