Grinning Streak

Grinning Streak is the tenth full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies (the ninth, if Barenaked Ladies Are Me and Are Men are considered as one double-album).[8] The album was released on June 4, 2013 on Vanguard Records. It is the band's first album on Vanguard.[9] The album is the band's second studio album since the departure of founding member Steven Page in February 2009. The album was recorded from February to April 2013 in separate sessions with Howie Beck, Gavin Brown, and possibly other producers (including Mark Endert and Greg Wells whose names were mentioned by the band as potentially working on the album). The first single, "Boomerang" was recorded in a separate session produced by Brown in May 2012, initially for release that summer.

Grinning Streak
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04)
Recorded	May 2012, February–April 2013
Studio	Noble Street Studios; Revolution Recording; Jimmy C's (Toronto, Ontario)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:46
Label	Vanguard
Producer	Howie Beck Gavin Brown
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before (2012) Grinning Streak (2013) The Long Weekend EP (2014)
Singles from Grinning Streak
"Boomerang" Released: March 26, 2013 "Odds Are" Released: July 14, 2013 "Did I Say That Out Loud?" Released: January 31, 2014

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Mojo	[3]
Montreal Gazette	[4]
Popmatters	[5]
Q	[6]
Uncut	[7]

Commercial performance

Grinning Streak debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week.[10] It is the band's highest position on the chart since their album Everything to Everyone also debuted at No. 10 in 2003. Grinning Streak also debuted at No. 12 on Canada's Top Album Chart, and No. 101 on the UK Albums Chart.[11] The album has sold 68,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.[12]

Released versions

Grinning Streak was released in CD and digital download format, as well as a vinyl edition, which was made available for sale only at the Last Summer on Earth 2013 shows. On August 20, 2013 it was made available for purchase on various online stores, such as Amazon.com.[13]

Versions with bonus tracks were released on the Canadian iTunes Store, and in a Target-exclusive version in the United States; the former including an extra remix not included in the latter.

On July 1, 2014, a new Grinning Streak Deluxe digital package was released in the United States including the three bonus tracks from the Target edition, along with three newly recorded acoustics. These new tracks were released in Canada on The Long Weekend EP.[14] Additionally, a live version of "Did I Say That Out Loud?" is included on The Long Weekend EP, but not on the Grinning Streak Deluxe digital package.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
1.	"Limits"	Ed Robertson	Robertson	4:28
2.	"Boomerang" (Bob Clearmountain Mix)	Zac Maloy, Robertson	Robertson	2:34
3.	"Off His Head"	Robertson	Robertson	4:10
4.	"Gonna Walk"	Kevin Griffin, Robertson	Robertson	2:40
5.	"Odds Are"	Griffin, Robertson	Robertson	3:02
6.	"Keepin' It Real"	Robertson	Robertson	3:31
7.	"Give It Back to You"	Robertson	Robertson	2:46
8.	"Best Damn Friend"	Robertson	Robertson	3:48
9.	"Did I Say That Out Loud?"	Griffin, Robertson	Robertson	2:28
10.	"Daydreamin'"	Kevin Hearn	Hearn	5:45
11.	"Smile"	Robertson	Robertson	2:26
12.	"Crawl"	Robertson	Robertson	6:47

Canadian iTunes bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
13.	"Blacking Out"	Ian LeFeuvre, Robertson	Robertson	4:09
14.	"Fog of Writing"	Robertson	Robertson	5:13
15.	"Who Knew?"	Jim Creeggan	Creeggan	3:12
16.	"Boomerang" (Mark Endert Mix)	Maloy, Robertson	Robertson	2:45

Target bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
13.	"Blacking Out"	LeFeuvre, Robertson	Robertson	4:09
14.	"Fog of Writing"	Robertson	Robertson	5:13
15.	"Who Knew?"	Creeggan	Creeggan	3:12

Grinning Streak Deluxe (2014)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
13.	"Blacking Out"	LeFeuvre, Robertson	Robertson	4:09
14.	"Fog of Writing"	Robertson	Robertson	5:13
15.	"Who Knew?"	Creeggan	Creeggan	3:12
16.	"Odds Are" (acoustic)	Griffin, Robertson	Robertson	3:06
17.	"Smile" (acoustic)	Robertson	Robertson	2:36
18.	"Blame It On Me" (acoustic)	Steven Page, Robertson	Robertson	4:44

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies are:

• Jim Creeggan – double bass, electric bass, background vocals, lead vocals on "Who Knew?" (bonus deluxe edition only)
• Kevin Hearn – lead vocals on "Daydreaming", piano, synthesizers, keyboards, celeste, accordion, melodica, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo, background vocals
• Ed Robertson – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Magnus air organ, background vocals
• Tyler Stewart – drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional Musicians consist of:

• Gavin Brown – programming
• John Scholz – trenchwork
• Chris Stapleton – starring as being Stapes
• Nora Patterson of Royal Teeth – background vocals on "Odds Are"

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2013	Canadian Albums	12[15]
2013	Billboard 200	10[16]
2013	Digital Albums	4[17]
2013	Rock Albums	5[18]
2013	Top Album Sales	10[19]

References

1. "Grinning Streak by Barenaked Ladies". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
2. Collar, Matt. "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
3. "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Mojo: 88. September 2013.
4. Perusse, Bernard (31 May 2013). "New music review: Grinning Streak, Barenaked Ladies (Warner Music Canada)". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
5. Conaton, Chris (20 June 2013). "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak". Popmatters. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
6. "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Q: 94. August 2013.
7. "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Uncut: 67. August 2013.
8. "Grinning Streak: Barenaked Ladies: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
9. "Grinning Streak – Barenaked Ladies : Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
10. "Queens of the Stone Age Get First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
11. https://musiccanada.com/Top20Album.aspx?scid=64538
12. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
13. https://www.amazon.com/Grinning-Streak-Barenaked-Ladies/dp/B00DUGPDSA/ref=tmm_vnl_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1377549344&sr=8-1
14. Barenaked Ladies News post, May 28, 2014 (accessed May 28, 2014)
15. http://www.billboard.com/music/barenaked-ladies/chart-history/canadian-albums
16. http://www.billboard.com/music/barenaked-ladies/chart-history/billboard-200
17. http://www.billboard.com/music/barenaked-ladies/chart-history/digital-albums
18. http://www.billboard.com/music/barenaked-ladies/chart-history/rock-albums
19. http://www.billboard.com/music/barenaked-ladies/chart-history/top-album-sales