In Between Evolution

In Between Evolution
Studio album by The Tragically Hip
Released June 29, 2004
Recorded 2004 at Studio X, Seattle, Washington
Genre Rock
Length 45:28
Label Universal Music Canada
Producer Adam Kasper
The Tragically Hip chronology
In Violet Light
(2002)In Violet Light2002		 In Between Evolution
(2004)		 Hipeponymous
(2005)Hipeponymous2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
PopMatters[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes[4]

In Between Evolution is the ninth full-length album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was recorded at Studio X in Seattle and was released June 29, 2004. The album debuted at #1 in Canada,[5] selling 22,500 copies in its first week.[6] However, sales of the album dropped by 50 percent the following week.[6] The album was certified Platinum in Canada in September 2004.[7]

One of the major themes of this album is the response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. "Heaven Is a Better Place Today" doubles as a tribute to Dan Snyder, a player for the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team who died in an automobile accident nine months before the album's release, and for young men being sent to war.

The Hip performed a rough version of the song "It Can't be Nashville Every Night" on a season two episode of Canadian situation comedy TV program Corner Gas, as a local band renting out main character Brent Leroy's garage for band practice.

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

No.TitleLength
1."Heaven Is a Better Place Today"2:55
2."Summer's Killing Us"3:26
3."Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park"4:09
4."Vaccination Scar"2:57
5."It Can't Be Nashville Every Night"2:53
6."If New Orleans Is Beat"3:15
7."You're Everywhere"3:34
8."As Makeshift as We Are"3:15
9."Mean Streak"4:10
10."The Heart of the Melt"2:35
11."One Night in Copenhagen"2:20
12."Are We Family"4:34
13."Goodnight Josephine"3:25

Singles

  • "Vaccination Scar"
  • "It Can't Be Nashville Every Night"
  • "Summer's Killing Us"
  • "Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park"

Cover art

The album cover art was designed by Cameron Tomsett,[8] a Canadian artist from Kingston.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ PopMatters review
  3. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  4. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review Archived 2007-11-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Albums - Week of July 17, 2004". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  6. 1 2 "Avril knocks The Hip out of No. 1". Jam!. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  7. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Certification - September 2004". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  8. ↑ Cover Artist: Cameron Tomsett Citation
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