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Whale Music is a 1992 studio album by Canadian rock band Rheostatics. It should not be confused with the soundtrack to the film Whale Music, which was also composed by the band and released in 1994. A performance from their concert tour to support this album was released in 2005 as The Whale Music Concert, 1992, a download-only album from Zunior Records. The album cover is part of a painting by guitarist Martin Tielli. Rheostatics' Dave Bidini says he wrote the track "Dope Fiends and Boozehounds" after hearing a Steve Howe guitar solo on a Yes album. Canadian television personality and radio host Jeff Marek has said the track is his favourite song of all-time.
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WHOMEVER SUBMITTED THIS IS MY HERO. Please give this album the time it deserves. I bought it soon after release based on a bit of buzz and...I just didn't get it at first. Overwhelming which led to me thinking it was boring? Confusing? I remember feeling bad but putting it aside and after giving it a week or two I tried again....and something clicked and holy shit.... every new spin revealed something new. The songwriting, the musicianship, the guitar playing, 3 lead vocalists which never kept things too stale. It still feels fresh to me 30+ (!!!) years later. This has to be among my 5 most-played albums ever and it IS a proper album meaning I've tried to put tracks on mix tapes (yes cassettes) and early mix CDs but individual songs lost something. The sum is greater than its parts etc etc. This band has meant a ton to me over the decades and I believe in an alternate universe Rheostatics would be a parallel to the Beatles in terms of diversity and influence; but this was their magnum opus. Plus NEIL FKNG PEART plays on it. 10/10 5 stars. IMO: Belonged in the book? Yes.