''Page One'' is an album by

Steven Page Steven Jay Page (born June 22, 1970) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the music group Barenaked Ladies. Page left the band in February ...

, released by

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on 19 October 2010. It is his first solo album of original material since departing

Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies (BNL) is a Canadian Rock music, rock band which was formed in 1988 in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. The band developed a following in Canada, with their Barenaked Ladies (EP), self-titled 1991 cassette becoming th ...

in February 2009. ''Page One'' includes seven songs composed by Page with longtime collaborator

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and a pair of songs with first-time collaborator

Craig Northey Craig Northey (born February 9, 1962) is a Canadian musician and film and TV composer. He is one of the founding members of the band Odds, which released four albums between 1991 and 1996. They were best known for the radio singles " It Falls Apa ...

. The remaining three songs were composed solely by Page.

Singles

The first single was " Indecision", released on 27 July 2010; the single peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard

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chart. The music video debuted on 9 October 2010. The second single was "Over Joy". No video was made for the song.

Commercial performance

''Page One'' peaked at No. 58 on the

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. It did not make the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in the United States; however, it did peak at No. 6 on the Heatseekers Albums Chart. It also finished in third place on CBC Radio 2's "Top Canadian Albums of 2010", as voted by the station's listeners.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion * John Fields – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, programming, drums, accordion, mandolin Additional personnel *Bryden Baird – flugelhorn on 6; Flugelhorn, trumpet, piano, glockenspiel on 12 *Jay Baird – bass on 12; Clarinet on 6 *Jesse Baird – Eb horn on 6; Drums, percussion on 12 *

Ken Chastain Kenneth Lee Chastain (born October 15, 1964, Hanover, New Hampshire) is a musician, engineer, and producer currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is featured on percussion on Ziggy Marley's '' Love Is My Religion'' album and many other wel ...

– percussion, programing, special effects *Dorian Crozier – drums on 5 and 9 *

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– vocals on 2 and 4 *Kevin Fox – cello *Brian Gallagher – flute on 2; clarinet on 4 *Karen Graves – violin, flute *Stephen Lu – orchestral arrangement, keyboards on 1 *Christine Munn – vocals on 3 and 9 * Will Owsley – pedal steel on 3 and 10 * Glen Phillips – vocals on 8 *Tim Pierce – guitar on 2 and 3; Banjo on 3 * Pete Thomas – drums, percussion *Michael Nelson – horn arrangement, trombone on 10 *Kenni Holmen – tenor sax, flute on 10 *Steve Strand – trumpet on 10 *Dave Jensen – trumpet on 10 *Kathy Jensen – baritone sax on 10

Production

*Producers: John Fields,

*Recording: John Fields (tracks 1-5, 7-11), Vic Florencia (tracks 6 and 12) *Assistant engineering: C. Todd Nelson *Mixing: Paul David Hager, John Fields *Additional recording:

*Mastering: Dave McNair *Art direction/Design: re:form *Concept/Illustrations:

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*Cover photography: David Bergman *Booklet photography: Valerie Joidon-Keaton *Management: Ray Danniels

Singles

References

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