Fully Completely

Not a bad album. Not an award winner, but there's nothing awful going on by any means. Same sorta vibe as the first Live album, funnily enough - almost a cross between Spin Doctors and the Screaming Trees. I think the only real downside to it is that, much like the first Live album, all the songs blend together and by the end I couldn't remember any of it. But it was pleasant enough. 4/5.

Great album by the Hip. On this record the band is a guitar rock powerhouse. A little more consistent, but also a bit less raw than Road Apples. Nearly every song is good, highlights are Courage and Eldorado.

I’ve heard of this band but can’t recall ever hearing any songs. Anyway this album was pretty entertaining rock.

It still boggles my mind that there is no Tragically Hip on the original list. Maybe the biggest oversight of this whole project. 4 stars.

Oh I love it when my album lists overlap. I have taken on CBC's (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 100 Best Canadian Albums, a frankly bizarre assortment that covers everything from classical recordings, to jazz, to mainstream smashes like Shania Twain & Sarah McLachlan, to hardcore punk. I guess not too dissimilar from the 1001 that way. And my main criticism of it, due to the way I was brought up, is "not enough 80's AOR". Give me Platinum Blonde or give me death, I say! Anyway, Fully Completely is #13 on that list. Even though I haven’t the whole album until today, the songs that get the most radio play over here- “Wheat Kings”, “Courage”- have become a gold standard for Canadian rock. And I say that as someone who’s been bemused by the enduring popularity of the Hip in the past. Overrated in Canada, sorely underrated everywhere else. Anyway this is a 5 HL: “Wheat Kings”, “Fifty-Mission Cap”, “Courage”, “At the Hundredth Meridian”, “Pigeon Camera”, “The Wherewithal” May 24, 2025

Some songs sound a bit like Barenaked Ladies, others like Idlewild, some are classic rock sounding, others pretty folky. A lovely album, by a band I only knew by name before I started the new nominations, but who I will definitely explore more once this is over - another "after-the-list list" album! A great suggestion, and well worth a place in the book.

Some fine Gen X right here.

My second tragically hip album from this list, think I actually prefer this one, very good 90’s alt rock, straight into my frequent rotation.

Fully and completely Canadian rock.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Locked in the trunk of a car

Well-played, expressive grunge era rock that has aged well. I don't have much to critique other than that stylistically some of the songs kind of blur together for me, to the point of being unmemorable. Fave Songs: Wheat Kings, Pigeon Camera, Courage (for Hugh MacLennan), Locked in the Trunk of a Car, Looking for a Place to Happen

Tragically Hip are quintessential early 90s rock on this album. They have great rhythm and guitar work. Their songs are unique and some were cleverly Canadian in theme. Overall it’s a solid album that would be revisited. 7.0/10

I always kind of liked the Hip but sitting down with these last two albums from the user submitted list I’m all in, baby

Classic rock album, but didn't hook me too much.

I liked this album well enough. Good cross between nick cave and Alice In Chains or something like that. Unfortunately it will forever be overshadowed by sinners and it’s soundtrack which I saw basically right after I listened to this.

Big fan of these guys

Love em.

Didn't find this as engaging as Phantom Power, but those boys from north of the border can sure craft a poppy little rock ditty.

Rock alternativo. Me ha recordado a REM. Ni fu ni fa.

I'm getting the sense through a number of the user submitted albums that the Canadians feel under-represented.

Kind of just in the middle. Like R.E.M. but without the moments of transcendence and beauty.

I like how aggressively Canadian this is. Lyrical choices are occasionally a little ugh, and some it it falls into kind of monologuing over a beat. But as country-tinged rock goes I like it just fine.

Boobs

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

Good music, needs more time for me though

It was fine

Catching up. This was not what I expected even though I thought I knew of the name. Not a bad listen.

Have always liked the name, but find the music on the meh side, for its very straightforwardness and generic '90s ALT rock vibe (in guitars, drums, vocals, production). Frankly, one expected more irony; after all, the name suggests the TH would be more Pavement, than Bush, say, or Third Eye Blind (which might have named themselves the Terminally Earnest). Reputationally, in the US, they seem comparable to NRBQ, with a small devoted following that assume their lads are just too subtly good to be got by the masses. (Guess we know from which of those cohorts the recommender of this comes.) Not that this is bad, just sort of flat (Wikipedia emphasis on the cover art might've signaled the musical apathy to come). And no wonder everyone in Canada loves the Hip – with all the nationalized lyrical references. Can't say the list proper would massively benefit from including this record, but rounding up because one rates Canada and respects her cultural institutions.

I keep trying, and failing, to find The Tragically Hop albums at all enjoyable.

Pretty repulsive 2

Some nice grunge elements here and there, but nothing wholly notable once the full LP has come to a conclusion. This one seems stuck in 2nd gear, the solid chugging riffs never giving way to the explosive chorus they build towards.

So so

This band does literally nothing for me. I could very well be listening to 40 minutes of cricket noises. Sorry, Canada.

Like a shit R.E.M. covering Pearl Jam B-sides

a tragic waste of my time