Secret Path

Secret Path is the fifth studio album by Gord Downie, released on October 18, 2016.^[1] The album was accompanied by a graphic novel of the same name, written by Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire,^[1] as well as an animated television film to air on CBC Television on October 23.^[2]

The project is a concept album about Chanie Wenjack, a young Anishinaabe boy from the Marten Falls First Nation who died in 1966 while trying to return home after escaping from an Indian residential school.^[3] All proceeds from the album and book are being donated to the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation project.^[3]

The album won two Juno Awards at the Juno Awards of 2017, for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Recording Package of the Year, and Downie won Songwriter of the Year for the songs "The Stranger", "The Only Place to Be" and "Son". The album was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gord Downie unless otherwise noted.

1. "The Stranger"
2. "Swing Set"
3. "Seven Matches"
4. "I Will Not Be Struck"
5. "Son"
6. "Secret Path" (Downie/Drew)
7. "Don't Let This Touch You" (Downie/Drew)
8. "Haunt Them, Haunt Them, Haunt Them" (Downie/Drew)
9. "The Only Place to Be"
10. "Here, Here and Here" (Downie/Drew)

Personnel

• Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars by Gord Downie
• All other instrumentation by Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin
• Charles Spearin - Bass
• Ohad Benchetrit - Lap Steel & Additional Guitar
• Kevin Hearn - Additional Keys
• Dave “Billy Ray” Koster - Drums

Additional personnel

• Engineered by Nyles Spencer
• Mastered by Eric Boulanger, The Bakery, Culver City, CA, USA^[5]

Charts

References

External links

• Secret Path on IMDb