Phantom Power (The Tragically Hip album)

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]

Phantom Power
Studio album by
The Tragically Hip
ReleasedJuly 14, 1998
StudioThe Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
GenreRock, alternative rock
Length50:26
LabelUniversal
Producer
The Tragically Hip chronology
Live Between Us
(1997)		 Phantom Power
(1998)		 Music @ Work
(2000)
Singles from Phantom Power
  1. "Poets"
    Released: June 1998
  2. "Something On"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Fireworks"
    Released: November 1998
  4. "Bobcaygeon"
    Released: February 1999
  5. "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
NME(4/10) link
Pitchfork Media(7.3/10) link

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]

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

No.TitleLength
1."Poets"3:59
2."Something On"3:21
3."Save the Planet"3:38
4."Bobcaygeon"4:55
5."Thompson Girl"3:32
6."Membership"4:40
7."Fireworks"3:56
8."Vapour Trails"4:29
9."The Rules"3:46
10."Chagrin Falls"4:10
11."Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man"5:52
12."Emperor Penguin"4:08

References
  1. "1999 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  2. "The Tragically Hip - Poets Rock/Alternative positions". RPM. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  3. Foley, Doug (2000-03-13). "Super Celebration; Junos are a crowd pleaser for TV and music fans alike" (Pay-per-view). The Spectator. Hamilton. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  4. "Searching for the Tragically Hip’s mythical Bobcaygeon". Maclean's, July 15, 2016.
  5. "The Tragically Hip". Thehip.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  6. Tragically Hip Shows 'Power' In U.S. Billboard. 8 August 1998. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  7. "Gold Platinum Database: Phantom Power". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  8. "Hip Power play". Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  9. "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
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