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Grinning Streak

Studio album by

Barenaked Ladies

Released

4 June 2013

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: 26 March 2013
"Odds Are"
Released: 14 July 2013
"Did I Say That Out Loud?"
Released: 31 January 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]

Grinning Streak is the tenth full-length original-material studio album by Barenaked Ladies,^[8] released on 4 June 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 February–April 2013 in separate sessions with Howie Beck and Gavin Brown The first single, "Boomerang" was recorded in a separate session produced by Brown in May 2012, initially for release that summer.

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 at the Last Summer on Earth 2013 shows.^[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 1 July 2014, a new Grinning Streak Deluxe digital package was released in the U.S.s 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

All tracks are written by Ed Robertson, except where noted

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

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

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

*Grinning Streak* Deluxe (2014)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocal(s)	Length
13.	"Blacking Out"	Ed Robertson Ian LeFeuvre	Ed Robertson	4:09
14.	"Fog of Writing"		Ed Robertson	5:13
15.	"Who Knew?"	Jim Creeggan	Jim Creeggan	3:12
16.	"Odds Are" (acoustic)	Ed Robertson Kevin Griffin	Ed Robertson	3:06
17.	"Smile" (acoustic)		Ed Robertson	2:36
18.	"Blame It On Me" (acoustic)	Steven Page Ed Robertson	Ed Robertson	4:44

Personnel

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

Additional:

Gavin Brown – programming
John Scholz – trenchwork
Chris Stapleton – starring as being Stapes
Nora Patterson – background vocals ("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

^ "Grinning Streak by Barenaked Ladies". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ Collar, Matt. "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Mojo: 88. September 2013.
^ Perusse, Bernard (31 May 2013). "New music review: Grinning Streak, Barenaked Ladies (Warner Music Canada)". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ Conaton, Chris (20 June 2013). "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak". Popmatters. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Q: 94. August 2013.
^ "Barenaked Ladies: Grinning Streak Review". Uncut: 67. August 2013.
^ "Grinning Streak: Barenaked Ladies: Music". Amazon. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ "Grinning Streak – Barenaked Ladies : Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ "Queens of the Stone Age Get First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
^ https://musiccanada.com/Top20Album.aspx?scid=64538
^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015.
^ "Grinning Streak". Amazon.
^ Barenaked Ladies News post, May 28, 2014 (accessed May 28, 2014)
^ "Barenaked Ladies". Billboard.
^ "Barenaked Ladies". Billboard.
^ "Barenaked Ladies". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017.
^ "Barenaked Ladies". Billboard.
^ "Barenaked Ladies". Billboard.

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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 Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions Fake Nudes Detour de Force
Live albums	Rock Spectacle Talk to the Hand: Live in Michigan BNL Rocks Red Rocks
EPs	Shoe Box EP Everything Acoustic Barenaked For Hanukkah The Long Weekend EP Fake Nudes: Naked
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	"Lovers in a Dangerous Time" "Be My Yoko Ono" "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" "Pinch Me" "Too Little Too Late" "Falling for the First Time" "Thanks That Was Fun" "Another Postcard" "Testing 1,2,3" "For You" "Celebrity" "Maybe Katie" "Easy" "Wind It Up" "You Run Away" "Every Subway Car" "Boomerang" "Odds Are" "Did I Say That Out Loud?" "Say What You Want" "Silverball" "Duct Tape Heart" "Lookin' Up" "Bringing It Home" "Navigate" "Flip" "New Disaster" "Good Life"
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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