Phantom Power (The Tragically Hip album) explained

Phantom Power
Type:studio
Artist:The Tragically Hip
Cover:hip phantom power.jpg
Released:July 14, 1998
Studio:The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Genre:Alternative rock
Length:50:26
Label:Universal
Producer:
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Phantom Power is the sixth studio album by the 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.[1]

Songs

The album's first single, "Poets", reached #1 on RPM's alternative chart, and stayed #1 for 12 weeks straight,[2] longer than any other song in the history of that chart.

"Bobcaygeon" was also released as a single, and won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2000.[3] It has since become recognized as one of the band's most enduring and beloved signature songs.[4]

The song "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" is a tribute to Jim Ellison of Material Issue.[5] The band recorded the song "Something On" while stuck in the studio during the ice storm of 1998.

Commercial performance

Phantom Power debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart with 108,000 units sold.[6] The album has been certified triple platinum in Canada.[7] By February 1999, the album had sold more than 400,000 copies in Canada.[8] Between 1996 and 2016, Phantom Power was the seventh best-selling album by a Canadian band in Canada.[9]

Reissue

In August 2023, the band announced the release of a 25th anniversary box set edition of the album, set for November 23, 2023.[10] Along with remastered versions of the original album's songs, the anniversary edition will also feature a two-disc live set performed at the Metropol in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1998, five outtakes not included on the original album, and seven alternate versions of songs on the album.[11]

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[12]

The Tragically Hip

Additional musicians

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1999 Juno Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207000342/http://www.metrolyrics.com/1999-juno-awards.html. 2009-02-07. unfit. MetroLeap Media. 29 December 2009.
  2. The Tragically Hip - Poets Rock/Alternative positions. RPM. 2016-07-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817095816/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5&q1=The+Tragically+Hip+Poets&q2=Rock%2FAlternative&interval=20. 2016-08-17. dead.
  3. News: Foley . Doug . Super Celebration; Junos are a crowd pleaser for TV and music fans alike . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102045644/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/447176691.html?dids=447176691:447176691&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+13,+2000&author=Doug+Foley&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Super+Celebration;+Junos+are+a+crowd+pleaser+for+TV+and+music+fans+alike . dead . November 2, 2012 . The Spectator . Hamilton . Pay-per-view . 2000-03-13 . 2010-05-11.
  4. http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/searching-for-the-tragically-hips-mythical-bobcaygeon/ "Searching for the Tragically Hip’s mythical Bobcaygeon"
  5. Web site: The Tragically Hip . Thehip.com . 5 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204224121/http://thehip.com/TheHipStoryProject-Stories.html?IDNUM=5185&storyAction=Detail . 4 February 2012 .
  6. Book: Tragically Hip Shows 'Power' In U.S.. 8 August 1998. Billboard. June 2, 2014.
  7. Web site: Gold Platinum Database: Phantom Power. Canadian Recording Industry Association. 26 July 2011 .
  8. Web site: Hip Power play. https://web.archive.org/web/20041010053741/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicTragicallyHip/feb4_hip.html. dead. October 10, 2004. April 14, 2020.
  9. Web site: NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS. bdsradio.com. January 2, 2020. January 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102202137/https://bdsradio.com/pd/docs/Nielsen_Canadian150_2017_vs2.pdf. dead.
  10. Mark Daniell, "Tragically Hip announce 25th anniversary edition of 'Phantom Power'". Toronto Sun, August 31, 2023.
  11. Alex Hudson, "The Tragically Hip Expand 'Phantom Power' for 25th Anniversary Box Set, Share Outtake". Exclaim!, August 31, 2023.
  12. Phantom Power. CD liner notes. The Tragically Hip . 1998. Universal Music Group. UMSSD-81083.
  13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040902000408/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt2.html. September 2, 2004. Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002. Jam!. March 28, 2022.

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