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Entertainment Weekly

On their latest, Maroon, they've delivered that too rare musical commodity: a disc overflowing with potential hits.

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Wall of Sound

Maroon is BNL's grown-up album, still full of clever wordplay and winking couplets, but also dealing with dark and sometimes disarming matters of adulthood.

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MTV.com

An album far better than the last. It's full of clever, upbeat songs and comes close to blending the lyrical and melodic brilliance of their first album, Gordon, with the energy of their live album, Rock Spectacle.

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Sonicnet

A borderline adult-contemporary sound that's catchy and exuberant enough to gloss over the intermittently dark verse.

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Rolling Stone

But there are more moments when all-too-human messes lurk beneath the veneer of producer Don Was' perfect pop tracks, moments when the relentless sunniness of the music is pierced by sober themes (the last song, "Tonight Is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel," is a graphic account of car-wreck carnage) and dark, psychological-profile assessments. In turning the snarky level down a notch, Robertson and Page haven't sacrificed the band's good-time giddiness -- they've just opened things up a bit.

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All Music Guide

Maroon is simply charming. It's not outstanding, but the Barenaked Ladies do keep their self-defined whimsicality top-notch.

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Village Voice

Throughout Maroon, though, producer Don Was mercifully dispenses with mawkishness in favor of a theatrical approach tailored for arena consumption.

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Checkout.com

Unfortunately seems to lack that goofiness that had previously made them one of rock-and-roll's coolest nerd bands.

Q Magazine

En masse, Maroon's brisk acoustic rock settings and the hyperactive rush of words can still have you reaching for the skip button. But broken into bite-size chunks, its bitterly humorous dissection of the fumbling absurdities of modern life and death is not without pathos.

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Mojo

In a nutshell, if you liked the previous stuff, you'll like this... it has as much right to a place in the world as Huey Lewis and the News ever did.

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Billboard

Barenaked Ladies play it straight with mixed results...

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Spin

Buying the latests CD from a novelty act is like sitting on the same whoopee cushion twice. [Oct 2000, p.180]

New Musical Express

OK, here's some track titles - 'Too Little Too Late', 'Never Do Anything', 'Pinch Me' - and, guess what, THEY ALL FUCKING SUCK! Not just Weller, Ashcroft or Belle & Sebastian sucky but Mike & The Mechanics, Tin Machine and, yes, Hootie And The Blowfish sucky.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes

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Bill S gave it a9:
A stunningly good collection of mature, mellow, though-provoking songs. Move over One Week, this is BNL at their best.

Steph gave it a 9:
I don't really like "Never Do Anything" or "Sell Sell Sell" but I like the rest, especially "Falling for the First Time", "Helecoptors", and "Hidden Sun".

Sam P. gave it a 10:
This is shithot

Jenn T gave it a 10:
Barenaked Ladies really know how to write and perform music. This album is no exception. As a group they keep growing artistically, this provides an excellent chance for fans to follow along fulheartedly and wait to see what they come up with next. Way to go guys.

Jenn C. gave it a 10:
I thought that this was one of BNL's best albums! Tonight Is the Night I fell Asleep At The Wheel is an awsome song making death seem as a joke!

Natalie G gave it a 10:
I luved this cd from start to finish. BNL ROCKS!!!!

Allison B. gave it a 10:
BNL rocks!

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