Album of the Day

With a distinctive blend of humor and harmonies, Barenaked Ladies rose through the ranks of the Canadian rock scene, making the leap to major label status with a Reprise Records contract. Released on this day in 1998, the fourth studio set STUNT became the band’s U.S. breakthrough, spurred by the success of “One Week,” which topped the singles chart and earned the group a Grammy nomination. Songwriters Steven Page and Ed Robertson have peppered these originals with plenty of BNL's trademark satire, but the eclectic arrangements and punchy performances of tracks like “It's All Been Done,” “Call And Answer” and “Alcohol” lift the album far above novelty status, making the quadruple-Platinum STUNT one of the group's very best.