In Between Evolution is the ninth studio album by the Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. It was recorded at Studio X in Seattle and released June 29, 2004. The album debuted at number one in Canada,[4] selling 22,500 copies in its first week.[5] However, it got bumped off the number one spot by Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin.[5]In Between Evolution was certified Platinum in Canada in September 2004.[6]
One of the major themes on the album is a response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. "Heaven Is a Better Place Today" doubles as a tribute to Dan Snyder, a player for the Atlanta Thrashershockey team who died in an automobile accident nine months before the album's release, and for young men being sent to war.[citation needed]
The Hip performed a rough version of the song "It Can't be Nashville Every Night" on a season-two episode of the Canadian television sitcom Corner Gas, as a local band renting out main character Brent Leroy's garage for band practice.
Track listing
All songs by the Tragically Hip
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Heaven Is a Better Place Today"
2:55
2.
"Summer's Killing Us"
3:26
3.
"Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park"
4:09
4.
"Vaccination Scar"
2:57
5.
"It Can't Be Nashville Every Night"
2:53
6.
"If New Orleans Is Beat"
3:15
7.
"You're Everywhere"
3:34
8.
"As Makeshift as We Are"
3:15
9.
"Mean Streak"
4:10
10.
"The Heart of the Melt"
2:35
11.
"One Night in Copenhagen"
2:20
12.
"Are We Family"
4:34
13.
"Goodnight Josephine"
3:25
Cover art
The album cover art was designed by Cameron Tomsett,[7] a Canadian artist from Kingston.
