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Up To Here

The Tragically Hip

1989

3.01

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Up to Here is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released in September 1989. It is one of the band's most successful albums, achieving diamond status in Canada for sales of over a million copies, earning the band a Juno Award for Most Promising Artist, and also introduced fan-favourite songs such as "Blow at High Dough", "New Orleans Is Sinking", and "Boots or Hearts". The album reached No. 13 on RPM's Canadian Albums Chart, and both "Blow at High Dough" and "New Orleans is Sinking" reached No. 1 on the RPM Canadian Content singles charts. An expanded anniversary reissue of the album was released in November 2024, including a remastered version of the band's 1990 MuchMusic concert special Live at the Misty Moon and previously unreleased tracks from the era. The reissue was preceded by lead single "Get Back Again", one of the most famous rarities in the band's entire discography as they had occasionally performed it live but had never previously released a studio recording.

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Sep 08 2025 Author

A third Tragically Hip album? Absolutely not necessary. It's fine and I recognise New Orleans is Sinking from the rock radio station I used to listen to time to time as a teenager. Otherwise, I think we've gotten enough Tragically Hip albums! My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Sep 10 2025 Author

I love The Hip and you should too

Sep 17 2025 Author

Up To Here is the debut album of The Tragically Hip. It is not as good as what is to follow (Fully Completely, Road Apples and Phantom Power), but still a fine piece of music on it's own. It has all the elements (energy, drive and good guitar licks) that can be found on the albums that will follow.

Sep 06 2025 Author

This album feels like a more natural choice than a previous user album from this band (Phantom Power) which I still have to listen to so I might be wrong... ..in any case, OtH contains New Orleans Is Sinking: one of their best songs. Overall, this is a solid album (had to get onto it again and it got better after a few listens). Still had expected to see Fully Completely, a classic album that could have been included in the 1001 list.

Sep 09 2025 Author

Yeah I like this. Good rock - I really enjoyed the opening track Blow at High Dough. While I don’t think I’d put three albums on this list from The Tragically Hip, I’m happy to have become acquainted with the group.

Sep 10 2025 Author

This album is fun and good and I loved it. Still don’t *quite* get their totemic status in Canada but who am I to disagree?

Sep 11 2025 Author

Some blues rock, some regular rock and some more folkish rock. It was okay

Sep 12 2025 Author

Excellent. 4 stars.

Sep 18 2025 Author

Alternative rock, roots rock, folk rock, country rock, blues rock. Me ha gustado. Un 4.

Sep 19 2025 Author

This is pretty good. I didn't know what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised. Opening track is solid. Good rock album, enjoyed it.

Oct 13 2025 Author

So yeah, these guys were doing stuff like this at the same sort of time the Americans were starting to feel their way around grunge. I mean, it's OK - but only OK as far as I can see.

Oct 17 2025 Author

O man, with a Canadian band like this, who needs a second ("hey Siri, play Glass Tiger, Platinum Blonde, Chilliwack, Bryan Adams, the Tea Party, Nomeansno, Blue Rodeo, Spirit of the West, Alannah Myles, the Spoons, the Pumps, Sloan, Thrush Hermit, Plumtree, Doug & the Slugs, Martha & the Muffins, and Men Without Hats :)") The user who picked this also chose If I Should Fall From Grace With God as their fave from the original list, and that makes strange sense to me. Like, the Pogues and the Hip aren't exactly similar musically, but... either one would be great by a fireplace on a cool day. Gord Sinclair. I looked up the bassist's name, since he's such a highlight of "New Orleans" among other songs. Add him to the other renowned Canadian Gords like bandmate Downie, Lightfoot and Pinsent.

Oct 23 2025 Author

Enjoyed it. Will be well worth listening to some more.

Nov 11 2025 Author

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: I’ll believe in you, 38 years old, She didn’t know, Everytime you go

Sep 07 2025 Author

This Tragically Hip album wasn’t as good as Fully Completely but it still was a pretty good album. For a Canadian band they have a good sound of bluesy rock with an occasional country element, maybe Kingston is the Atlanta of Canada. Overall it’s another good album by them with a good range on their sound while still that late 80s early 90s flannel rock sound. 6.8/10

Sep 08 2025 Author

Fine blues/folk rock, but this the third user submission and no better than the others. There is strength in the style and vocal delivery, but few songs really elevate themselves and it ends up as a pretty average release.

Sep 09 2025 Author

When you order R.E.M. from Temu.

Sep 10 2025 Author

This Canadian favorite has made the fan list once or twice before - and I never remember exactly what they are about. Which turns out to be pretty straight ahead rock and roll in my book, smart lyrics without being pretentious, the singing nothing life-changing but fit to purpose. Some of it gets into a little monotonous riffing around stock progressions, some of it runs a bit long, but enjoyable overall and I'd happily listen to it any time.

Sep 11 2025 Author

Another tragically hip album, can’t really complain i like these guys. I’d find a way to squeeze it on the list.

Sep 11 2025 Author

Pretty fun

Sep 12 2025 Author

Wait is the version on Apple Music ripped from vinyl? You hear the needle drop at the start of “Boots or Hearts” and if it’s a sample/sound effect, it’s really well done. That’s all I got, really…the music is fine. This sort of heartland rock isn’t really for me, but it had some very enjoyable moments.

Sep 25 2025 Author

Rick of various shades. Ok.

Sep 26 2025 Author

Aldrig hört talas om gruppen men det här var ju klart godkänt. 3+

Oct 11 2025 Author

Don’t care

Oct 15 2025 Author

Rock suave sin ningún altibajo ni sorpresa reseñable. Se deja escuchar. Parece que bien elaborado y con voz aceptable. Género muy explotado y en el que en este disco no tiene ningún motivo para brillar

Oct 16 2025 Author

A decent guitar-driven LP with a bit more grit than the other albums from this band that have ended up on here. After listening to the 1001 + the Rolling Stone 500 and a few other lists I’m going to be honest in that I’m running out of novel takes and things are starting to blur together a bit

Oct 24 2025 Author

Solid, if unspectacular indie. Some of the songs remind me of Snow Patrol, a bit. A couple of them have really incongruous lyrics. I liked it, but didn't love it.

Nov 06 2025 Author

I liked the first Tragically Hip album this list gave me. This one is also fine, but a little less so.

Sep 08 2025 Author

It’s nice to see the Tragically Hip on here but I’m not feeling it. I think it’s the curse of the jam band - great live, not so great when recorded. Still, it’s nice.

Sep 14 2025 Author

Pretty bad 2

Oct 07 2025 Author

Very unremarkable

Oct 21 2025 Author

Not for me. It's not bad though.

Oct 25 2025 Author

Every song here sounds the same. And that sound is boredom.

Nov 14 2025 Author

✅ Band only famous in one country ✅ Every song sounds the same ✅ Three albums on the Album Generator site Welcome back Dexys Midnight Runners.

Nov 17 2025 Author

It was short and unobtrusive

Oct 22 2025 Author

Oh, thank God, I was worried The Tragically Hip always copie- I mean, was influenced by R.E.M, but luckily, they instead were big fans of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, one of the worst "famous" bands of the 80s. What joy! Bleh, this album was almost fine enough, but as it just kept going I was just more and more annoyed, to the point where I'd call this actively bad. Is the Tragically Hip gonna be the Costello of the user list? I really hope not, or at the very least that third (and final?) album better be fantastic, to make it all even. Sorry, OP, I'm sure this band means a lot to you, but this is far from for me.