Buck Naked

Infobox Album |
Name = Buck Naked
Type = demo
Artist = Barenaked Ladies


Released = 1988-1989
Recorded = 1988-1989
Genre = Indie rock
Folk rock Lo-fi
Label = John King Artist Consultants
Length = ??:??
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Buck Naked" (1989)
Next album = "Barenaked Lunch" (1990)

"Buck Naked" was the Barenaked Ladies' first indie tape release, with just Ed Robertson and Steven Page. It was released in 1989, before "Barenaked Lunch" (also known as the "Pink Tape") in 1990, and the "Yellow Tape" in 1991. There are four editions of this tape, each with different track listings. The earliest version, dating from Fall 1988, features only 5 songs, as well as a cover that is different from later versions: it is green with the faces of Page and Robertson pasted onto photos of Terence Trent D'Arby. This edition of the tape is very rare, with less than 100 copies of it existing. The second, third and fourth editions feature a white cover with a black-and-white photo of Page and Robertson. There were more copies of these editions made, with 150-600 copies made.cite video
people = Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart
title = The Barenaked Truth
medium = Television documentary/DVD
publisher = Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television
year = 2004 ] It was recorded on a four-track recorder. The tapes were sold by the band off the stage.cite video
people = Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart
title = The Barenaked Truth (bonus interviews)
medium = DVD
publisher = Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television
year = 2004 ]

Track listing, 1st edition

#"Road Runner"
#"Only You" (early version of what would later become "Lilac Girl")
#"Night Photographs"
#"Wishing Well"
#"Really Don't Know"(the second side of the tape includes most of the songs from The Police album "Zenyatta Mondatta").

Track listing, 2nd edition

#"Roadrunner" – 1:31
#"Lilac Girl" – 3:06
#"The Trouble with Tracy" – 2:55
#"Couldn't Care Less" – 4:17
#"The Great Provider" – 3:35
#"Night Photographs" – 3:00
#"Really Don't Know" – 3:53
#"Make My Heart Fly" – 1:35
#"A Message To Rudy" – 2:50
#"Wishing Well" – 4:20
#"Psycho Killer" – 3:57
#"Roadrunner (reprise)" – 1:39
#"How's the Level?" – 0:05

Track listing, 3rd edition

#"Roadrunner" – 1:31
#"Lilac Girl" – 3:06
#"Trouble with Tracy" – 2:55
#"Couldn't Care Less" – 4:17
#"Great Provider" – 3:35
#"Night Photographs" – 3:00
#"Be My Yoko Ono" – 3:44
#"Really Don't Know" – 3:53
#"Make My Heart Fly" – 1:35
#"A Message To Rudy" – 2:50
#"Wishing Well" – 4:08
#"Psycho Killer" – 3:57
#"Roadrunner (reprise)" – 1:39
#"How's the Level?" – 0:05

Track listing, 4th edition

#"Roadrunner" – 1:31
#"Lilac Girl" – 3:06
#"King of Bedside Manor" – 3:02
#"Trouble with Tracy" – 2:55
#"Great Provider" – 3:35
#"Night Photographs" – 3:00
#"Make My Heart Fly" – 1:35
#"Really Don't Know" – 3:53
#"Be My Yoko Ono" – 3:44
#"Psycho Killer" – 3:57
#"Rudi, A Message To You" – 3:33
#"If I Had $1000000" – 2:45
#"Wishing Well" – 4:08
#"Careless" – 4:08
#"How's the Level?" – 0:05

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