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Maroon is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album. It went gold and platinum in the US on the same day in October 2000. It was released in 2000. Keyboardist Kevin Hearn was back from the hospital and cancer-free by then, thanks to a bone marrow transplant from his brother.
Well-known tracks from this album include "Pinch Me", "Too Little Too Late" and "Falling For the First Time."
Tracks recorded for this album but left off of the finished record include: "Powder Blue" (appears on the US "Pinch Me" single), "Inline Bowline" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single), "Born Human" (appears on the Aussie "Pinch Me" single, also appears on the new Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle album Night Light), "Half a Heart" (unreleased) and "Hidden Sun" (a truly touching song written by Kevin when he was in the hospital; appears as a hidden track on the "limited edition" version of Maroon after "Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel").
Track listing
- "Too Little Too Late" (Steven Page, Ed Robertson) - 3:24
- "Never Do Anything" (Page, Robertson) - 3:51
- "Pinch Me" (Page, Robertson) - 4:45
- "Go Home" (Page, Roberson) - 2:43
- "Falling for the First Time" (Page, Robertson) - 3:40
- "Conventioneers" (Page, Robertson) - 3:43
- "Sell Sell Sell" (Page, Robertson) - 4:01
- "The Humor of the Situation" (Page, Robertson) - 3:45
- "Baby Seat" (Stephen Duffy, Page) - 4:13
- "Off the Hook" (Page, Robertson) - 4:34
- "Helicopters" (Page, Robertson) - 4:33
- "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel" (Page, Robertson) - 8:51
Personnel
- Kevin Hearn - organ, synthesizer, piano, accordion, glockenspiel, electric piano, vocals, clavinet, handclapping, sampling
- Steven Page - acoustic guitar, flute, recorder, vocals, background vocals
- Ed Robertson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, vocals, 12 string guitar, handclapping, wah wah guitar, cabasa
- Jim Scott - handclapping, vocal (soprano)
- Tyler Stewart - castanets, drums, tambourine, bells, handclapping, tympani, cowbell, wah wah guitar
Production
- Producer: Don Was
- Engineer: Jim Scott
- Assistant engineer: Katy Teasdale
Charts
Album
| Year
| Chart
| Position
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| 2000
| The Billboard 200
| 5
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| 2000
| Top Canadian Albums
| 2
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| 2000
| Top Internet Albums
| 1
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Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
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| 2000
| "Pinch Me"
| Adult Top 40
| 2
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| 2000
| "Pinch Me"
| Modern Rock Tracks
| 30
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| 2000
| "Pinch Me"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 15
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| 2000
| "Pinch Me"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 17
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| 2000
| "Pinch Me"
| Top 40 Tracks
| 11
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| 2001
| "Falling for the First Time"
| Adult Top 40
| 11
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| 2001
| "Pinch Me"
| Top 40 Adult Recurrents
| 1
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| 2001
| "Too Little Too Late"
| Adult Top 40
| 13
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| 2001
| "Too Little Too Late"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 86
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| 2001
| "Too Little Too Late"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 40
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