Up to Here

Easy listening pop-rock thing. Was ready for it to end when we got to the last few songs.

Really mediocre generic alt rock. The vocals are incredibly cringey too. When he does that growly thing I physically cringe.

Sorry Canadians, I know this is beloved, but it wasn't super interesting to me. A low three.

Solid southern rock, but starts to overstay its welcome. It could fit onto Da List but wouldn't be my first include

Got the jist of this and didn't really feel the need to listen to the whole thing.

Perfectly adequate.

I’ve had it “Up To Here” with people adding albums from this band to the list!!!

I do like this one better than the others, though.

This is my album choice. This band/album is the soundtrack to Canadian summers. Bonfires/ camping trips/ fishing at the lake... This was such a formative album for me in my teenage years as I was shaping my musical tastes. I mentioned in another Tragically Hip album review that it was my cousin, who lived in a more urban setting that introduced me to The Hip in the first place. Once introduced to them, I went back to my rural town and bought a few of their records. I've been a fan ever since. What I love about them is that they change their sound slightly for every album they made. This album is blues rock, but other albums lean harder to the country rock/art rock sound. Gord was always experimenting and weaving beautiful poetry into music.

Lyrics such as (from the song 38 years old):

Same pattern on the table, same clock on the wall;
Been one seat empty 18 years now;
Freezing slow time away from the world;
He's 38 years old, never kissed a girl

Such vibrant imagery to that chorus. The song is loosely based off of the jailbreak that occured from Millhaven Penitentiary near Kingston, ON. The song is sung from the perspective of a younger brother who's older brother was locked up after murdering the man who raped his sister. Just the thought of how time stands still for his family as he serves out his sentence...

When given the opportunity to select an album for others to listen to, I felt compelled to represent Canada in some way, simply because the original 1,001 list leaned hard on obscure British Britpop/ Madchester/ electronica/ shoegaze... I needed to represent something that meant so much to me. So crack a beer, sit out under the stars around a bonfire, grab a guitar and a few good friends, and enjoy life.

Favorite songs: Opiated, Boots or Hearts, Trickle Down, When the Weight Comes Down, I'll Believe in You (Or I'll Be Leaving You Tonight), Blow at High Dough, 38 Years Old, New Orleans is Sinking, She Didn't Know, Everytime You Go, Another Midnight

Least favorite songs: none

5/5

at least this trash is mercifully short

Solid, if unspectacular indie. Some of the songs remind me of Snow Patrol, a bit. A couple of them have really incongruous lyrics. I liked it, but didn't love it.

Oh, thank God, I was worried The Tragically Hip always copie- I mean, was influenced by R.E.M, but luckily, they instead were big fans of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, one of the worst "famous" bands of the 80s. What joy! Bleh, this album was almost fine enough, but as it just kept going I was just more and more annoyed, to the point where I'd call this actively bad. Is the Tragically Hip gonna be the Costello of the user list? I really hope not, or at the very least that third (and final?) album better be fantastic, to make it all even. Sorry, OP, I'm sure this band means a lot to you, but this is far from for me.

Another tragically hip album, can’t really complain i like these guys. I’d find a way to squeeze it on the list.