The Tragically Hip - In Violet Light (2002/2020) Hi Res

The Tragically Hip released In Violet Light in 2002, debuting at #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart and has been certified platinum in Canada. The band's lean, powerful ninth studio album boasts a series of compact rockers and more languidly paced tracks that bear all the hallmarks of the Hip's style--the churning guitars, the penchant for wide-open soundscapes and, of course, the ever-cryptic utterances of singer Gord Downie.

To record In Violet Light, the Hip decamped to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, an unusually exotic spot for guys who cut their teeth in the bars of Kingston (Ontario, not Jamaica). Moreover, long-time producer Steve Berlin was replaced by Hugh Padgham, a studio veteran who favours a careful, economical approach on discs like the Police's Synchronicity, and Phil Collins' Face Value.