Artist:The Vanity Project
Song:Wilted Rose
Album:The Vanity Project
You all know what a vanity project is. There have been plenty of albums and even record labels that have been vanity projects. Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page released this 2005 album while he was still in the band. He recorded it with Tin Tin leader Stephen Duffy. So Page gave the album the ironic name The Vanity Project. Page was born June 22, 1970 in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, ON. He attended Woburn Collegiate and became friends with Ed Robertson after running into him at a Peter Gabriel concert. That was when Barenaked Ladies was born. Of course they had great success in Canada and internationally. Stephen Duffy was a founding member of Duran Duran. He is probably best known as the leader of the 80s band Tin Tin. He has recorded solo but he seems to prefer being part of a band. Page started writing with Duffy in the early 90s. After a few songs appeared on Barenaked Ladies albums, the band decided to keep songwriting within the group. The 2005 album The Vanity Project was for songs Page wrote with Duffy. Duffy came from England to Toronto to record the album. They mostly played all the instruments and Page sang lead. Ironically, Page even started his own label for The Vanity Project distributed by Barenaked Ladies label Warner Bros. The album is available as budget CD. Page and Duffy never toured though Page has performed The Vanity Project songs solo. Since leaving Barenaked Ladies in 2009, Page has recorded five solo albums, most recently in 2022. So The Vanity Project was a one off project. Here's the video for Wilted Rose by The Vanity Project.
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