Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[3]
PopMatters(favourable)[2]

Music @ Work is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was leaked via the internet six weeks before its official release in June, 2000.[4] It won the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rock Album.[5]

Commercial performance

Music @ Work debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 45,396 copies in its first week.[6] The album has been certified 2× Platinum in Canada.

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

No.TitleLength
1."My Music at Work"3:06
2."Tiger the Lion"5:30
3."Lake Fever"4:34
4."Putting Down"3:13
5."Stay"3:22
6."The Bastard"4:54
7."The Completists"3:07
8."Freak Turbulence"2:53
9."Sharks"4:14
10."Toronto #4"2:59
11."Wild Mountain Honey"3:56
12."Train Overnight"3:17
13."The Bear"3:55
14."As I Wind Down the Pines"2:34

Personnel

Personnel taken from Music @ Work liner notes.[7] The Tragically Hip

Additional musicians

  • Steve Berlin – keyboards, percussion, MIDI sax
  • Chris Brown – keyboards (2, 3, 11, 12)
  • Julie Doiron – vocals (7, 10, 14)
  • Sarah Pinette – cello (2, 10)
  • Mr. Hussein – tabla (6)

Technical personnel

  • Steve Berlin – production
  • The Tragically Hip – production
  • Mark Vreeken – recording, additional production
  • Ken J. Friesen – recording assistance
  • Graeme McCann – additional recording
  • Aaron Keane – additional recording
  • Steven Drake – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 46

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ PopMatters review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ "Hip album leaks to Net". Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "2001 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  6. ^ "Hip album debuts at No. 1". Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Music @ Work (CD liner notes). The Tragically Hip. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
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