Fully Completely

By: Tragically Hip

Origin: Unknown

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Track Listing

12 tracks

Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 1 04:26
Looking for a Place to Happen

Track 2 Disc 1 Side 1 04:17
At the Hundredth Meridian

Track 3 Disc 1 Side 1 03:20
Pigeon Camera

Track 4 Disc 1 Side 1 04:33
Lionized

Track 5 Disc 1 Side 1 03:20
Locked in the Trunk of a Car

Track 6 Disc 1 Side 1 04:42
We'll Go Too

Track 1 Disc 1 Side 2 03:23
Fully Completely

Track 2 Disc 1 Side 2 03:30
Fifty-Mission Cap

Track 3 Disc 1 Side 2 04:10
Wheat Kings

Track 4 Disc 1 Side 2 04:18
The Wherewithal

Track 5 Disc 1 Side 2 02:54
Eldorado

Track 6 Disc 1 Side 2 03:45

Insight

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