Music @ Work is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was leaked via the internet six weeks before its official release in June, 2000.[4] It won the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rock Album.[5]

Music @ Work
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2000
Recorded1999
StudioThe Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
GenreAlternative rock
Length51:40
LabelUniversal
Producer
The Tragically Hip chronology
Phantom Power
(1998)
Music @ Work
(2000)
In Violet Light
(2002)
Singles from Music @ Work
  1. "My Music at Work"
    Released: May 4, 2000
  2. "Lake Fever"
    Released: 2000
  3. "The Completists"
    Released: 2000
  4. "Freak Turbulence"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC[3]
PopMatters(favourable)[2]

Commercial performance

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Music @ Work debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 45,396 copies in its first week.[6] The album has been certified 2× Platinum in Canada.

Track listing

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All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

No.TitleLength
1."My Music at Work"3:06
2."Tiger the Lion"5:30
3."Lake Fever"4:34
4."Putting Down"3:13
5."Stay"3:22
6."The Bastard"4:54
7."The Completists"3:07
8."Freak Turbulence"2:53
9."Sharks"4:14
10."Toronto #4"2:59
11."Wild Mountain Honey"3:56
12."Train Overnight"3:17
13."The Bear"3:55
14."As I Wind Down the Pines"2:34

The Tragically Hip

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Year-end charts

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Chart (2000) Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 46

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ PopMatters review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau review
  4. ^ "Hip album leaks to Net". Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "2001 Juno Awards". MetroLeap Media. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Hip album debuts at No. 1". Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 24, 2022.