Silverball (album)

Silverball is the eleventh full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies. The album was released on June 2, 2015.^[2] The album is the band's third studio album since the departure of founding member Steven Page in February 2009. The album was recorded in late 2014 and early 2015 with producer Gavin Brown. "Matter of Time", a song from the album, was a digital pre-release give-away to ticketbuyers of the band's Last Summer On Earth 2015 tour.

The cover art for the album, which shares a name with one of its songs, apparently depicts a pinball sitting on a pinball table surface, reflecting the darkened figure of a man playing. Lead singer and guitarist Ed Robertson, an acknowledged longtime video game fanatic turned his interest towards pinball in the 2010s, amassing a collection of machines.

The lead single from the album, "Say What You Want", was made available for streaming on April 27, 2015,^[3] then for digital download the following day.^[4]

On May 4, 2015, a video for the title track, "Silverball", was released as a thank you from Robertson to the community of the pinball website Pinside.com for their technical assistance with his pinball machines as well as the experience he has had as a part of the community.^[5] ^[6] It was released for digital download the following day. ^[7]

For a limited time, Best Buy offered a retailer-exclusive edition of the album in the United States including "Counting Down" and "Fall Back On", two songs which were initially cut from the album. ^[8] Both songs are exclusive to Spotify in Canada, who also offer a track-by-track commentary by the band for the album.

In Canada, the album debuted with 4,000 copies sold in its first week of release.^[9]

A lyric video for the second single, "Duct Tape Heart", was released July 10, 2015. ^[10]

The album was released on vinyl July 31, 2015. ^[11]

The proper music video for "Duct Tape Heart", containing live footage of the band's performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on the Last Summer On Earth 2015 tour, was released on October 19, 2015 to coincide with the start of the Canadian leg of the Silverball tour. ^[12]

BNL Rocks Red Rocks, a live album recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre during the touring for Silverball, is set to be released May 20, 2016. ^[13] ^[14]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[15]
Glide Magazine	^[16]
The Muse	(A) ^[17]
PopMatters	^[18]
Renowned for Sound	^[19]
Sputnikmusic	^[20]

The album has received mostly positive reviews. ^[21] ^[22] ^[23]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
1.	"Get Back Up"	Ed Robertson/Kevin Griffin	Robertson	3:02
2.	"Here Before"	Robertson	Robertson	3:55
3.	"Matter of Time"	Robertson	Robertson	3:36
4.	"Duct Tape Heart"	Robertson/Griffin	Robertson	3:03
5.	"Say What You Want"	Robertson	Robertson	3:35
6.	"Passcode"	Kevin Hearn	Hearn	2:35
7.	"Hold My Hand"	Robertson	Robertson	3:59
8.	"Narrow Streets"	Jim Creeggan	Creeggan	2:55
9.	"Toe to Toe"	Robertson	Robertson	3:16
10.	"Piece Of Cake"	Robertson	Robertson	3:24
11.	"Globetrot"	Robertson	Robertson	3:28
12.	"Silverball"	Robertson	Robertson	4:36
13.	"Tired Of Fighting With You"	Hearn	Hearn	3:46
Total length:				45:10

Silverball Best Buy Exclusive (2015)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
14.	"Counting Down"	Robertson	Robertson	3:27
15.	"Fall Back On"	Robertson	Robertson	3:24

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies:

Jim Creeggan - Electric bass, background vocals, lead vocal on "Narrow Streets"
Kevin Hearn - Piano, synthesizers, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals, lead vocal on "Passcode" and "Tired of Fighting With You"
Ed Robertson - Lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, background vocals
Tyler Stewart - Drums, percussion, mouth guitar, background vocals

Additional Musicians consist of:

Lyle Herbert-Robertson - Electric guitar solo on "Piece of Cake"
Hugh Marsh - Electric violin on "Duct Tape Heart", "Matter of Time", "Piece of Cake" and "Tired of Fighting With You"
Perry White - Saxophone on "Passcode"

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2015	Canadian Albums	3 ^[24]
2015	Billboard 200	46 ^[25]
2015	Digital Albums	13 ^[26]
2015	Independent Albums	5 ^[27]
2015	Rock Albums	5 ^[28]

References

Barenaked Ladies

Jim Creeggan Kevin Hearn Ed Robertson Tyler Stewart Andy Creeggan Steven Page

Studio albums	Gordon Maybe You Should Drive Born on a Pirate Ship Stunt Maroon Everything to Everyone Barenaked for the Holidays As You Like It Barenaked Ladies Are Me Barenaked Ladies Are Men Snacktime! All in Good Time Grinning Streak Silverball

Live albums	Rock Spectacle Extended Versions Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan BNL Rocks Red Rocks

Compilation albums	Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits (1991–2001) Hits from Yesterday & the Day Before Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before

DVDs	Barenaked in America Barelaked Nadies Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan

Singles	"Be My Yoko Ono" "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" "Enid" "What a Good Boy" "Brian Wilson" "If I Had $1000000" "Jane" "Alternative Girlfriend" "Shoe Box" "The Old Apartment" "One Week" "It's All Been Done" "Call and Answer" "Get in Line" "Alcohol" "Pinch Me" "Too Little Too Late" "Falling for the First Time" "Another Postcard" "Celebrity" "One Little Slip" "You Run Away" "Every Subway Car" "Boomerang" "Odds Are" "Say What You Want" "Duct Tape Heart"

Concert tours	Au Naturale Tour

Side projects	The Brothers Creeggan Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle The Vanity Project Yukon Kornelius

Related articles	Discography Chris Brown Greg Kurstin Barenaked on a Stick Demo tapes Barenaked Ladies Public Stunts Private Stories

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