Phantom Power (The Tragically Hip album)

Phantom Power

Studio album by The Tragically Hip

Released

July 14, 1998

Recorded

The Bathouse Recording Studio

Genre

Rock, alternative rock

Length

50:26

Label

Universal Music Canada

Producer

Steve Berlin, The Tragically Hip, Mark Vreeken

The Tragically Hip chronology

Live Between Us
(1997)

Phantom Power
(1998)

Music @ Work
(2000)

Singles from Phantom Power

"Poets"
Released: 1998
"Something On"
Released: 1998
"Fireworks"
Released: 1998
"Bobcaygeon"
Released: 1999
"Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man"
Released: 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
NME	(4/10) link
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10) link

Phantom Power is the sixth full-length 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] The song "Bobcaygeon" won the Juno Award for Single of the Year in 2000.^[2]

The song "Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" is a tribute to Jim Ellison of Material Issue.^[3] 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.^[4] The album has been certified Triple Platinum in Canada.^[5]

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

"Poets" – 3:59
"Something On" – 3:21
"Save the Planet" – 3:38
"Bobcaygeon" – 4:55
"Thompson Girl" – 3:32
"Membership" – 4:40
"Fireworks" – 3:56
"Vapour Trails" – 4:29
"The Rules" – 3:46
"Chagrin Falls" – 4:10
"Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin' Man" – 5:52
"Emperor Penguin" – 4:08

References

↑ "1999 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
↑ "2000 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 29 December 2. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "The Tragically Hip". Thehip.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ "Tragically Hip Shows 'Power' In U.S.". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
↑ "Gold Platinum Database: Phantom Power". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

The Tragically Hip

Gordon Downie Rob Baker Johnny Fay Paul Langlois Gord Sinclair Davis Manning

Studio albums	Up to Here Road Apples Fully Completely Day for Night Trouble at the Henhouse Phantom Power Music @ Work In Violet Light In Between Evolution World Container We Are the Same Now for Plan A

Live albums	Live Between Us

EPs	The Tragically Hip

Compilations	Hipeponymous Yer Favourites

DVDs	Heksenketel That Night in Toronto

Singles	"Small Town Bring-Down" "Highway Girl" "Blow at High Dough" "New Orleans Is Sinking" "Boots or Hearts" "38 Years Old" "Trickle Down" "Little Bones" "Three Pistols" "Twist My Arm" "Long Time Running" "On the Verge" "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" "Fifty Mission Cap" "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" "At the Hundredth Meridian" "Looking for a Place to Happen" "Fully Completely" "Land" "Grace, Too" "Greasy Jungle" "Nautical Disaster" "So Hard Done By" "Scared" "Thugs" "Ahead by a Century" "Gift Shop" "700 Ft. Ceiling" "Flamenco" "Springtime in Vienna" "Poets" "Something On" "Fireworks" "Thompson Girl" "Bobcaygeon" "My Music at Work" "Lake Fever" "The Completists" "Freak Turbulence" "It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken" "Silver Jet" "The Darkest One" "Vaccination Scar" "Summer's Killing Us" "It Can't Be Nashville Every Night" "In View" "The Lonely End of the Rink" "Yer Not the Ocean" "Family Band" "Love Is a First" "Morning Moon" "Speed River" "At Transformation" "Streets Ahead"

Related articles	Discography Another Roadside Attraction Canadian rock Trailer Park Boys Made in Canada The Sweet Hereafter Side projects: Coke Machine Glow Battle of the Nudes The Grand Bounce Stripper's Union Stripper's Union Local 518

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