Tragically Hip - Fully Completely

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)	04:26
	2	Looking for a Place to Happen	04:17
	3	At the Hundredth Meridian	03:20
	4	Pigeon Camera	04:33
	5	Lionized	03:20
	6	Locked in the Trunk of a Car	04:42

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	We'll Go Too	03:23
	2	Fully Completely	03:30
	3	Fifty-Mission Cap	04:10
	4	Wheat Kings	04:18
	5	The Wherewithal	02:54
	6	Eldorado	03:45

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Information/Write-up

It's not just that almost every song on this album still holds up (they do) or that it's considered the Hip's breakthrough record (beyond platinum, it was certified diamond in 2007). More than that, this is the quintessential Tragically Hip record: the excitingly jagged jolts in the band's arrangements and melodies, plus Downie's distinctive voice — both physical and lyrical — creating an endlessly weird and wonderful whiplash of the emotional and performative.

A wise — if occasionally baffling — poet in a hockey jersey, Downie's thoughtfulness has resulted in hundreds of songs with keenly observed moments of grace, intimacy and art, seeing stories where no one else bothered to look (like the trunk of a car or a prison break or Bill Barilko), and his vision for what could be a "Hip" song is never more staggering than this record. It was also a visceral thrill to hear a record that referenced Canadian identity so clearly and plainly, without pretense, and at a time when plenty of other bands had done their damndest to sound as nationless (or American) as possible.
-AW

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