Banda: The Tragically Hip
Gênero: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Hard Rock
Disco: The Tragically Hip
Ano: 1987
Faixas:
1. Small Town Bringdown (Sinclair) 3:05
2. Last American Exit (Sinclair) 3:50
3. Killing Time (Downie, Baker) 4:50
4. Evelyn (Sinclair) 2:25
5. Cemetery Sideroad (Downie, Sinclair) 3:15
6. I'm A Werewolf, Baby (Downie, Baker, Fay, Sinclair) 3:20
7. Highway Girl (Downie, Baker) 3:28
8. All Canadian Surf Club (Sinclair, Baker) 2:49
Créditos:
Bobby Baker: Guitars
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Vocals
Disco: Up To Here
Ano: 1989
Faixas:
1. Blow At High Dough (4:36)
2. I'll Believe In You (Or I'll Be Leaving You Tonight) (4:01)
3. New Orleans Is Sinking (4:16)
4. 38 Years Old (4:18)
5. She Didn't Know (3:28)
6. Boots Or Hearts (3:41)
7. Everytime You Go (3:21)
8. When The Weight Comes Down (4:43)
9. Trickle Down (3:10)
10. Another Midnight (3:54)
11. Opiated (3:40)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Bobby Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Disco: Road Apples
Ano: 1991
Faixas:
1. Little Bones (4:42)
2. Twist My Arm (3:55)
3. Cordelia (4:07)
4. The Luxury (3:08)
5. Born In The Water (3:23)
6. Long Time Running (4:23)
7. Bring It All Back (4:38)
8. Three Pistols (3:46)
9. Fight (5:54)
10. On The Verge (3:52)
11. Fiddler's Green (4:21)
12. The Last Of The Unplucked Gems (2:02)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Bobby Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Phil Jones: Tambourine
Benmont Tench: Piano
Malcom Burn: Accordion
Disco: Fully Completely [Deluxe Edition]
Ano: 2014(*)
Faixas:
CD 1: Original Album
1. Courage (For Hugh MacLennan) (4:27)
2. Looking For A Place To Happen (4:17)
3. At The Hundredth Meridian (3:20)
4. Pigeon Camera (4:33)
5. Lionized (3:20)
6. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car (4:42)
7. We'll Go Too (3:23)
8. Fully Completely (3:30)
9. Fifty-Mission Cap (4:10)
10. Wheat Kings (4:17)
11. The Wherewithal (2:54)
12. Eldorado (3:44)
13. Radio Show [Previously Unreleased] (4:29)
14. So Hard Done By [Previously Unreleased] (3:00)
CD 2: Live At The Horseshoe Tavern, Sept. 13, 1992
1. At The Hundredth Meridian (3:53)
2. Fifty-Mission Cap (4:10)
3. We'll Go To (3:56)
4. Fully Completely (3:54)
5. Pigeon Camera (4:32)
6. Twist My Arm (3:51)
7. Lionized (3:34)
8. Wheat Kings (4:06)
9. Eldorado (4:08)
10. Looking For A Place To Happen (4:50)
11. Courage (For Hugh MacLennan) (4:13)
12. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car (4:52)
13. The Wherewithal (3:34)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Bobby Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Vocals
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Vocals
(*) CD lançado originalmente em 1992. Disco 2 gravado ao vivo no The Horseshoe Tavern, em Toronto, Ontario, Canadá, no dia 13 de setembro de 1992.
Disco: Day For Night
Ano: 1994
Faixas:
1. Grace, Too (5:35)
2. Daredevil (3:47)
3. Greasy Jungle (4:27)
4. Yawning Or Snarling (4:54)
5. Fire In The Hole (3:16)
6. So Hard Done By (3:29)
7. Nautical Disaster (4:43)
8. Thugs (4:43)
9. Inevitability Of Death (3:52)
10. Scared (5:08)
11. An Inch An Hour (3:21)
12. Emergency (3:34)
13. Titanic Terrarium (4:34)
14. Impossibilium (4:05)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Gordon Downie: Lead Vocals
Bobby Baker: Lead Guitar
Paul Langlois: Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Disco: Trouble At The Henhouse
Ano: 1996
Faixas:
1. Gift Shop (4:58)
2. Springtime In Vienna (4:37)
3. Ahead By A Century (3:43)
4. Don't Wake Daddy (5:07)
5. Flamenco (4:06)
6. 700 Ft. Ceiling (3:39)
7. Butts Wigglin (3:47)
8. Apartment Song (3:57)
9. Coconut Cream (3:20)
10. Lets Stay Engaged (4:53)
11. Sherpa (5:15)
12. Put It Off (5:10)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Bobby Baker: Guitar
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Disco: Phantom Power
Ano: 1998
Faixas:
1. Poets (3:59)
2. Something On (3:21)
3. Save The Planet (3:38)
4. Bobcaygeon (4:55)
5. Thompson Girl (3:32)
6. Membership (4:40)
7. Fireworks (3:56)
8. Vapour Trails (4:30)
9. The Rules (3:46)
10. Chagrin Falls (4:10)
11. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (5:53)
12. Emperor Penguin (4:08)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Steve Berlin: Keyboards, Flute, Percussion
Bob Egan: Lap & Steel Guitars, Mandolin
Disco: Live Between Us
Ano: 1997(*)
Faixas:
1. Grace, Too (6:18)
2. Fully Completely (4:11)
3. Springtime In Vienna (4:37)
4. Twist My Arm (4:05)
5. Gift Shop (5:09)
6. Ahead By A Century (5:25)
7. The Luxury (4:08)
8. Courage (5:09)
9. New Orleans Is Sinking (6:22)
10. Don't Wake Daddy (5:30)
11. Scared (5:00)
12. Blow At High Dough (4:54)
13. Nautical Disaster (5:31)
14. The Wherewithal (4:13)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Bobby Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
(*) Gravado ao vivo na Cobo Arena, em Detroit, Michigan, EUA, no dia 23 de novembro de 1996.
Disco: Music @ Work
Ano: 2000
Gênero: Alternative Rock, Roots Rock, Hard Rock
Faixas:
1. My Music At Work (3:06)
2. Tiger The Lion (5:30)
3. Lake Fever (4:34)
4. Putting Down (3:13)
5. Stay (3:22)
6. The Bastard (4:54)
7. The Completists (3:07)
8. Freak Turbulence (2:53)
9. Sharks (4:14)
10. Toronto #4 (2:59)
11. Wild Mountain Honey (3:56)
12. Train Overnight (3:17)
13. The Bear (3:55)
14. As I Wind Down The Pines (2:34)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Steve Berlin: Keyboards, Percussion, Saxophone
Sarah Pinette: Cello (faixas 2, 10)
Chris Brown: Additional Keyboards (faixas 2, 3, 11, 12)
Mr. Hussein: Tabla (faixa 6)
Julie Doiron: Additional Vocals (faixas 7, 10, 14)
Disco: In Violet Light
Ano: 2002
Faixas:
1. Are You Ready (2:39)
2. Use It Up (4:16)
3. The Darkest One (4:36)
4. It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken (4:23)
5. Silver Jet (3:56)
6. Throwing Off Glass (3:28)
7. All Tore Up (3:33)
8. Leave (3:59)
9. A Beautiful Thing (3:33)
10. The Dire Wolf (4:29)
11. The Dark Canuck (6:24)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músico adicional:
Neil Simonette: Additional Percussion
Disco: In Between Evolution
Ano: 2004
Gênero: Alternative Rock, Roots Rock, Hard Rock
Faixas:
1. Heaven Is A Better Place Today (2:57)
2. Summer's Killing Us (3:30)
3. Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park (4:09)
4. Vaccination Scar (2:57)
5. It Can't Be Nashville Every Night (2:54)
6. If New Orleans Is Beat (3:17)
7. You're Everywhere (3:35)
8. As Makeshift As We Are (3:15)
9. Mean Streak (4:11)
10. The Heart Of The Melt (2:37)
11. One Night In Copenhagen (2:20)
12. Are We Family (4:34)
13. Goodnight Josephine (3:26)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Disco: World Container
Ano: 2006
Faixas:
1. Yer Not The Ocean (3:35)
2. The Lonely End Of The Rink (3:51)
3. In View (3:58)
4. Fly (3:42)
5. Luv (Sic) (3:43)
6. The Kids Don't Get It (4:35)
7. Pretend (3:47)
8. Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me (4:22)
9. The Drop-Off (3:40)
10. Family Band (3:40)
11. World Container (3:36)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Background Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Background Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Jamie Edwards: Keyboards (faixas 1, 3, 4, 7, 11)
Sally Rock, Lucy Rock, Mandy Rock, Uma O'Neil, Melinda Neuwirth, Louis Edgar: Background Vocals (faixa 11)
Disco: We Are The Same
Ano: 2009
Faixas:
1. Morning Moon (4:01)
2. Honey, Please (4:00)
3. The Last Recluse (3:49)
4. Coffee Girl (3:46)
5. Now The Struggle Has A Name (6:04)
6. The Depression Suite: a. The Rock; b. New Orleans World; c. Don't You Wanna See How It Ends? (9:27)
7. The Exact Feeling (3:55)
8. Queen Of The Furrows (4:12)
9. Speed River (4:28)
10. Frozen In My Tracks (4:04)
11. Love Is A First (3:43)
12. Country Day (5:19)
Músicas de autoria da banda e Gordon Downie.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Kevin Hearn: Piano, Accordion
John Webster: Hammond B3 Organ
Derry Byrne: Trumpet
Bob Buckley, Mary Brown, Karen Foster, Ruth Schipizky, Angela Cavadas, Jennie Press, Cameron Wilson, Deanne Eisch, Calvin Dyck, Zi Zhou, Andrew Brown, Reginald Quiring, Stephen Wilkes, Ari Barnes, Zoltan Rozsnyai, Joseph Elworthy: Strings
Disco: Now For Plan A
Ano: 2012
Faixas:
1. At Transformation (3:44)
2. Man Machine Poem (3:53)
3. The Lookahead (2:28)
4. We Want To Be It (3:28)
5. Streets Ahead (3:28)
6. Now For Plan A (5:08)
7. The Modern Spirit (3:23)
8. About This Map (3:49)
9. Take Forever (3:10)
10. Done And Done (2:53)
11. Goodnight Attawapiskat (4:07)
Músicas de autoria da banda e Gordon Downie.
Créditos:
Rob Baker: Guitar
Gordon Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums
Paul Langlois: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Backing Vocals
Músico adicional:
Sarah Harmer: Vocals (faixas 3, 6)
Disco: Man Machine Poem
Ano: 2016
Faixas:
1. Man (5:17)
2. In A World Possessed By The Human Mind (3:56)
3. What Blue (2:45)
4. In Sarnia (4:37)
5. Here, In The Dark (4:03)
6. Great Soul (3:43)
7. Tired As Fuck (3:44)
8. Hot Mic (3:54)
9. Ocean Next (3:55)
10. Machine (5:29)
Músicas de autoria da banda.
Créditos:
Gordon Edgar Downie: Vocals
Johnny Fay: Drums, Percussion
Gord Sinclair: Bass, Vocals
Rob Baker: Guitars
Paul Langlois: Guitars, Vocals
Músicos adicionais:
Kevin Drew, Dave Hamelin : Keyboards, Percussion
Biografia:
A biografia da banda, que segue, em tradução livre do inglês, foi extraída do site Oldies, que, por sua vez, cita, como fonte primária do texto, a Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, de Colin Larkin (sob licença da editora Muze).
Essa roqueira e politicamente correta banda canadense tornou-se extremamente popular no seu país natal, ganhando comparações com Green On Red e R.E.M. (na sua fase inicial), principalmente no exterior. O lineup é composto por Rob "Bobby" Baker (nascido em 12 de abril de 1962, em Kingston, Ontario, Canadá; guitarra), Gordon Downie (nascido em 6 de fevereiro de 1964, em Kingston, Ontario, Canadá; vocais), Johnny Fay (nascido em 30 de abril de 1966, em Kingston, Ontario, Canadá; bateria), Paul Langlois (nascido em Kingston, Ontario, Canadá; guitarra) e Gordon Sinclair (nascido em Kingston, Ontario, Canadá; baixo e vocais). Downie é um compositor competente: seu olho clínico evidencia-se em canções como "Small Town Bringdown", de 1987.
A Tragically Hip nasceu em 1983, quando Downie, Baker e Sinclair estudavam na Univerdade de Queen. Assinando rapidamente com a MCA Records após uma série de explosivas apresentações ao vivo, a banda, estabelecida em Kingston, Ontario, recebeu triplo disco de platina com seu primeiro disco, "Up To Here", de 1989. O álbum também lhe propiciou o primeiro prêmio Juno (nota minha: segundo a Wikipedia, "os prêmios Juno são concedidos anualmente pela Academia Canadense de Artes e Ciências Fonográficas (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) para honrar a excelência de cantores e músicos canadenses") como grupo mais promissor. "Road Apples" ganhou promoção através de turnês pela Europa e Austrália.
A banda abiscoitou outro prêmio Juno após o lançamento de "Fully Completely", de 1992, que também obteve múltiplos discos de platina. O single dali extraído, "Locked In The Trunk Of A Car", produzido por Chris Tsangarides (Lords Of The New Church, Concrete Blonde), chegou ao topo das paradas canadenses, pela primeira vez na história do grupo. O disco posterior, "Day For Night", de 1994, apesar de não apresentar avanço significativo na fórmula musical da banda, consolidou-a como figura de proa no rock alternativo canadense. O grupo excursionou com Neil Young e Rolling Stones, antes de soltar "Trouble At The Henhouse", melodioso de ponta a ponta.
Sucesso graúdo veio com "Phantom Power", de 1998. Depois do lançamento de "Music @ Work", a banda transferiu-se para a gravadora Zoë, subsidiária da Rounder Records, e, pelo novo selo, editou o experimental "In Violet Light", de 2002. Downie também publicou um livro de poesia e lançou álbuns individuais.