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Everything To Everyone

Everything to Everyone
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone.jpg
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies
Released October 21, 2003
Recorded April–June 2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length 50:40
60:55 (LE)
Label Reprise
Producer Ron Aniello
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits
(2001)
Everything to Everyone
(2003)
Barenaked for the Holidays
(2004)
Singles from Everything to Everyone
  1. "Another Postcard"
    Released: September 3, 2003
  2. "Testing 1,2,3"
    Released: February 2004
  3. "For You"
    Released: 2004
  4. "Celebrity"
    Released: July 13, 2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 56/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars
Consequence of Sound 5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars

Everything to Everyone (commonly abbreviated E2E) is the sixth full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies. It was released in 2003 and was produced by Ron Aniello. Singles from the album include "Another Postcard", "Testing 1, 2, 3", "For You", "Celebrity" and "Maybe Katie". The content of the album is noted for its increased political commentary over previous albums.

After recording and touring incessantly from 1992 until 2001, Barenaked Ladies opted to take some time off for 2002 and most of 2003. It was the first serious hiatus for the band since their inception. Upon returning to the recording studio to being recording what would become Everything to Everyone, BNL adopted a new policy of keeping the writing exclusively within the band members. This resulted in increased contribution from Jim Creeggan and Kevin Hearn, and the band ended up recording more songs than usual (which in turn resulted in a 14 song album plus a bonus track). The album was recorded in Los Angeles, and was the first album the band recorded following the inception of their online blog. This allowed the band to communicate with their fans on a continual basis during the recording, and gave additional insight into the creative process.

The band took to the facility's B-studio near the end of the recording to record versions of the album's songs on acoustic instruments. This was quickly set up, and drummer Tyler Stewart ended up using a drum kit assembled from various unusual objects. The band performed eleven songs which comprised the entire released album except for "Shopping", "Unfinished", "War on Drugs" and the bonus track "Yes!, Yes!!, Yes!!!". This acoustic session proved successful, and a similar performance would be undertaken for their next album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me (abbreviated as BLAM).

The album's cover was painted by Canadian Chris Woods, and depicts the band in profile displaying a white flag of surrender. The title text was displayed over the flag, though to preserve the meaning of the white flag, the album title was not printed on the cover itself. It was instead placed as a sticker on the transparent wrapping, and was "flat", not wavy to match the flag's contours. For the special edition, the title was on the clear plastic sleeve, and matched the flag's waves. The original painting, a 60" x 60" oil on canvas, reportedly hangs at Page's farmhouse studio, Fresh Baked Woods.


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