The Tragically Hip – ‘Yer Favourites’ cowl paintings courtesy of Universal Music Group Canada
The Tragically Hip’s best-selling best hits compilation, Yer Favourites, can be out there on vinyl for the primary time ever on June 2. Originally launched digitally and as a two-CD set on November 8, 2005, Yer Favourites, for which tracks had been chosen by the band’s followers instantly by way of the official web site, has soared previous Diamond standing at 14X Platinum (Diamond is 10X Platinum) and has over half a billion streams globally. The Tragically Hip is now the primary Canadian band to attain 4 Diamond-certified albums. Yer Favourites is the second best-selling compilation album ever in Canada solely behind The Beatles’ 1.
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As a nod to followers for his or her continued assist and within the lead-up to the band’s fast-approaching fortieth anniversary in 2024, the Yer Favourites vinyl launch can be cut up into two double LP units on 180g vinyl, Volume #1 and Volume #2, every packaged in a single sleeve in an effort to cut back packaging and make the discharge extra inexpensive for followers. Yer Favourites has been solely remastered for 2023 and now consists of the unique variations from Fully Completely that weren’t discovered on the CD model of the album launched in 2005. This particular vinyl launch is a must have for any new or long-time listener of The Tragically Hip. Each quantity additionally features a 24 x 36 fold-out poster.
The Yer Favourites vinyl launch is ready to be adopted by a deluxe version of Phantom Power later this yr. In 2024, to have a good time 4 a long time of The Tragically Hip, the band will launch a deluxe set of their breakthrough album Up to Here, a beforehand introduced four-part Amazon documentary, and rather more.
In 2021, The Tragically Hip acquired the Humanitarian Award Presented by Music Canada on the fiftieth annual JUNO Awards; and in 2022, they had been inducted into Canada’s Walk Of Fame for Humanitarianism in pursuit of social and environmental justice. They had beforehand acquired a star on the Walk Of Fame in 2002 for Arts & Entertainment.
For greater than three a long time, The Tragically Hip’s tireless activism and philanthropic pursuits have raised tens of millions of {dollars} for a number of social and environmental causes, equivalent to Camp Trillium, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Sunnybrook Foundation, WAR Child, the Special Olympics, and the Unison Benevolent Fund. A quintessential band whose music captures the essence of being Canadian, they used their huge megaphone in 2016 to highlight the nation’s systemic mistreatment of indigenous peoples. The legacy of the band’s frontman, the late Gord Downie, continues with The Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, which goals to construct cultural understanding and create a path towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.