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Up to Here
Road Apples
Fully Completely
Day for Night
In Violet Light
Now for Plan A
Phantom Power
Trouble at the Henhouse
We are the Same
Music at Work
In Between Evolution
EP
World Container
*too soon to for Man Machine Poem
Really enjoyed reading others’ ranking and opinions. Amazing the diversity of rankings – shows how amazing The Hip and their music is, and how they have touch so many in so many different ways.
Ranking is my best guess at how many times I have listened to each album since I discovered The Hip back in 1992 during a cross-Canada road trip with my brother (Thanks Michael!!). Figure number times listen is a good method for ranking the albums. Btw: my 2nd most listened to band doesn’t come close to The Hip in number of listens.
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Phantom Power
Trouble at the Henhouse
Music at Work
In Violet Light
MMP
In Between Evolution
Day for Night
Road Apples
Fully Completely
Up to Here
World Container
We are the Same
Now for Plan A
EP
Having a really hard time placing UTH, RA, and FC. They were all great albums but they feel a little aged to me I guess. Could definitely get them at the top of anyone's list.
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HandsInTheRiver41 Wrote:Glad to see IVL near the top of a few other lists. With the exception of the opening track, I still think it's one of the best put together albums the band has done.
Has anyone ever removed the 3 tracks you love the least and insertered the 3 out takes, that were released through The Hip Club? Different listen for sure.
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Up To Here
Road Apples
Phantom Power
Trouble at the Henhouse
In Between Evolution
In Violet Light
Day For Night
Fully Completely
Man Machine Poem
We Are the Same
Now For Plan A
Music at Work
World Container
EP
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emperor penguin Wrote:Dire Wolf Wrote:HandsInTheRiver41 Wrote:Glad to see IVL near the top of a few other lists. With the exception of the opening track, I still think it's one of the best put together albums the band has done.
Has anyone ever removed the 3 tracks you love the least and insertered the 3 out takes, that were released through The Hip Club? Different listen for sure.
There aren't any I would remove, but adding those 3 would have made the album even better. Problem Bears and Forest Edge for sure. Those are two of my favourite Hip songs of all time, b-side or otherwise.
I have done this! Makes a great album even better. But wait, what's the 3rd outtake? Problem Bears and Forest Edge are the only two I can think of...
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Another tiered ranking:
Tier 1:
Phantom Power
To me, this is a perfect album. I put this in the company of Dark Side of the Moon and Abbey Road. It contains several of my absolute favorite Hip songs, including my all-time fave, Escape is at Hand for the Travellin' man. There isn't a song that I don't love on the record. Absolutely flawless from start to finish.
Tier 2:
Fully Completely
Day For Night
Man Machine Poem
Tier 3:
Music@Work
Road Apples
Tier 4:
Trouble at the Henhouse
In Violet Light
Tier 5:
Up To Here
World Container
In Between Evolution
Tier 6:
EP
Not ranked:
Now for Plan A
We Are the Same
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After 33 submissions, here is how the albums rank:
1.Day For Night - 84
2.Fully Completely - 117
3.Phantom Power - 131
4.Road Apples - 148
5.Trouble at the Henhouse - 199
6.Up To Here - 211
7.Man Machine Poem - 263
8.In Violet Light - 264
9.In Between Evolution - 276
10.Music At Work - 289
11.World Container - 308
12.We Are The Same - 331
13.Now For Plan A - 340
14.EP - 432
Thoughts?
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Marcus1970 Wrote:After 33 submissions, here is how the albums rank:
1.Day For Night - 84
2.Fully Completely - 117
3.Phantom Power - 131
4.Road Apples - 148
5.Trouble at the Henhouse - 199
6.Up To Here - 211
7.Man Machine Poem - 263
8.In Violet Light - 264
9.In Between Evolution - 276
10.Music At Work - 289
11.World Container - 308
12.We Are The Same - 331
13.Now For Plan A - 340
14.EP - 432
Thoughts?
Thanks Marcus! Can't really argue with that top 5.
Biggest surprise for me is seeing World Container ahead of WatS and NFPA, I had no idea it was loved!
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1. Phantom Power
2. Fully Completely
3. Day For Night
4. Road Apples
5. Man Machine Poem
6. Trouble At The Henhouse
7. Up To Here
8. In Violet Light
9. Music @ Work
10. In Between Evolution
11. World Container
12. And Now For Plan A
13. We Are The Same
14. EP
didn't think it would make sense to rank the LBU
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9. Trouble at the Henhouse
This one could get a lot more love. It's so weird to me. I can't really get where The Hip were at this moment. Any ideas ?
the peak of their creativity, friend. I suspect a lot of weed was involved.
