Rheostatics – Whale Music

Whale Music (not to be confused with the soundtrack they did for the Whale Music film) is the third album from Rheostatics. Although it was not a hit album and was awarded only three stars by AllMusic, it is often included in lists of the best Canadian albums of all-time:

• #99 in CBC Radio's 2013 list
• #26 in the Mar*Star's 2011 list
• #19 in Bob Mersereau's The Top 100 Canadian Albums (2007)
• top 10 in all three Chart magazine polls (#5 in 1996, #4 in 2000, #10 in 2005)

We have seen Rheostatics live on several occasions, as recounted in other entries in these lists, and have never been disappointed, as they truly are one of Canada's most creatively unconventional rock bands.

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Track Listing

1. "Self Serve Gas Station" (Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 4:51
2. "California Dreamline" (Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 4:21
3. "Rain, Rain, Rain" (Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 4:20
4. "Queer" (Dave Bidini, Dave Clark, Rheostatics) – 5:30
5. "King of the Past" (Tim Vesely, Dave Bidini, Rheostatics) – 4:51
6. "R.D.A. (Rock Death America)" (Dave Bidini, Dave Clark, Rheostatics) – 2:32
7. "The Headless One" (Tim Vesely, Rheostatics) – 3:27
8. "Legal Age Life at Variety Store" (Dave Bidini, Rheostatics) – 2:33
9. "What's Going on Around Here?" (Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 4:13
10. "Shaved Head" (Martin Tielli, Dave Bidini, Rheostatics) – 5:06
11. "Palomar" (Tim Vesely (inspired by Italo Calvino), Rheostatics) – 4:20
12. "Guns" (Dave Clark, Rheostatics) – 1:49
13. "Sickening Song" (Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 2:54
14. "Soul Glue" (Tim Vesely, Martin Tielli, Rheostatics) – 3:44
15. "Beerbash" (Dave Bidini, Rheostatics) – 3:50
16. "Who?" (Tim Vesely, Rheostatics) – 3:02
17. "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" (Dave Bidini, Martin Tielli, Janet Morassutti, Rheostatics) – 6:33

Personnel