Phantom Power
by The Tragically Hip
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The Tragically Hip bestography
Phantom Power is ranked 6th 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 1747 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 977.
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Phantom Power track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Phantom Power rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 53 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1998 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | awightma | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 38/40 | 7 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 20/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 7 Music Albums of 1998 | 3/7 | 4 |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  jhuik | Tragically Hip + Side Projects in Order | 4/24 | - |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 42 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/42 | 4 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Caught Me By Surprise | 18/99 | - |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 46/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 150 | |||
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Phantom Power ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,128 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 01:04 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2025 21:40 | traistboar | 1,794 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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ghosttomost 05/21/2014 08:15 | #112451 | TOP COMMENT
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A bit of an oddity, this album was the first of a trio of records that began to alienate the Hip's original fanbase. An improvement over Trouble in the Henhouse, Phantom Power also finds the Hip exploring more 'pop' themes while losing the rough edges that had so often defined the production style of their previous records. Despite some of these shortcomings, the Hip managed to pull out a few of the best songs of their repertoire including "Bobcaygeon", "Emperor Penguin", and my personal favourite Hip song of all time: "Escape is at Hand...".
Being Canadian and a LONG time fan, this is perhaps my favourite Hip Album. Front to back, like many of their albums, this is so great and shows the band really coming into their own.
Easily digestible rock record when the Hip were still at their creative peak. There are plenty of rockers. Bobcaygeon is possibly the best Hip song ever, but there's some gold in the deep cuts too. I would consider Phantom Power to be a return to form after some experimentation with Trouble at the Henhouse.
Key Tracks: Poets, Bobcaygeon, Membership, Fireworks, Membership, Escape is At Hand for the Traveling Man, Emperor Penguin
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/01/2012 00:10 | #34074 | TOP COMMENT
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The band's sixth full length studio album finds them still peaking. This was a great return to form after the lukewarm Trouble at the Henhouse. Bobcaygeon is a Canlit classic and there are seven songs on this album that I absolutely love.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/23/2012 18:52 | #45195 | TOP COMMENT
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A few real standouts, but the majority of this album is filler. Bobcaygeon and Fireworks are great. This marks the end of the Hip's peak.
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