Year: 1996
Time: 52:37
Size: 120,9 MB
Label: Atlantic Records
Styles: Rock/Alt.Rock/Hard Rock
Art: Front
Tracks Listing:
1. Gift Shop - 4:58
2. Springtime in Vienna - 4:37
3. Ahead by a Century - 3:43
4. Don't Wake Daddy - 5:08
5. Flamenco - 4:06
6. 700 Ft. Ceiling - 3:39
7. Butts Wigglin - 3:47
8. Apartment Song - 3:57
9. Coconut Cream - 3:20
10. Let's Stay Engaged - 4:53
11. Sherpa - 5:15
12. Put It Off - 5:11
The Tragically Hip's stratospheric success is probably the thing about Canada that most confuses tourists. Gord Downie is a highly individual vocal stylist, but the Hip's songs can seem, relative to the accepted standards of rock & roll, atonal and tuneless. After 1993's Fully Completely, the Kingston band's albums were increasingly split between smart, polished singles that sounded great on the radio (partly because they didn't sound like anyone else) and cryptic, rambling album tracks that were much harder to love. While Trouble at the Henhouse suffers similarly, its best song, "Ahead by a Century," instantly became a radio and concert staple. A midtempo, largely acoustic number with one of Downie's greatest-ever choruses, it wouldn't have been out of place on R.E.M.'s Reckoning. Other songs have an offhand charm (like the irresistibly titled "Butts Wigglin"), but on most of Trouble at the Henhouse the band sounds constricted by an overly tried-and-true songwriting approach. --Jason Anderson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Trouble at the Henhouse
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий