Road Apples
by The Tragically Hip

No offense to Up To Here (which has some great songs) but Road Apples is everything UtH was trying to be and more. It's more complete and (some might even say fully complete 😐) better paced. I think this is where Gord starts to shine as a writer, while the band maintains their energy that made songs like Blow At High Dough and New Orleans Is Sinking so much fun.
Best songs: Little bones, Born in Water, Three Pistols, Fiddler's Green

Road Apples is one of the Hip's best records. There are 4-5 signature songs. Its an album that rocks hard, but even the lighter songs like Fiddler's Green and Long Time Running make an impact.

There is definitely more of a funk influence on this record, most notably in Twist My Arm. I guess that comes from what was popular at time. It also seems like Gord Downie's delivery is a lot more aggressive than it was on the releases that followed this. Downie's lyrics hit another level with their next release Fully Completely.

Favorite tracks: Little Bones, Three Pistols, Long Time Running, Fiddler's Green, and Cordelia.

From ghosttomost 05/21/2014 07:43 | #112446 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is a band finding their sound, and finding it with swagger. Everything seems to be working for the band here (except for their desired album name), and their confidence and passion shines through. Unlike with Up to Here, the band manages to build a coherent album that is strong straight through on Road Apples. "The Luxury", "Cordelia", and "Long Time Running" are favourites here.

From junodog4 06/23/2012 18:50 | #45192 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Hardest rocking Hip album, oozing the most attitude. Not as many classics as other early Hip work, but the album as a whole shows them really flexing their muscle. A vital Hip album.

Gotta lotta playtime in 92 when I only had 5 or 6 CD's. Little Bones was one time fav Hip song. Good album.

From jhuik 01/03/2012 03:05 | #34285 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This never quite coheres as well as their other big five or six. This was the band saying goodbye to their blues tinge before they discovered a sound all their own on Fully Completely. But certainly, there are a lot of great individual songs here, and hey, it's the freakin Hip, right?