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Up to Here (Reis)

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The canadian poets have offered to us their best album "up to here" with their all time classic "New Orleans is sinking", great rock n roll with heavy blues and southern rythms, amazing style a very defined personality , Mr Gordon Downie is a genious also a man with a great inspiration and artistic sensibility, we need more songwritters like him, The Tragically Hip is also a very united band, members have remain the same for over 20 years they havent fall into the trap of fame and their style doesnt change for commercial success , they feel happy with their legion of die hard fans like me that will always love the hip as our little selfish secret
HM

I saw the hip , in 90 or 91 , at the metropolis in harrisburg pa, after hearing airplay of "New Orleans is sinking".... they were the opening act for Eric Johnson"...( another sterling canadian product; along with Rush, Cowboy Junkies, and the RHEOSTATICS ( whom after 16 years of listening to the HIP I find it astronomically impossible to have missed for this long))... 2006 first listen... let's just say I was instantly transormed....best tracks on Up to Here... NO is sinking, Boots or Hearts, Trickle Down... hey!!! check out Rheos Whale Music tracks...1,2,3,9,10,17

One of the best rock n' roll CDs there is. When I heard "New Orleans is Sinking" for the first time I waited for the Hip to break big in the U.S. I still don't know why that didn't happen, but after ten years plus, Up to Here has lost none of its luster. A marvelous combination of straight ahead bluesy rock with sly, heartfelt lyrics. Gord Downie's interesting vocal style blends perfectly with a rambling, imprecise guitar sound. "New Orleans is Sinking" is still one of my all-time favorite songs and I also particularly like "Blow at High Dough", "I'll Believe in You (or I'll Be Leaving You)" and the ballad "38 Years Old", but there isn't a bad song on the CD. I'm glad my local rock station played these guys for a few weeks all those years ago or I would never have heard of them and missed out on this great CD.

By far the greatest album by the band some have called the U2 of Canada. They are a really a Trad Rock back, catchy muscular and invigorating and their debt to American heartland giants like Seger and Mellencamp is very evident here. The tunes on this CD are punchy and hooky, its no surprise that Blow At High Dough with its irresistible chorus was a hit in Canada, the only surprise is that it didn't hit in the US. The rest of the album is equally excellent, from the catchy anti-Reagan stomper Trickle Down to the moody, eloquent 38 Years Old (about a man who goes to jail for killing his sisters rapist, chorus is `he's 38 years old, never kissed a girl'). Other stand out tracks include `I'll Believe In You' "New Orleans Is Sinking' `She Didn't Know' and `Opiated'. Highly recommended for fans of bands like The Walking Wounded, The Rave Ups and to some extent Widespread Panic. A

This album is still is one of the best Hip albums around! Compared to some of their later works, such as "Fully Completely" (which is also excellent), "Up to Here" one is a bit more raw and less slick. This is not a criticism but rather a plus because there is no better driving-fast-in-your-car-with-the top-down-on-a-beautiful-summer-day kind of music around! The blues-inspired rock lays to rest the idea that the Canadian sound is just Celine Dion and folk-rock! When Gord Downie sings - and, oh, how this man can sing!!! - you will be inspired to THINK as this man is a true poet that chooses metaphors for much of what he has to say! (But if you are not a Canadian you may miss out on some of the innuendos. Sorry, oh great neighbors to the south!). The Hip is one of the best bands to watch live and this album shows them in their earlier years when they were "just" a regional phenomenon. "New Orleans is Sinking," "Blow at! ! High Dough," and "Trickle Down" are ripe with good guitar licks and driving bass and a snarling Gord Downie, and "38 Years Old" is the story about a famous jail break in Kingston (the band's hometown) and one particular go-boy's story. Get this album if you are a late Hip convert and you haven't already got it in your collection! It's worth it!

I think for pure rock 'n roll/blues, this is one of the greatest 20 albums ever made. I bought this on cassette back in 1990, and assumed they where going to be huge. I still can't understand why they are not. It seems that everyone I know that hears this CD, loves it. I was in the military when I bought this, and for awhile, was the most dubbed tape in my unit. They must have awful marketing working for them...

I just heard this for the first time today, around 17 years after it first came out. I don't remember hearing it on the radio, it just goes to show that they weren't then and aren't now playing songs from great rock CD's like this one. I saw a movie entitled, "A Man in Uniform" in a motel in Port Angeles, WA in 1996. There are two "Tragically Hip" songs on it. It inspired me to get this and "Yer Favourites". I forgot the name of the movie but found a scrap paper where I had written it down. Funny, how we can accidentally find some great rock and roll sometimes. Ten years later I get the movie. And you know the rest of the story, only I'd like to include that this is one of the great rock and roll albums of all time, not just the 80's or 1989.

This is one of those albums that must be in your collection, we all know all the words to every song, and it's a part of who we are..great album!

This CD is a great album, every song is awesome and never gets old. This cd is one of the hips greats..if you are new to the hip and/or are starting to check out their older stuff...then this one is very good for you-i would also recommend Fully Completely,and Road Apples....but really all the hips cds are good...those ones just stand out to me.hopefully you check them out-trust me ,theyr worth it

The Tragically Hip are the quintessential Canadian rock band, and this album is the quintessential offering from them. From the hard-driving FM classics "Blow at High Dough" and "New Orleans is Sinking" through the entire album, The Tragically Hip earn their reputation as the definitive Canadain rock and roll band. To all the Americans who have never bought into these Kingston men, they have no idea what they are missing. The live preformances of this band are electric; I have never attended a concert in which the audience was so captivated; the Hip are, in my opinion, the greatest live act in existence. Up to Here is probably their most 'straight-ahead-rock' album; the sound is not as refined as on Fully Completely, but Up to Here still refelcts a band with clear direction and killer sound. Essential for any Canadian music fan, or anyone that loves good old-fashioned rock and roll. LONG LIVE THE HIP!!!