'' is the third full-length
Album by
Canadian Rock Band The Tragically Hip .
It was released in
1992 , and the cover art was designed by
Italian artist
Lieve Prins . Prins, an "electrographer" who makes art with
Photocopier s, had the band photocopy various parts of their bodies and then made a
Collage with the results.
The album was produced by
Chris Tsangarides , who has also worked with
Black Sabbath ,
Depeche Mode and
Judas Priest , among many others.
Like their , who played for the
Toronto Maple Leafs before he disappeared in
1951 , and also cites imagery related to Canadian bomber crews in the
Second World War . "Wheat Kings" is about
David Milgaard , who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the
1960s . The title of "Pigeon Camera," amazingly enough, literally refers to pigeons with cameras attached to their legs that were used (mostly unsuccessfully) in the
First World War as tools for aerial observation.
The album, however, does have a reputation for sounding technically poor, a problem that worsens as the quality of the machine it is being played on increases; most tracks seems muted and quiet. It is unclear if this problem originated in production or manufacturing.
All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.
# "Courage (for
Hugh MacLennan )" (4:27)
# "Looking for a Place to Happen" (4:18)
# "At the Hundredth Meridian" (3:20)
# "Pigeon Camera" (4:34)
# "Lionized" (3:20)
# "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" (4:42)
# "We'll Go, Too" (3:24)
# "Fully Completely" (3:30)
# "Fifty Mission Cap" (4:10)
# "Wheat Kings" (4:19)
# "The Wherewithal" (2:55)
# "Eldorado" (3:46)
