In Between Evolution
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| In Between Evolution | ||
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| Missing image Inbetweenevolution.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by The Tragically Hip | ||
| Released | 2004 | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Rock and Roll | |
| Length | 40:13 | |
| Record label | Zoe Records | |
| Producer | Adam Kasper | |
| The Tragically Hip Chronology | ||
| In Violet Light (2002) | In Between Evolution (2004) | None |
In Between Evolution is the title of the most recent Tragically Hip record, which was released June 29, 2004. The album featured the single "Vaccination Scar". This album is considered one of their best later works and became one of the top selling albums of the year in Canada. It also helped to re-establish their old musical style shown in older albums. The album was recorded at Studio X in Seattle.
One of the major themes in this album is the response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with overtly political anti-war themes throughout the album. In the poignant Are We Family where Gord Downie questions the logic of "taking care of each other one bullet to another", Vaccination Scar likens the collapse of the rationale of the war, "it went down like a bad card table", to the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park likens George W. Bush to the famously depressed polar bear in the Central Park Zoo who is "too either them or me" and speculates that the cause of the problem is that "no one is afraid enough". Heaven Is A Better Place Today doubles as a tribute to hockey player Dan Snyder and, as Downie would reveal, for young men being sent to war.
Track Listing
- Heaven is a Better Place Today
- Summer's Killing Us
- Gus: the Polar Bear from Central Park
- Vaccination Scar
- It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
- If New Orleans is Beat
- You're Everywhere
- As Makeshift as We Are
- Mean Streak
- The Heart of the Melt
- One Night in Copenhagen
- Are We Family
- Goodnight Josephine
External links
- All Music Guide review (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:202tk6hxtkrh)
- Rolling Stone review (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/6084134/thetragicallyhip?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1&rnd=1117200313781&has-player=unknown)
- Song meanings (http://geocities.com/stephendame/ibe.html)