''Bargainville'' is a 1993

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by Canadian band

Moxy Früvous Moxy Früvous was a Canadian politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The band was founded in 1989, and was active until 2001. Common themes in Früvous songs include Canada and the "human experience". History The ...

, their first major-

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release. This disc's subject matter is divided between

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and serious personal, social, and

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issues. ''Bargainville'' was released on July 19, 1993, in Canada by

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and on February 8, 1994, in the US by WEA/Atlantic Records.

Track listing

#"River Valley" – 3:24 #"Stuck in the 90's" – 4:26 #"B.J. Don't Cry" – 3:19 #"Video Bargainville" – 4:15 #"Fell in Love" – 4:24 #"The Lazy Boy" – 3:14 #"

My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" is a song by Canadian pop group Moxy Früvous. It was written for the CBC Radio show ''Later the Same Day'', as a comment on a Toronto literary festival. It mentions famous authors, many Canadian. The song was fi ...

" – 2:33 #"The Drinking Song" – 5:07 #"Morphée" – 2:13 #"King of Spain" – 2:58 #"Darlington Darling" – 3:36 #"Bittersweet" – 3:25 #"Laika" – 2:53 #" Spiderman" – 1:44 #"Gulf War Song" – 4:02

Personnel

Moxy Früvous *

Jian Ghomeshi Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a British-born Persian-Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy Früvous. In ...

- lead vocals (2, 4, 6), backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 7-15), snare drum (1, 3-4, 7),

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(2, 5-6, 12),

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(7, 10, 12), drums (6, 11), bass drum (2, 10), chicken shakers (6), bomb (8), shakers (10), go-go bells (10), conga (13), wooden door percussion (13) *

Murray Foster Murray Douglas Foster (born June 29, 1967) is a Canadian musician, vocalist, songwriter, director, playwright, screenwriter, and environmentalist. He is best known for his work as electric and upright bassist in the Canadian bands Moxy Früvous and ...

- lead vocals (12), backing vocals (1-4, 6-8, 10-11, 13-15),

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

(2-5, 7, 11, 13),

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(9, 12),

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(1), anvil (2), spring muffler (7) * Mike Ford - lead vocals (3, 8-9, 11, 13-14), backing vocals (1-2, 4-7, 10, 12, 15), woodblock (1), harmonica (2), guitar (3, 11, 13), güira (3), electric guitar (4), kabasa (4),

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(4),

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(4), conga (6, 10), bass drum (12) *Dave Matheson - lead vocals (1, 5, 7, 10, 15), backing vocals (2-4, 6, 8-9, 11-14),

(1-2, 5, 7-9), accordion (2-4, 8, 11), bass guitar (12), electric guitar (13),

scream Scream may refer to: *Screaming, a loud vocalization Amusement rides * Scream (Heide Park), a gyro drop tower in Soltau, Germany * Scream! (ride), a tower ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Six Flags New England * Scream! (roller coaster), at ...

(4) Additional personnel *Doug McClement - "disfunctional youth" (4) Production *Moxy Früvous - Production *Doug McClement - Associate producer and engineer *John Yates - Assistant Engineer *Andrew St. George - Assistant Engineer *Mike Stanutz - Assistant Engineer *Gabe Lee - Assistant Engineer *Scott Keenan - Assistant Engineer * Bob Ludwig - Mastering

Notes

References

External links

Official site with liner notes and lyrics
1993 debut albums Moxy Früvous albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub