Trouble At The Henhouse (studio album) by The Tragically Hip

Trouble At The Henhouse by The Tragically Hip
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 8,246th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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74/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (162nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,389th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,246th)

The Tragically Hip bestography

Trouble At The Henhouse is ranked 5th best out of 18 albums by The Tragically Hip on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Tragically Hip is Fully Completely which is ranked number 1877 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 892.

The Tragically Hip album bestography « Higher ranked (4,035th) This album (8,246th) Lower ranked (8,323rd) »
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.

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From 01/04/2019 00:30
The first five songs are solid, the rest aren't as enjoyable. The Hip do a bit more experimenting with their sound, but they also produce one of their definitive tracks with Ahead by a Century. With the exception of some great moments this is still a good listen, but not among my favorites.

Key tracks: Gift Shop, Ahead by a Century, Don't Wake Daddy and Flamenco
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From 05/21/2014 08:10
Picking up where Day for Night left off, The Hip find themselves venturing into uncharted territory. Shifting away from much of the blues-rock style that influenced their earlier material, the Hip seem content to take a more laidback and 'adult alternative' approach to their sound. In some cases, this succeeds where Downie's lyrics are at their most brilliant ("Gift Shop", "Sherpa", "Put It Off"), but it also results in a fair share of duds ("Butts Wigglin", "Coconut Cream") which had not occurred on a Hip album since Up to Here.
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From 06/08/2013 02:02
My favourite live Hip song always was Springtime in Vienna. And Ahead by a Century is seriously one of the ten most beautiful songs in rock history. Did I a;ready say something like that? Gift shop and Flamenco are also exclelnt songs, Flamenco a very unique song in the Hip canon.
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From 06/23/2012 18:44
The last vital Tragically Hip album. The first half is as good as anything else they've made. Tracks 1-6 are classic Hip: Catchy, memorable, clever lyrics, subtle skill.
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From 04/28/2012 17:00
Good, not great. Gift shop and Ahead by a century save it.
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From 01/01/2012 00:12
I remember buying this as a cassette. The second side sucked mostly, except for Let's Stay Engaged. The first side had some great tracks, though, including the classic ABAC and the awesome Springtime in Vienna.
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