Music @ Work

Music @ Work Artist: The Tragically Hip
Label: Sire / London/Rhino
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 643443113526
EAN: 0643443113526
ASIN: B00004TDDT


Release Date: 2000-06-13

Music @ Work


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Tracks:

  1. My Music @ Work
  2. Tiger the Lion
  3. Lake Fever
  4. Putting Down
  5. Stay
  6. The Bastard
  7. The Completists
  8. Freak Turbulence
  9. Sharks
  10. Toronto 4
  11. Wild Mountain Honey
  12. Train Overnight
  13. The Bear
  14. As I Wind Down The Pines

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Amazon.com Music Reviews

Since their 1987 debut, Kingston's Tragically Hip have built a sizable following in their native Canada (where they earned early comparisons to R.E.M), but have yet to really crack a fickle American market, despite a stellar reputation as live performers and creative influences that have consistently been just a tad smarter than the competition. This album builds shrewdly on those inclinations, expanded by producer/Los Lobos vet Steve Berlin with a sonic freedom reminiscent of his own band's '90s experimentalist bent. Set against this intoxicating Velvet Underground-meets-The-Edge-in-the-gloaming wall of sound, singer Gordon Downie's droning, impressionistic, and ever-inscrutable lyrics take on nearly psychedelic dimensions. The John Cage references on "Tiger the Lion" say as much about the band's stubborn artistic integrity as they do about its stateside commercial potential. Tragically Hip indeed. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A wonderfully diverse and grand accomplishment.......2004-02-25

Over three years after its release, I'm ready to go out on a limb and say that "Music @ Work" is The Tragically Hip's best record - certainly not a consensus view, given the comments here. But I believe in terms of musicianship, lyrics, variety, innovativeness, and sonic excellence, it's second to none in the Hip's discography.

Unfortunately, "Music @ Work" begins with its weakest song, the relatively inane title track - a fairly cynical attempt at a hit single. The next song, "Tiger the Lion," is unquestionably an acquired taste, with its sinister guitar chords and obscure John Cage references. But to me, this is the type of song that makes The Hip great - a gutsy, idiosyncratic reworking of the rock idiom. After that comes one of the Hip's best songs ever, "Lake Fever." It's simply a beautiful song, with lush acoustic instrumentation, spine-tingling chord changes, and one of vocalist Gordon Downie's strongest performances.

The rest of the record weaves through varied musical territory. There are straight-ahead rockers, like "Putting Down" and "The Bastard," as well as atmospheric ballads such as "Toronto #4" and "As I Wind Down the Pines." How many bands have written a song from a carnivorous bear's point of view? Not many - but on "The Bear," the Hip do it with tongue-in-cheek aplomb.

The Hip's charmingly peculiar style establishes a sense of continuity that helps guide the listener through their diverse musical landscape. Their Canadian milieu informs their music with a unique cultural and geographical sensibility that sets them apart from other current alternative artists.

As bold and varied as the colors on its cover, "Music @ Work" is a wonderfully diverse and grand accomplishment. For everyone? Maybe not. But for this Hip fan, it's their best.

4 out of 5 stars grows on you.......2003-08-14

Wasnt thrilled with this one when I picked it up on its release date 3 years ago. Kinda hard to top Phantom Power. But this album grows on you and will find its way in your cd player as often as other Hip recordings. The best all around ROCK band out there today.

2 out of 5 stars obscurity for ogling lyrically and often lazy shiftwork.......2002-05-02

Opens with absurdist juxtaposition imagery welded to fiery music and guitar strong-arms in "My Music At Work". "Tiger The Lion" 's far-flung abstraction hangs loosely from weakly grasping music. "Lake Fever" is well done, with its hopping percussion and diversifyingly spacey lyrics. "Putting Down" is a mid-tempo typifyingly hip number, lyrics' wild obtuseness fits its fistful of music.
"Stay" is one of the album's top spots, its mellow mood contrasting coolly with Downie's barely restrained howl. "The Bastard's" lyrics are obscurist pedantry and the music is ok. "The Completists"'s shared vocals dilute well while "Freak Turbulence" tries but goes nowhere. "Sharks" I am mixed about, though "Toronto #4" is tonewise and vocalwise pleasantly composed, a rumination on surfacing.
The next four songs "Wild Mountain Honey", "Train Overnight", "The Bear", and "As I Wind Down The Pines" are better titles and occasional glittering phrases than vocals or musical stylings; the lyrics and music cloud one another more often than not.
Overall, the Hip here seem stranded in obscurity for ogling lyrically and often lazy shiftwork musically; a trimming down of the quantity of songs may have lifted the quality.

2 out of 5 stars obscurity for ogling lyrically and often lazy shiftwork.......2002-05-02

Opens with absurdist juxtaposition imagery welded to fiery music and guitar strong-arms in "My Music At Work". "Tiger The Lion" 's far-flung abstraction hangs loosely from weakly grasping music. "Lake Fever" is well done, with its hopping percussion and diversifyingly spacey lyrics. "Putting Down" is a mid-tempo typifyingly hip number, lyrics' wild obtuseness fits its fistful of music.
"Stay" is one of the album's top spots, its mellow mood contrasting coolly with Downie's barely restrained howl. "The Bastard's" lyrics are obscurist pedantry and the music is ok. "The Completists"'s shared vocals dilute well while "Freak Turbulence" tries but goes nowhere. "Sharks" I am mixed about, though "Toronto #4" is tonewise and vocalwise pleasantly composed, a rumination on surfacing.
The next four songs "Wild Mountain Honey", "Train Overnight", "The Bear", and "As I Wind Down The Pines" are better titles and occasional glittering phrases than vocals or musical stylings; the lyrics and music cloud one another more often than not.
Overall, the Hip here seem stranded in obscurity for ogling lyrically and often lazy shiftwork musically; a trimming down of the quantity of songs may have lifted the quality.

4 out of 5 stars

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  5. Thunder and Consolation ~ New Model Army
  6. The Collection ~ Lee Michaels
  7. Abnormal Anonymous ~ Congo Norvell
  8. Violince ~ Oppera
  9. Impurity ~ New Model Army
  10. Lay Lady Lay ~ Magnet

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