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Since their 1987 debut, Kingston's Tragically Hip have built a sizable following in their native Canada (where they earned early comparisons to R.E.M), but have yet to really crack a fickle American market, despite a stellar reputation as live performers and creative influences that have consistently been just a tad smarter than the competition. This album builds shrewdly on those inclinations, expanded by producer/Los Lobos vet Steve Berlin with a sonic freedom reminiscent of his own band's '90s experimentalist bent. Set against this intoxicating Velvet Underground-meets-The-Edge-in-the-gloaming wall of sound, singer Gordon Downie's droning, impressionistic, and ever-inscrutable lyrics take on nearly psychedelic dimensions. The John Cage references on "Tiger the Lion" say as much about the band's stubborn artistic integrity as they do about its stateside commercial potential. Tragically Hip indeed. --Jerry McCulley
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