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Originally Posted by Frequitude
For me Day For Night is where they became, dare I say, post apex. At least in terms of song quality and feel. I just think everything up to and including Fully Completely, and to some degree Day for Night, was better musically and more "rocking". After that was the transition to the more poetic sing songy phase. The lyrics were better, but I don't think the music was. Then again, maybe I'm just that grumpy old man clamoring for the old stuff because "kids these days".
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You are sort of being a grumpy old man, but not quite. I've noticed that with almost any band whom you fall in love with their early stuff you'll grow less fond of their newer material.
I would agree that Day for Night is a bit of a drop off in terms of my favorite Hip music. Fully Completely and Day for Night are my two favorite. Trouble at The Henhouse just couldn't follow up to those two albums, but I really thought Phantom Power was great too, it is my 3rd fav. After that is where I feel that they changed a lot more for my tastes, but I don't think they've put out an album that I don't like. I just have my favorites that I turn to more than others. We Are The Same is my least favorite, but I still enjoy it.
Out of all the bands I like, the Tragically Hip is the one band that I listen to the most, and the one band that I enjoy nearly every single one of their songs on all of their albums. I skip their songs the least out of any band.