In Violet Light
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| Released | June 11, 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:16 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
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| The Tragically Hip chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favourable)[2] |
In Violet Light is the eighth full-length
band The Tragically Hip. The album debuted at #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling almost 33,000 copies in its first week.[3] The album has been certified platinum in Canada.[4]
Packaged with the album in stores was a membership card for The Hip Club, an online fan club which offered three digital bonus tracks, "Forest Edge", "Problem Bears" and "Ultra Mundane".
The music video for "It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken" was filmed in
Don Cherry and the Trailer Park Boys
.
The song "Throwing Off Glass" was also released on the Men with Brooms soundtrack album.
At the Juno Awards of 2021, in the band's first live performance as a unit since Gord Downie's death in 2017, the band performed "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" with Feist on vocals.[5]
Track listing
All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Are You Ready" | 2:39 |
| 2. | "Use it Up" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "The Darkest One" | 4:36 |
| 4. | "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Silver Jet" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Throwing off Glass" | 3:28 |
| 7. | "All Tore Up" | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Leave" | 3:59 |
| 9. | "A Beautiful Thing" | 3:33 |
| 10. | "The Dire Wolf" | 4:29 |
| 11. | "The Dark Canuck" | 6:24 |
The Tragically Hip
- lead vocals
- Rob Baker – lead guitar
- Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar
- Gord Sinclair – backing vocals
- Johnny Fay – drums
Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] | 52 |
| Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] | 14 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ "SoundScan: The Tragically Hip And Korn". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association". 2010. Archived from the original (Requires running a searches for Artist) on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Huddleston, Jess (May 13, 2021). "The Tragically Hip set to perform with Feist at the 2021 Juno Awards". CBC News.
- ^ "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
