Music @ Work Explained

Music @ Work
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Tragically Hip
Cover:	TTH_Music_at_Work.jpg
Released:	June 6, 2000
Recorded:	1999
Studio:	The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	51:40
Label:	Universal
Producer:	Steve Berlin Mark Vreeken The Tragically Hip
Prev Title:	Phantom Power
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	In Violet Light
Next Year:	2002

Music @ Work is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was leaked via the internet six weeks before its official release in June, 2000.^[1] It won the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rock Album.^[2]

Commercial performance

Music @ Work debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 45,396 copies in its first week.^[3] The album has been certified 2× Platinum in Canada.

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

Personnel

Personnel taken from Music @ Work liner notes.^[4] The Tragically Hip

• Gord Downie – lead vocals
• Rob Baker – lead guitar
• Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny Fay – drums

Additional musicians

• Steve Berlin – keyboards, percussion, MIDI sax
• Chris Brown – keyboards (2, 3, 11, 12)
• Julie Doiron – vocals (7, 10, 14)
• Sarah Pinette – cello (2, 10)
• Mr. Hussein – tabla (6)

Technical personnel

• Steve Berlin – production
• The Tragically Hip – production
• Mark Vreeken – recording, additional production
• Ken J. Friesen – recording assistance
• Graeme McCann – additional recording
• Aaron Keane – additional recording
• Steven Drake – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hip album leaks to Net. https://web.archive.org/web/20041010072635/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicTragicallyHip/apr2700_hip.html. dead. October 10, 2004. April 14, 2020.
2. Web site: 2001 Juno Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207234709/http://www.metrolyrics.com/2001-juno-awards.html. 2009-02-07. unfit. MetroLeap Media. 2009-12-29.
3. Web site: Hip album debuts at No. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20041012124831/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicTragicallyHip/jun21_sales.html. dead. October 12, 2004. April 18, 2020.
4. Music @ Work . . 2000 . CD liner notes.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040812032100/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_1.html. August 12, 2004. Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000. Jam!. March 24, 2022.