One track, "Baby Seat", was written by Page with longtime songwriting partner, Stephen Duffy.

This was the last Page/Duffy track that Barenaked Ladies would release, starting a policy of keeping the writing within the band on their next album.

[citation needed] As with each of their early albums, the band recorded one song, "Humour of the Situation", completely naked.

[citation needed] The band recorded 17 tracks for the album;[13] Tracks recorded for this album but omitted from the finished record include: "Powder Blue" (appears on the US "Pinch Me" single), "Inline Bowline" (appears as an extra track on some international versions, and is on the Australian "Pinch Me" single), "Born Human" (appears on the Australian "Pinch Me" single, re-recorded for Hearn's album Night Light) and "Half a Heart" (re-recorded for the Barenaked Ladies Are Me sessions before the Maroon sessions version was later released on Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before!).

[14] The 20th Anniversary Edition includes contains the three contemporary B-sides recorded for the album (not including "Half a Heart") as well as a demo version of "Falling for the First Time", and a previously unreleased "alternate" version of "Green Christmas".