Silverball (album)
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| Studio album by Barenaked Ladies | ||||
| Released | June 2, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | December 2014 – February 2015 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:10 | |||
| Label | Vanguard Records | |||
| Producer | Gavin Brown | |||
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| The Muse | (A) |
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Silverball is the eleventh full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies. The album was released on June 2, 2015. 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.
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. Both songs are exclusive to Spotify in Canada, who also offer a track-by-track commentary by the band for the album.
The album was released on vinyl on July 31, 2015.BNL Rocks Red Rocks, a live album recorded at Red Rocks Amphitheatre during the tour for Silverball, was released May 20, 2016.
The album has received mostly positive reviews.
In Canada, the album debuted with 4,000 copies sold in its first week of release.
In the United States, the album debuted at No. 46 on the Billboard 200, and No. 5 on Top Rock Albums chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 28,000 copies in the United States as of April 2016.
The lead single from the album, "Say What You Want", was made available for streaming on April 27, 2015, then for digital download the following day.
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. It was released for digital download the following day.
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