The Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies released five demo tapes before being signed to Reprise Records.
Buck Naked is the Barenaked Ladies' first indie demo tape release, and featured only the original duo of Steven Page and Ed Robertson.
Its cover is different from later versions: It is green with the faces of Page and Robertson pasted onto photos of Terence Trent D'Arby.
Cullen recalled that he "listened to the tape and [...] quite liked it," with his favorite track being the band's cover version of Terence Trent D'Arby's "Wishing Well".
Cullen subsequently invited the Barenaked Ladies to be the Juice Pigs' opening act for some local and regional college shows.
[3] All tracks are written by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, except where notedThe second side of the tape includes most of the songs from The Police 1980 album Zenyatta Mondatta.
[5] Mitch Potter of Toronto Star wrote that Barenaked Lunch, along with the band's first tape Buck Naked, "overflow with boyish charm, brisk wit and clean, melodic harmonies worthy in and of themselves."
"[7] Potter called "Be My Yoko Ono" a "weepy love ballad" whose satire contains "nary a trace of the malice John [Lennon]'s widow draws from virtually every direction," and described "If I Had $1000000" as a "warmly comic comeuppance on the quest for the almighty buck that has the pair trading drop-dead one-liners at the end of each plaintive refrain.
"[6] A December 1991 Toronto Star article remarked that twelve months earlier, Barenaked Ladies "were virtual unknowns.
"[8] All tracks are written by Steven Page and Ed RobertsonBarenaked Recess is the Barenaked Ladies' third indie tape.
Early copies of the tape include an error in the J-card notes: drummer Tyler Stewart's name is misspelled as "Steward."
single featured this recording of "If I Had $1000000", listed officially as "Yellow Tape Version," indicating the band themselves refer to this release by its common name.
The cover art utilized tan paper with purple ink and a close-up of Steven Page's legs.