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01 'Use It Up'
02 Throwing Off Glass~
03 Ultra Mundane*#
04 A Beautiful Thing#
05 Are You Ready#
06 Leave#
07 Problem Bears*#
08 Silver Jet**
09 'It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken'**~
10 Forest Edge*#
11 The Dire Wolf~
12 All Tore Up#
13 The Darkest One**#
14 The Dark Canuck~
*=bonus tracks
**=album singles
~=songs played live in 2009
#=songs rarely played live, if at all
All Hipsters please unite in praising this groovey, ecclectic masterwork! It gets better with every listen!
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I think Skeleton Park and Hush fit better with WATS, than those tracks do with IVL.
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i think i am in the minority here, but this was far and away the worst music this band has ever put out
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yes, you are thankfully in the minority
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The only song I like is Darkest One.
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In my top 3 favourite Hip albums, maybe top 2. It was the first hip album I owned, and the only one that I ever listened to before I realized who the hip were.
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No doubt, that was a shocking confession to say the least.
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SOTD's have been all IVL recently... Hmm, I wonder why? Are You Ready rocks my socks and I don't care who knows!!!
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does anyone have ultra mundane....for soem reason I don't have it any longer.
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Definitely one of their best-realized 'moody' albums. No songs get over-angsty like 'Depression Suite', and Gord's lyrical finesse really shines on tracks like 'Dire Wolf', 'Dark Canuck' and 'Leave'. The emotions conveyed in the music and lyrics of epics 'Darkest One' and 'It's a Good Life...' are extremely powerful. I find the rocking songs detract from the overall feel of the album (I'm looking at you, 'Are You Ready' and 'All Tore Up') but I find 'Silver Jet' to be way more enjoyable than most on this forum it seems.
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i appreciate (as do The Hip, I'd say) the thoughtful comments. I hope others give IVL another good listen - there's alot there to love, as you highlight.
