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Biography
Infobox album| | Name = Trouble at the Henhouse| Type = studio| Artist = The Tragically Hip | Cover = hip henhouse.jpg| Released = May 7, 1996| Recorded = Kingsway Studio ( New Orleans ), The Bathouse Recording Studio ( Bath, Ontario )| Genre = Rock music|Rock , alternative rock , folk rock | Length = 52:34| Label = MCA Records|MCA | Producer = The Tragically Hip , Mark Vreeken | Last album = Day for Night (Tragically Hip)|Day for Night (1994)| This album = Trouble at the Henhouse (1996)| Next album = Live Between Us (1997)Album ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = Rating|2|5Allmusic|class=album|id=r236226/review|pure_url=yes Allmusic review
Trouble at the Henhouse is the fifth full-length album from Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip . It was released on May 7, 1996. Produced by the band and Mark Vreeken, the album was mixed by Steven Drake , guitarist for Canadian band Odds (band)|Odds , which had toured with the Hip the previous year. The album has been certified five times platinum in Canada.cite web|url= http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php? page=3& wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25The+Tragically+Hip%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+& rcnt=76& csearch=0& nextprev=1|title=Canadian Recording Industry Association|format=Requires running a searches for Artist|year=2010|accessdate=2010-05-10
The cover art, a photograph by Avery Crounse , is also called "Trouble at the Henhouse".
Commercial and Critical performance
The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart , and stayed at #1 for 4 straight weeks.cite web |url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php? & file_num=nlc008388.2975& type=1& interval=50& PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 63, No. 14, May 20 1996 |publisher= RPM (magazine)|RPM |accessdate=2011-12-03cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php? & file_num=nlc008388.2996& type=1& interval=50& PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 63, No. 17, June 10 1996|publisher= RPM (magazine)|RPM |accessdate=2011-12-03
The album won the Juno Awards of 1997|1997 Juno Award for Juno Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year and Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year|North Star Rock Album of the Year , and The Tragically Hip won the 1997 award for Juno Award for Group of the Year|Group of the Year .cite web |title=1997 Juno Awards|url= http://www.metrolyrics.com/1997-juno-awards.html|publisher=MetroLeap Media|accessdate=2009-12-29
The album has been certified 5x Platinum in Canada.cite web|url= http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx? st=Trouble%20at%20the%20Henhouse& ica=False& sa=The%20Tragically%20Hip& sl=& smt=0& sat=-1& ssb=Artist|title=Gold Platinum Database: The Tragically Hip - Trouble At The Henhouse|publisher= Canadian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=2011-12-03
Track listing
All songs written by The Tragically Hip.
# " Gift Shop (song)|Gift Shop " – 4:57 # "Springtime in Vienna" – 4:38 # " Ahead by a Century " – 3:43 # "Don't Wake Daddy" – 5:08 # "Flamenco" – 4:06 # "700 Ft. Ceiling" – 3:40 # "Butts Wigglin'" – 3:47 # "Apartment Song" – 3:57 # "Coconut Cream" – 3:21 # "Let's Stay Engaged" – 4:53 # "Sherpa" – 5:13 # "Put It Off" – 5:11
Singles
"Ahead by a Century"
"Gift Shop"
"700 Ft. Ceiling"
"Flamenco"
"Butts Wigglin'"
References
ReflistThe Tragically Hip DEFAULTSORT:Trouble At The Henhouse Category:1996 albums Category:The Tragically Hip albums Category:MCA Records albums
