Track listing

1. "Can't Help Wondering Why" - 2:55
2. "Are You Ready" - 3:59
3. "Rena" - 4:34
4. "Up On That Cloud"
5. "I Will" - 3:35
6. "Phaedra's Meadow" - 5:26
7. "Runaway Train" - 4:14
8. "Stuck on You" - 3:54
9. "Beverley Street" - 3:25
10. "Finger Lakes" - 5:07
11. "Tired Of Pretending" - 6:22
12. "Don't Get Angry" - 4:02

Track trivia

• The title track is a more upbeat version of a song that appears on Greg Keelor's second solo album, Seven Songs for Jim.
• "Rena" is named for Jim Cuddy's wife, Rena Polley. The first single off the album, it has been described as "a sonic return to [the band's] Casino-era roots".
• Paddy Moloney
  Paddy Moloney
  Paddy Moloney is one of the founders of the Irish musical group The Chieftains and has played on every one of their albums.He was born in Donnycarney in Dublin. His mother bought him a tin whistle when he was six and at the age of eight he started to learn the Uilleann pipes. He also plays button...
  
   of The Chieftains
  The Chieftains
  The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
  
   plays tin whistle and Uilleann pipes
  Uilleann pipes
  The uilleann pipes or //; ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland, their current name, earlier known in English as "union pipes", is a part translation of the Irish-language term píobaí uilleann , from their method of inflation.The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a...
  
   on "Phaedra's Meadow".
• "Runaway Train" mentions The Sleeping Giant
  Sleeping Giant (Ontario)
  The Sleeping Giant is a formation of mesas and sills on Sibley Peninsula which resembles a giant lying on its back when viewed from the West to North-Northwest section of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. As one moves southward along the shoreline toward Squaw Bay the Sleeping Giant starts to separate...
  
  , a geological formation near Thunder Bay
  Thunder Bay
  -In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
  
  , Ontario
  Ontario
  Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
  
  .
• "Beverley Street" was originally intended for Diamond Mine, but the band had forgotten about it long ago. They relearned of its existence only in 2004, thanks to some friends who had bootlegged a concert featuring this song and performed their own version for bassist Bazil Donovan. The song itself references Beverley Street in Toronto, a north-south street that starts at Queen Street West
  Queen Street West
  Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queen Street begins in the west at the intersection of King Street, The...
  
   and extends north to College Street
  College Street (Toronto)
  College Street is a principal arterial thoroughfare in downtown Toronto, connecting former streetcar suburbs in the west with the city centre. The street is home to an ethnically diverse population in the western residential reaches, and institutions like the Ontario Legislature and the University...
  
  , where it turns into St. George Street.
• The "Finger Lakes
  Finger Lakes
  The Finger Lakes are a pattern of lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York in the United States. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin , each oriented roughly on a north-south axis. The two longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in...
  
  " referred to in the song are a group of 11 long, narrow lakes in upstate New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
  . Jim Cuddy has often said at concerts that the song is at least partially based on his relationship with his father.
• This is the last studio album to have James Gray on keyboards

Personnel

• Bryden Baird: Trumpet
• Joao Carvalho: Mastering
• Jim Cuddy: Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Organ (Pump), Group Member
• Bazil Donovan: Bass, Group Member
• Patrick Duffy: Design, Illustrations
• Chris Shreenan-Dyck: Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Bob Egan: Guitar, Pedal Steel, National Steel Guitar, Group Member
• Travis Good: Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Guitar (Electric)
• James Gray: Organ, Piano, Group Member
• Greg Keelor: Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Group Member
• Paddy Malone: Uillean Pipes, Tin Whistle
• Glenn Milchem: Drums, Shaker, Group Member
• Paddy Moloney: Uillean Pipes, Tin Whistle
• Bronwin Parks: Design, Illustrations

External links

• Lyrics at bluerodeo.com
• Guitar Tabs at Stratomaster.ca
  • Note: neither this site nor the lyrics page on Bluerodeo.com have "Green Room".
• Blue Rodeo, Are You Ready?. Essay at ZapTown