In Canada: Tragically Hip Debut Tops Charts

One of Canada’s favourite bands is making a resurgence on the charts. 

Following a box set reissue released last week, the Ontario rockers’ 1989 classic debut Up To Here is peaking on a number of different Canadian charts. 

The album, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, hit No. 46 on the Canadian Albums chart, and has also debuted at No. 1 across multiple different categories: Album Sales, Digital Album Sales, Catalog Album Sales, Digital Catalog Album Sales and Alternative Album Sales. 

40 years after the band formed, Canada simply can’t get enough of the Hip. Recent months have seen a well-received coffee table book on the Kingston, Ontario rock heroes, This Is Our Life, followed by a TV documentary series, The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, that has earned positive reviews. Up To Here is the latest in a series of deluxe anniversary reissues of classic Hip albums from the ’80s and ’90s: 1991’s Road Apples, 1992’s Fully Completely and 1998’s Phantom Power.

The new Up To Here anniversary collection includes a remastered version of the original album plus four previously unreleased songs originally considered for the album. Toss in a live recording of a MuchMusic special called Live at Misty Moon (included in both audio and Bluray video form) plus pre-album demos from 1988 and there’s plenty for Hip fanatics.