Up to Here

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

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 643443106023
EAN: 0643443106023
ASIN: B000046S13

Release Date: 2000-02-01

Up to Here

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Tracks:

Blow at High Dough
I'll Believe in You (Or I'll Be Leaving...)
New Orleans Is Sinking
38 Years Old
She Didn't Know
Boots or Hearts
Everytime You Go
When the Weight Comes Down
Trickle Down
Another Midnight
Opiated

Customer Reviews:

Will the Hip ever get the respect and attention they deserve.......2002-05-19

Let's face it, the Tragically Hip are as well known outside of Canada as our poutine fries. Here is a band who in their infancy, rival seasoned vetrans on the concert stage. The "Up to Here" album is as raw and powerful as any released during the 80's.
Gordon Downie headlines a solid line up which includes guitarists Bobby Baker and Paul Langlois, bass player Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay.
Well written songs such as the unofficial anthem "New Orleans is Sinking" characterize the bands dynamite stage show presence and the album keeps getting stronger as you listen to it.
Other notable cuts include the chilling "38 Years Old" which was penned in reference to Gordons brother Mike who went to prision after killing his sisters rapist. The Hip bring a lot of personal baggage along with their songs and it shows. Listen to the great statements made in "Trickle Down", "Another Midnight" and "Opiated". These guys have been around the block and are only getting better. Some call them Canada's U2 or a ripoff of REM but with all due respect, It could be just as easily be the other way around.

Will the Hip ever get the respect and attention they deserve.......2002-05-19

Let's face it, the Tragically Hip are as well known outside of Canada as our poutine fries. Here is a band who in their infancy, rival seasoned vetrans on the concert stage. The "Up to Here" album is as raw and powerful as any released during the 80's.
Gordon Downie headlines a solid line up which includes guitarists Bobby Baker and Paul Langlois, bass player Gord Sinclair and drummer Johnny Fay.
Well written songs such as the unofficial anthem "New Orleans is Sinking" characterize the bands dynamite stage show presence and the album keeps getting stronger as you listen to it.
Other notable cuts include the chilling "38 Years Old" which was penned in reference to Gordons brother Mike who went to prision after killing his sisters rapist. The Hip bring a lot of personal baggage along with their songs and it shows. Listen to the great statements made in "Trickle Down", "Another Midnight" and "Opiated". These guys have been around the block and are only getting better. Some call them Canada's U2 or a [copy] of REM but with all due respect, It could be just as easily be the other way around.

Second album shows potential.......2002-02-13

While the first self titled album was ok Up To Here really gave the first look at the full potential of the band. An excellent album. Their most frequently requested - and arguably most popular song in the U.S. - New Orleans is Sinking is about average for this album. There are a couple of songs I am not a big fan of (I'll believe in you for example and blow at high dough is average hip at best) but even they aren't bad. The flip side is excellent - Another midnight, opiated, etc. are absolutely fantastic. I always start on song 7 or so and let it play around. 38 years old is also a classic.

read this review.......2001-03-18

The Tragically Hip's first album is not, as some would have you believe, their best. Not by a long shot. That being said, this is a remarkable album from a young (at the time) band. There is a driving force pushing these songs out of the speakers. The production is not as good as later Hip albums, but the energy of the songs makes up for it. "Blow At High Dough" kicks things off right, and is soon followed by their most well known tune, "New Orleans Is Sinking". Not only are these Hip classics, but rock classics. "New Orleans" is a mardi gras memory in song as only Gordon Downie can provide. The album version here only hints at what this song becomes on the stage. Elsewhere on the album there are many very good songs, such as "Another Midnight" and "Trickle Down", and some weaker ones, like "I'll Believe In You". It was clear even this early that this was not your average rock band. Gordon Downie's songs and Rob Baker's guitar hint at the heights they would achieve on their very next album, the looser "Road Apples". It was a shame then just as it is today that there isn't room on American rock radio for hard rock 'n roll as smart as this.

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