Fully Completely is where Kingston, Ontario's Tragically Hip finally come to the apex of their talent.
Lead singer Gord Downie sounds crisp and full of life, and the songs he verbally dramatizes are rich in lyrical sharpness and instrumental color.
With more than half of this album's songs being released to Canadian radio, it established the Hip as a mainstream contender and rescued them from their bar band persona.
Songs like "Courage" and "At the Hundredth Meridian" glimmer with Downie's poetic finesse while basking in the dimmed glow of background guitar.
"Fifty-Mission Cap" is centered around their interest of hockey nostalgia, and "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" simmers with an R.E.M.-type brusqueness that hovers in mystery.
The astuteness of "Wheat Kings" comes off as one of their best slow songs, once again elevated from Gord Downie's peculiar unequivocalness.
Letting Downie glide into each song with his complex philosophical idioms was a step in the right direction, a feat that was almost mastered on 1991's Road Apples, but fell just inches short.
The Tragically Hip prove on Fully Completely that their level of maturity and musical craftsmanship have finally come to fruition.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CourageThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:27 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 2 | Looking for a Place to HappenThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 3 | At the Hundredth MeridianThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Pigeon CameraThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 5 | LionizedThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Locked in the Trunk of a CarThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Fully CompletelyThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | Fifty-Mission CapThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | Wheat KingsThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | The WherewithalThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 11 | EldoradoThe Tragically Hip | The Tragically Hip | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 12 | We'll Go Too | The Tragically Hip | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 46 mins | 107 MB | |||||
| 46 mins | 314 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Baker | Guitar |
| 2 | Sarah Bedingham | Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer |
| 3 | Ian Cooper | Mastering |
| 4 | Simon Davis | Graphic Design |
| 5 | Gordon Downie | Bass, Vocals |
| 6 | Johnny Fay | Drums |
| 7 | Paul Langlois | Guitar, Vocals |
| 8 | Pail Lanlois | Guitar, Vocals |
| 9 | Chris Marshall | Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer |
| 10 | Gord Sinclair | Bass, Vocals |
| 11 | The Tragically Hip | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 12 | Chris Tsangarides | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
The Tragically Hip
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |