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Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions
Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions
Released	April 14, 2017
Recorded	October 23–24, 2016
Length	49:35
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Gavin Brown
Barenaked Ladies chronology
The Persuasions chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Digital Journal	A^[2]
The Washington Times	Positive^[3]

Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions is a collaborative album between Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies and New York a cappella group The Persuasions.^[4] The album was released on April 14, 2017.^[5] The album consists of fourteen re-worked songs from Barenaked Ladies' back catalog, plus a cover of The Persuasions' song "Good Times".

Production

After playing two songs together in New York City on the Last Summer on Earth 2016 tour, both parties agreed that they would like to collaborate.^[6] This resulted in a two-day session from October 23 to 24, with Gavin Brown producing, at Noble Street Studios in Toronto.^[7]^[8] The album was made available for pre-order on March 10, 2017. Pre-orders of the album came with an instant download of "Don't Shuffle Me Back", "The Old Apartment", "Keepin' It Real" and "Odds Are".^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Narrow Streets"	Jim Creeggan	Creeggan	2:31
2.	"Gonna Walk"	Kevin Griffin/Ed Robertson	Robertson	2:40
3.	"Don't Shuffle Me Back"	Kevin Hearn	Jimmy Hayes/Hearn	3:16
4.	"The Old Apartment"	Steven Page/Robertson	Clifford Dawson	3:13
5.	"Keepin' it Real"	Robertson	Robertson	4:11
6.	"For You"	Page/Robertson	Robertson	3:46
7.	"Some Fantastic"	Page/Robertson	Dave Revels/Robertson	4:33
8.	"Good Times"	Ted Daryll/Robertson	Revels/Robertson	4:01
9.	"Odds Are"	Griffin/Robertson	Robertson	3:09
10.	"Sound of Your Voice"	Hearn	Dawson/Hearn	2:47
11.	"When I Fall"	Page/Robertson	Robertson	4:05
12.	"Maybe Katie"	Creeggan/Page/Robertson	Creeggan/The Persuasions/Robertson	3:07
13.	"One Week"	Robertson	The Persuasions/Robertson	3:08
14.	"Four Seconds"	Ian LeFeuvre/Robertson	The Persuasions/Robertson	2:50
15.	"I Can Sing"	Robertson	Robertson	2:17

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies

Jim Creeggan – bass, background vocals, lead vocal on "Narrow Streets" and "Maybe Katie"
Kevin Hearn – piano, synthesizers, acoustic and electrics guitars, background vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Shuffle Me Back" and "Sound of Your Voice"
Ed Robertson – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals
Tyler Stewart – drums, background vocals

The Persuasions

Jimmy Hayes – bass vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Shuffle Me Back"
Jayotis Washington – baritone vocals
Dave Revels – lead vocal on "Some Fantastic" and "Good Times"
Clifford Dawson – 2nd tenor vocals, lead vocal on "The Old Apartment" and "Sound of Your Voice"
Raymond Sanders – 1st tenor vocals
Samuel White – baritone vocals

Production