Phantom Power

by The Tragically Hip

Phantom Power cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 July 1998
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 50:33
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Cementing their status as Canadian rock royalty, the Kingston quintet delivered a deeply resonant and tightly crafted collection with 'Phantom Power'. The recording earned a Juno Award for Best Rock Album, characterized by Gord Downie's evocative, poetically opaque lyricism and the band's signature blend of robust, guitar-driven anthems.

Genres

Descriptors: arena rock, guitar-driven, melodic, storytelling, earnest

Tracklist

  1. Poets (3:59)
  2. Something On (3:21)
  3. Save The Planet (3:37)
  4. Bobcaygeon (4:55)
  5. Thompson Girl (3:32)
  6. Membership (4:40)
  7. Fireworks (3:56)
  8. Vapour Trails (4:30)
  9. The Rules (3:46)
  10. Chagrin Falls (4:10)
  11. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (5:53)
  12. Emperor Penguin (4:08)

Credits

  • Don C. Taylor - edited by [digitally]
  • Bob Egan - lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin, guest lap steel guitar mandolin pedal steel guitar
  • Gord Sinclair - musician [the tragically hip]
  • Gordon Downie - musician [the tragically hip]
  • Johnny Fay - musician [the tragically hip]
  • Paul Langlois - musician [the tragically hip]
  • Don C. Tyler - editor

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