Music @ Work

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Music @ Work
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 6, 2000
Recorded1999
Studio The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Genre Alternative rock
Length51:40
Label Universal
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
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Robert Christgau C [2]
PopMatters (favourable) [3]

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]

Contents

Commercial performance

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

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

Personnel

Personnel taken from Music @ Work liner notes. [7] The Tragically Hip

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [8] 46

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