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Hipeponymous

The Tragically Hip · 2005

225 min · 96 tracks · alternative rock · folk rock · hard rock

A reflective blend of poignant lyrics and lush instrumentation, capturing the essence of Canadian rock's storytelling tradition.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic exploration with emotional peaks
  • reflective moments for deep thinking
  • for long road trips
  • engaging narratives that invite reflection
  • a soundtrack for nostalgic reminiscing

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer quick, standalone tracks
  • seek high-energy party anthems

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2005, 'Hipeponymous' is a compilation album by The Tragically Hip, marking a retrospective phase in their career after nearly two decades of impactful releases. This album compiles notable tracks from their previous studio albums, serving as a bridge for new listeners and longtime fans alike as they approached their final years together before frontman Gord Downie's battle with terminal illness.
Stylistic neighbors
Blue Rodeo· The Weakerthans· Gord Downie

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 No Threat 2:57
  • 2 Grace, Too 5:34
  • 3 My Music at Work 3:06
  • 4 38 Years Old 4:19
  • 5 Gift Shop 5:02
  • 6 Ahead by a Century 3:45
  • 7 Vaccination Scar 2:56
  • 8 Three Pistols 3:48
  • 9 So Hard Done By 3:29
  • 10 Fiddler’s Green 4:26
  • 11 Looking for a Place to Happen 4:32
  • 12 Cordelia 4:11
  • 13 ‘It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken’ 4:26
  • 14 Blow at High Dough 4:37
  • 15 Wheat Kings 4:19
  • 16 Fifty‐Mission Cap 4:09
  • 17 New Orleans Is Sinking 4:18
  • 18 Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin’ Man 5:50

Disc 2

  • 1 Fully Completely 3:32
  • 2 Twist My Arm 3:56
  • 3 Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) 4:24
  • 4 Lake Fever 4:30
  • 5 Poets 4:02
  • 6 Fireworks 3:56
  • 7 Boots or Hearts 3:40
  • 8 Bobcaygeon 4:59
  • 9 Nautical Disaster 4:42
  • 10 Highway Girl 3:31
  • 11 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park 4:09
  • 12 Scared 5:06
  • 13 Something On 3:25
  • 14 At the Hundredth Meridian 3:23
  • 15 Long Time Running 4:24
  • 16 The Darkest One 4:42
  • 17 Locked in the Trunk of a Car 4:40
  • 18 Little Bones 4:45
  • 19 The New Maybe 2:58

Disc 3

  • 1 Vaccination Scar 2:46
  • 2 Fully Completely
  • 3 Grace, Too 6:18
  • 4 Summer’s Killing Us 3:35
  • 5 Ahead by a Century 5:21
  • 6 Silver Jet 4:31
  • 7 As Makeshift as We Are 3:40
  • 8 Courage (for Hugh MacLennan) 5:13
  • 9 Bobcaygeon 3:58
  • 10 Nautical Disaster 4:36
  • 11 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
  • 12 Poets 5:07
  • 13 At the Hundredth Meridian 3:16
  • 14 It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night 3:50
  • 15 My Music at Work 4:25
  • 16 New Orleans Is Sinking 5:17
  • 17 Heaven Is a Better Place Today 4:20
  • 18 ‘It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken’ 4:43
  • 19 Little Bones
  • 20 Gift Shop
  • 21 Springtime in Vienna
  • 22 Three Pistols
  • 23 Boots or Hearts
  • 24 Blow at High Dough

Disc 4

  • 1 Last American Exit
  • 2 Small Town Bringdown
  • 3 New Orleans Is Sinking
  • 4 Blow at High Dough
  • 5 Little Bones
  • 6 Locked in the Trunk of a Car
  • 7 Courage (for Hugh Maclennan)
  • 8 At the Hundredth Meridian
  • 9 Nautical Disaster
  • 10 Thugs
  • 11 Greasy Jungle
  • 12 Grace, Too
  • 13 Ahead by a Century
  • 14 Gift Shop
  • 15 Bobcaygeon
  • 16 Something On
  • 17 Poets
  • 18 My Music at Work
  • 19 ‘It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken’
  • 20 Silver Jet
  • 21 The Darkest One
  • 22 Vaccination Scar
  • 23 It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night
  • 24 Macroscopic – A Film by Christopher Mills
  • 25 Cooking in Wartime
  • 26 Piano Spider
  • 27 Speakersong
  • 28 Air Plane
  • 29 Sub Way
  • 30 Edible Paper
  • 31 What’s Umm Mean?
  • 32 Leaving the Island
  • 33 Land Scape Clouds
  • 34 Mind Fame
  • 35 The Right Whale

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