We Are The Same (Kool Krate) [Import]

The Tragically Hip | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 5, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Uk/Zoom
• ASIN: B001UXJQQ0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #610,315 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Morning Moon

2. Honey, Please

3. The Last Recluse

4. Coffee Girl

5. Now the Struggle Has a Name

6. The Depression Suite: The Rock/Neworleansworld/Don't You Wanna See How It E

7. The Exact Feeling

8. Queen of the Furrows

9. Speed River

10. Frozen in My Tracks

11. Love Is a First

12. Country Day

Editorial Reviews

2009 release. The Tragically Hip are back with their most accessible release ever. We Are the Same, their first album since 2007, was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi) and features some of the most memorable songs the band has ever written. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the same, April 8, 2009

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Dean Harris "That's my story and i'm sticking... (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Are the Same (Audio CD)

If you are looking for a revisit to the hip of old like how In Between Evolution was likened to Road Apples, you will be disappointed. But the good news is that althought there are few "Rockers" on the cd, it grows on you. I found myself HATING the CD after the first listen, except for "Morning Moon" and "Love Is A First".
However, I am no fairweather fan, I have seen them 30 times in concert and met them 4 times so as with any release since Phantom Power, I had to go back and give the other songs a second chance. That's where "Now The Struggle Has A Name", "Coffee Girl", "Honey, Please", "Frozen In My Tracks", "The Exact Feeling" took on a new face for me.
After the 4th listen of the CD I was hooked. As with anything new, we usually dismiss it and like our old tried and true ways and means.
That being said, this is always the case for me with the Tragically Hip. Songs and albums that I thought were less than their best have stood the test of time. I can look back on Music at Work (2000), In Violet Light (2002) & World Container (2007)and appreciate them all the more. I think their earlier stuff like Up To Here (1989), Road Apples (1991), Fully Completely (1992) and Day For Night (1994) were easier cd's to play for someone and have them be blown away.
So I will say maybe this isn't the CD I would introduce someone to the HIP, but I will say I am glad they don't just turn out the same CD every two years with just a new title and album art. There are organs, horns, violins and some cool chants even on this album.
So who knows maybe this is a good album to introduce someone to the HIP, there certainly are some universal themes of struggle and it is VERY MELLOW. I certainly know it is something I could play for someone like my Mom and she would like it, which is something I wouldn't have been able to do with say, Day For Night. Maybe that's a bad thing for some people but I see it as a group that I already viewed as well rounded and eclectic showing me that they can still evolve and mature as a band.
That's saying a lot for a band that has been around since 1983, is already in the Canadian rock and roll hall of fame, has released 12 CD's and could rest or settle for the tried and true. Not this band, they forge new trails still and I am severely impressed. But maybe it's me becoming more mature as I get older? HHHMMMM. Nah! ;)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another sound, June 7, 2009

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C. Mawdsley (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Are the Same (Audio CD)

Being one of the few south east usa fans of the hip, I've been addicted to their unique sound since the early nineties,but have only been fortunate enough to see them once in concert,so every new c/d is eagerly awaited. Each release has a different angle of attack, and this one is yet another shining example of the Hip's craft.
Much softer than any other Hip c/d, yet it keeps your attention throughout the entire recording. Is that a Flugelhorn? In a Hip song? Not bad. Not bad at all...
And "Frozen in my tracks", is as rockin as anything they've put out since "Hundreth Meridian"
Buy it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't You Want to See How it Ends?, May 2, 2009

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Gregory Gross "Student of 20th Century Culture" (Missouri Valley, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Are the Same (Audio CD)

Wow! I have been progressively more and more disappointed by The Hip since "Phantom Power" - although there were flashes of brilliance, the old panache wasn't there. But, The Hip are back in a big way. This is their best album since "Henhouse", and it contains one of their best songs ever, "Depression Suite". What a magnificent effort this entire album is, though. From "Morning Moon" through "Country Day", this is the band many of us love and miss. Welcome back, Kingston Lads!