Lost Together (Blue Rodeo album)

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Lost Together
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 4, 1992
Recorded1992
Genre Country rock
Length66:15
Label Risque Disque
Producer Blue Rodeo, Peter Doell
Blue Rodeo chronology
Casino
(1990)
Lost Together
(1992)
Five Days in July
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Lost Together is the fourth studio album by Blue Rodeo. It was Bob Wiseman's last album with the band, and was the first to feature drummer Glenn Milchem, and steel guitar player Kim Deschamps.

Contents

Notable hits from the album included "Rain Down on Me," "Flying," "Already Gone" and the title track.

The album was a Juno Award nominee for Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 1993.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada in 2020, CBC Music organized and released a "Great Canadian Singalong" of the title track, with several hundred Canadians submitting video of themselves singing the song in their homes for inclusion in the final mix. [2]

With a running time of 66 minutes, Lost Together was Blue Rodeo's longest album until the release of the 84-minute double album The Things We Left Behind in 2009.

Songs

The album's opening track, "Fools Like You", is a song Greg Keelor wrote about his disgust about continued abuse of Natives in Canada. Keelor explained in a 1992 interview: "It's about how atrocious our European forefathers were in the taking of this land and how the tradition is still continued in our present day. It was written after the Oka thing. I was freaked out and disgusted by it." [3]

"Restless" is a song that was written about the demise of social welfare programs in America during the Ronald Reagan and George Bush administrations. [3]

Track listing

All songs by Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy.

  1. "Fools Like You" – 4:31
  2. "Rain Down On Me" – 4:43
  3. "Restless" – 3:54
  4. "Western Skies" – 4:19
  5. "The Big Push" – 4:25
  6. "Willin' Fool" – 6:40
  7. "Already Gone" – 5:15
  8. "Flying" – 4:11
  9. "Lost Together" – 5:20
  10. "Where Are You Now" – 5:33
  11. "Last to Know" – 5:33
  12. "Is it You" – 3:52
  13. "Angels" – 7:59

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums3

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [4] 2× Platinum

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References

  1. Parisien, Roch. Lost Together at AllMusic
  2. "Watch 100s unite for this Great Canadian Singalong of Blue Rodeo's 'Lost Together'". CBC Music, May 14, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "New Blue Rodeo is Lost Together". The Charlatan . Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  4. "Canadian album certifications – Blue Rodeo – Lost Together". Music Canada.