Tragically Hip – Fully Completely
Fully Completely is The Tragically Hip's third album, their first to chart in the U.S. (#40 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers) and their second to top the Canadian charts. The album spawned six hit songs in Canada, "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" (#11), "Fifty Mission Cap" (#40), "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" (#10), "At the Hundredth Meridian" (#18), "Looking for a Place to Happen" (#51) and the title track (#65), with only "Courage" charting in the U.S.
While not being the international breakthrough the band anticipated, Fully Completely has been universally embraced as one of the greatest Canadian albums ever, placing in virtually every poll since its release:
- Chart magazine: 6th in , 10th in 2000 and 8th in 2005
- Bob Mersereau: 5th in in 2007
- Mar*Star: 2nd in in 2011
- CBC Radio: 13th in in 2013
It even ranked ninth in CFNY's The Top 102 Modern Rock Albums of All Time, received 4.5 stars (out of 5) from AllMusic and was named the best album you hadn't heard in 1992 by Rolling Stone (according to Thom Wong of The Tyee).
Hometown: |
Kingston |
Label: |
MCA |
Release Date: |
6 October 1992 |
Producer: |
Chris Tsangarides |
Style: |
alternative rock |
Mar*Star 125: |
did not exist |
Mar*Star 150: |
3 |
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- "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:27
- "Looking for a Place to Happen" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:18
- "At the Hundredth Meridian" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 3:20
- "Pigeon Camera" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:34
- "Lionized" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 3:20
- "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:42
- "We'll Go, Too" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 3:24
- "Fully Completely" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 3:32
- "Fifty Mission Cap" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:10
- "Wheat Kings" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 4:19
- "The Wherewithal" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 2:55
- "Eldorado" (Bobby Baker, Gordon Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair) – 3:46
- Bobby Baker – guitar
- Gordon Downie – vocals
- Johnny Fay – drums
- Paul Langlois – guitar, vocals
- Gord Sinclair – bass, vocals