Maybe You Should Drive

Maybe You Should Drive
Studio album by Barenaked Ladies
Released	August 16, 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Alternative rock jangle pop college rock
Length	45:46
Label	Reprise
Producer	Ben Mink
Barenaked Ladies chronology
Gordon (1992) Maybe You Should Drive (1994) Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)
Singles from Maybe You Should Drive
"Jane" Released: 1994 "Alternative Girlfriend" Released: 1995

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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Maybe You Should Drive is the second studio album by Barenaked Ladies. It was released in August 1994 and went double platinum in Canada, reaching No. 3 upon its release. It was also their first album to chart in the US, peaking at No. 175 on the Billboard 200. Unlike on their previous album Gordon, Steven Page and Ed Robertson did not collaborate as frequently.

As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Intermittently", completely naked. Tracks cut from the album include "Break Your Heart" and "Trust Me", both of which were later re-recorded for Born on a Pirate Ship; the former was re-worked and appeared on that album, while the latter was cut again, and appeared as a B-side on the Shoe Box EP.

Of the recording session, Page said "We did most of the last record in Burnaby, a cold and industrial wasteland, with a huge budget we really didn't need [...] All a huge budget does is put you further in debt. Imagine if they raised your VISA limit to $5,000 and then you had to give your card to a professional shopper — let's call him a producer in the case — and he said, 'OK, let's spend the whole thing.'"

Page added that keyboardist/percussionist Andy Creeggan considered leaving the band during album rehearsals, but was convinced to stay for its completion and subsequent promotional tour. Creeggan did indeed depart the band and entered McGill University's music program. He has since recorded four albums with his brother Jim (who is also bassist for Barenaked Ladies) under the name The Brothers Creeggan.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Jane"	Steven Page Stephen Duffy	Steven Page	4:04
2.	"Intermittently"	Page	Steven Page	3:05
3.	"These Apples"	Ed Robertson	Ed Robertson	3:10
4.	"You Will Be Waiting"	Page	Steven Page	3:45
5.	"A"	Page	Steven Page	4:20
6.	"Everything Old Is New Again"	Page Duffy	Steven Page, Ed Robertson	4:13
7.	"Alternative Girlfriend"	Page Duffy	Steven Page	4:23
8.	"Am I the Only One?"	Robertson	Ed Robertson	4:49
9.	"Little Tiny Song"	Andy Creeggan	Andy Creeggan	1:02
10.	"Life, in a Nutshell"	Page Robertson	Steven Page	3:14
11.	"The Wrong Man Was Convicted"	Page Duffy	Steven Page	5:06
12.	"Great Provider"	Page Robertson Jim Creeggan	Ed Robertson	4:35

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies

• Steven Page – lead vocal (1, 2, 4–7, 10, 11), background vocals (1), acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 7), lead electric guitar (3), harmony vocal (12)
• Ed Robertson – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 4, 6–8, 10–12), electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 5), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11), lead vocal (3, 6, 8, 12), pedal steel guitar (3, 6), bass drum (2, 6), banjo (3), mandolin (4), electric mandolin (2), mandola (12)
• Andy Creeggan – piano (2–6, 8–11), percussion (3, 5, 8), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), lead vocal (9), electric piano (5, 7, 12), keyboards (5, 12), cymbals (2, 6), organ (7), hammered dulcimer (1), timpani (2), accordion (6), reed organ (6), tambourine (7), cuica (9)
• Jim Creeggan – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), double bass (4–6, 8, 10–12), background vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), cello (2, 5, 11), arco bass (2)
• Tyler Stewart – drums (1–7, 10–12), snare drum (2, 6, 11), cowbell (5), laffs (5), cymbals (8)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Heatseekers	8
1994	Billboard 200	175

Retrospective analysis

In a 2016 interview with Toronto radio station Boom 97.3, Stephen Page remarked that the album remained one of his favourite Barenaked Ladies records. Conversely, in an interview with VICE that same year, Ed Robertson stated that it was "easily" his least favourite of the band's records. Robertson cited "fractured" dynamics and communication issues within the group; the difficulty of following up the success of their previous album, Gordon; and difficulty dealing with the 1993 death of his brother as factors that made it difficult for him to feel attached to the songs on the album.