The Tragically Hip EP
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The Tragically Hip is the first release from Canadian
rock band The Tragically Hip
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The EP was produced by Ken Greer
of Red Rider
fame.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock band The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
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The EP was produced by Ken Greer
Ken Greer
Ken Greer is a Canadian guitarist and keyboardist. He was one of the founding members of the Canadian rock band Red Rider. He is the pedal steel guitarist whose soaring, searing lines give Red Rider its distinctive sound.-Biography:...
of Red Rider
Red Rider
Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
fame.
Track listing
- "Small Town Bringdown" (Gord Sinclair) – 3:05
- "Last American Exit" (Sinclair) – 3:50
- "Killing Time" (Gord Downie, Rob Baker) – 4:50
- "Evelyn" (Sinclair) – 2:25
- "Cemetery Sideroad" (Downie, Sinclair) – 3:15
- "I'm a Werewolf, Baby" (Downie, Baker) – 3:20
- "Highway Girl" (Downie, Baker) – 3:28
- "All-Canadian Surf Club" (Sinclair, Baker) – 2:50 (appears on the CDCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
release only)
Singles
- "Small Town Bringdown"
- "Last American Exit"
- A live version of "Highway Girl" was released in which Gord Downie tells the story of a suicide. It was a hit on Canadian radio, allowing the song to chart considerably higher than in its original form. The album version was also the only song from this EP to be included in the Yer FavouritesYer FavouritesYer Favourites is a two-disc compilation album by The Tragically Hip. The tracks for Yer Favourites were selected by the band's fans on its website and were remastered...
fan-picked compilation of 2005.