Born on a Pirate Ship

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rdf:langString Born on a Pirate Ship

rdf:langString Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where noted

rdf:langString Barenaked Ladies - Born on a Pirate Ship.jpg

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rdf:langString Ed Robertson

rdf:langString Jim Creeggan

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rdf:langString April–July 1995

rdf:langString Encyclopedia of Popular Music

rdf:langString The Rolling Stone Album Guide

rdf:langString Manta Eastern, Toronto

rdf:langString Reaction Studios, Toronto

rdf:langString Right Tracks Studio, Saskatoon

rdf:langString The Gas Station, Toronto

rdf:langString I Know

rdf:langString When I Fall

rdf:langString This Is Where It Ends

rdf:langString Same Thing

rdf:langString Break Your Heart

rdf:langString Call Me Calmly

rdf:langString I Live with It Every Day

rdf:langString In the Drink

rdf:langString Just a Toy

rdf:langString Spider in My Room

rdf:langString Stomach vs. Heart

rdf:langString Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank

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rdf:langString Steven Page

rdf:langString Ed Robertson

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rdf:langString Born on a Pirate Ship (sometimes abbreviated BOAPS) is the third full-length studio album by Barenaked Ladies (BNL), featuring the songs "Shoe Box", "The Old Apartment", "When I Fall" and "Break Your Heart". "The Old Apartment" would become BNL's first US hit in 1997. This was the first album recorded following the departure of keyboardist Andy Creeggan. BOAPS was recorded as a four-piece. Kevin Hearn is not credited on the album, but joined the group for the 1995 tour that preceded the album's release in time to be thanked in the liner notes for "injecting new spirit." Steven Page and Ed Robertson returned to writing together, as they did upon the band's formation, but had abandoned following the release of Gordon. The album is also an enhanced CD. The data track contains audio samples from the band's previous two CDs, a short montage of press photos, several of the band's music videos, a short trivia quiz, and a pair of "behind the scenes" videos from the band. Similar content was included and expanded upon on the Shoe Box E.P.; however, the format of the enhanced CD used in the creation of that CD renders the data track inaccessible on modern operating systems. Although a moderate hit in Canada reaching No. 12, the album only managed No. 111 in the US. Born on a Pirate Ship was awarded gold status in the U.S. in 2000, after the band became more popular. The title and front cover photo refers to a vulgar joke that was popular around the time the band members were children. One kid would instruct another to pull back the corners of their mouth with their fingers (but not stick their tongue out) and say, "I was born on a pirate ship." The result would sound like them saying, "I was born on a pile o' shit." Sometimes "with a bunch of apples" would be added at the end, which would come out as "with a bunch of assholes."