Fake Nudes


Fake Nudes is a studio album by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. It is the band's twelfth full-length original-material studio album and their sixteenth overall. It was recorded from January to February 2017 at Noble Street Studios in Toronto, Ontario, and was released on 17 November 2017 through Vanguard.
The album was formally announced on 5 September 2017 and was made available for pre-order on 8 September 2017. Online pre-orders include six instant-gratification downloads, released two per month : "Bringing It Home", and the lead single, "Lookin' Up". The album's lead song, "Canada Dry", was released for download on 22 September 2017. "Invisible Fence" was released for streaming on 5 October 2017, then for download the following day. "We Took The Night" was made available for download on 21 October 2017. The final pre-release song, "Sunshine", was released for streaming on 2 November 2017, then for download the following day. The band recorded the album with producer Gavin Brown, who has produced several recordings for the band and its members since 2013.
Fake Nudes was also released physically on CD and vinyl. The song "The Township of King" was deleted from the vinyl version of the album.
The title Fake Nudes is a parody of the term "fake news" while indirectly referencing the band's name.

Singles

The lead single from the album, "Lookin' Up", was made available for download, alongside "Bringing It Home" on the pre-order date of 8 September 2017. The official music video was produced by Rooster Teeth, who have produced a number of the band's music videos since Grinning Streak in 2013.
A music video for "Bringing It Home", combining both studio footage and live footage was posted to the band's Facebook page on 17 November 2017. A video for "Navigate" was also released on 25 June 2019.

Track listing

Personnel

Barenaked Ladies
Additional musicians
Production