Trouble at the Henhouse

Trouble at the Henhouse
Studio album by The Tragically Hip
Released May 7, 1996
Recorded Kingsway Studio (New Orleans), The Bathouse Recording Studio (Bath, Ontario)
Genre Rock, alternative rock, folk rock
Length 52:34
Label MCA
Producer The Tragically Hip, Mark Vreeken
The Tragically Hip chronology

Day for Night
(1994)		 Trouble at the Henhouse
(1996)		 Live Between Us
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]

Trouble at the Henhouse is the fifth full-length album from Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released on May 7, 1996. Produced by the band and Mark Vreeken, the album was mixed by Steven Drake, guitarist for Canadian band Odds, which had toured with the Hip the previous year.

The cover art, a photograph by Avery Crounse, is also called "Trouble at the Henhouse".

Commercial and critical performance

The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and stayed at #1 for 4 straight weeks.[2][3]

The album won the 1997 Juno Award for Album of the Year and North Star Rock Album of the Year, and The Tragically Hip won the 1997 award for Group of the Year.[4]

The album has been certified 5x Platinum in Canada.[5] By March 1997, the album had sold 650,000 units in Canada.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by The Tragically Hip.

  1. "Gift Shop" – 4:57
  2. "Springtime in Vienna" – 4:38
  3. "Ahead by a Century" – 3:43
  4. "Don't Wake Daddy" – 5:08
  5. "Flamenco" – 4:06
  6. "700 Ft. Ceiling" – 3:40
  7. "Butts Wigglin'" – 3:47
  8. "Apartment Song" – 3:57
  9. "Coconut Cream" – 3:21
  10. "Let's Stay Engaged" – 4:53
  11. "Sherpa" – 5:13
  12. "Put It Off" – 5:11

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 63, No. 14, May 20, 1996". RPM. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  3. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 63, No. 17, June 10, 1996". RPM. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  4. ↑ "1997 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  5. ↑ "Gold Platinum Database: The Tragically Hip - Trouble At The Henhouse". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  6. ↑ Tragically Hip, Celine Dion Top Juno Award Scorers. Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2014.