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The band was signed to [[Sire Records]] in April 1992<ref>"Barenaked Ladies sign U.S. deal". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', April 30, 1992.</ref> after a long period of being rejected by every label they approached.
On May 30, 1992, the band performed at [[Ontario Place
The band's first full album, ''[[Gordon (album)|Gordon]]'', was released in July 1992 and was a big success in Canada;<ref name="MMMBio" /> by the end of August, it had already been certified [[platinum record|platinum]].<ref>"The Ladies and Gordon". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', August 27, 1992.</ref> It included some of the band's most well-known songs, including "[[Enid (Barenaked Ladies song)|Enid]]", the first single; "[[Be My Yoko Ono]]", the single which helped fund the album; "[[If I Had $1000000]]", which spawned a tradition of throwing [[Kraft Dinner]] during live shows, which the band later discouraged;<ref name="Talk to the Hand" /><ref name="Distinguished Artists" /> and "[[Brian Wilson (song)|Brian Wilson]]", named after [[Beach Boys|Beach Boy]] [[Brian Wilson]] (who later covered the song on [[Live at the Roxy Theatre|a live album]]). ''Gordon'' benefited from a number of its songs (including the latter three) being live favourites and had been recorded for past releases like ''The Yellow Tape''. Although the band was doing remarkably well in Canada, they found it translated into little success in the US.<ref name="Behind the Music" />
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