Phantom Power (The Tragically Hip album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article uses bare URLs for citations. Please consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable. Several templates and the Reflinks tool are available to assist in formatting. (Reflinks documentation) (August 2011) |
| Phantom Power | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by The Tragically Hip | ||||
| Released | July 14, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | The Bathouse Recording Studio | |||
| Genre | Rock, Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 50:26 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Canada | |||
| Producer | Steve Berlin, The Tragically Hip, Mark Vreeken | |||
| The Tragically Hip chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| NME | (4/10)[2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.3)[3] |
Phantom Power is the sixth full-length album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was released in 1998. It won the 1999 Juno Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Album Design.[4] The song "Bobcaygeon" won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2000.[5] The album has been certified 3x Platinum in Canada.[6]
The song "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" is a tribute to Jim Ellison of Material Issue.[7] The band recorded the song "Something On" while stuck in the studio during the ice storm of 1998.
[edit] Track listing
All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.
- "Poets" – 3:59
- "Something On" – 3:21
- "Save the Planet" – 3:38
- "Bobcaygeon" – 4:55
- "Thompson Girl" – 3:32
- "Membership" – 4:40
- "Fireworks" – 3:56
- "Vapour Trails" – 4:29
- "The Rules" – 3:46
- "Chagrin Falls" – 4:10
- "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" – 5:52
- "Emperor Penguin" – 4:08
[edit] Singles
- "Poets"
- "Something On"
- "Bobcaygeon"
- "Fireworks"
- "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man"
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ NME review
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ "1999 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. http://www.metrolyrics.com/1999-juno-awards.html. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ "2000 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. http://www.metrolyrics.com/2000-juno-awards.html. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ PLATINUM ALBUM(S)&ssb=Artist "Gold Platinum Database: Phantom Power". Canadian Recording Industry Association. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Phantom%20Power&ica=False&sa=&sl=&smt=0&sat=TRIPLE PLATINUM ALBUM(S)&ssb=Artist. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ http://thehip.com/TheHipStoryProject-Stories.html?IDNUM=5185&storyAction=Detail
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
