Gordon by Barenaked Ladies

Gordon, the debut studio album from Barenaked Ladies, landed on July 28, 1992, after the Scarborough band's self-released The Yellow Tape had already gone platinum in Canada. Winning a contest run by a local radio station paid for producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda and sessions at Le Studio, north of Montreal, plus Chalet and Reaction in Ontario.

Ed Robertson and Steven Page trade vocals and guitar, Jim Creeggan plays bass, Andy Creeggan adds percussion and keys, and Tyler Stewart drums, and the record catches the goofy, harmony-rich folk-pop they'd honed on the road, fleshed out with horns, guest singers and a few winks at other bands, Rush among them. "The King of Bedside Manor" gave them so much trouble they finally recorded it in the nude, a habit they kept up on later albums. Wojewoda said they knew exactly what they wanted, and "Enid" bears him out, bouncing and bittersweet at once. The album became a major hit at home.

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