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band

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. The album was recorded on November 23, 1996, at

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, during the band's North American tour in support of ''

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''. Lead singer Gordon Downie was known for his intensity and spontaneity during the band's live concerts such as telling rants/stories, observations, and random comments before, during, and after songs, among other things. As such, this live recording documents him incorporating snippets of other songs in the middle of the band's own songs. This includes

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's "

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" during "Grace, Too",

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's "Into Temptation" during "Twist My Arm",

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's "China Girl" and

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' "Don't Worry Baby" during "New Orleans Is Sinking", and both

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's "The Temple" and

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' "Bad Time to Be Poor" during "Nautical Disaster"; in addition, a lyrical snippet from Downie's own solo song "Every Irrelevance" is spoken as the introduction to "Ahead by a Century", and part of the band's own unreleased but widely bootlegged song "Montreal" appears in "Courage". Rheostatics were the opening act on the tour as documented by this album's liner notes, and announced by Downie during the fade-in at the beginning of the album's first track. In the week of the album's release, eight songs from the album appeared in the week's Top 20 singles chart. The title comes from

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, which read "The Hip live between us." This graffiti was penned by early band member Davis Manning, describing the impact that the band was having on his relationship with his girlfriend. The mural remained on the wall until the mid-2000s when it was painted over by the property owner. However, it is immortalized on the CD graphic.

Commercial performance

''Live Between Us'' sold 35,000 units in its first two days and debuted at #1 on the

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on the strength of the first two days' sales. The album was certified double platinum on August 19, 1997. The album sold 400,000 units by the end of 1997. Between 1996 and 2016, ''Live Between Us'' was the best-selling live album by a Canadian band in Canada and the third best-selling live album by a Canadian artist overall in Canada. In Flanders, ''Live Between Us'' debuted at #47.

Track listing

Grace, Too "Grace, Too" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in September 1994 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Day for Night''. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''RPM'' Canadian Singles chart. Live perf ...

" – 6:18 #"Fully Completely" – 4:11 #"Springtime in Vienna" – 4:37 #"

Twist My Arm "Twist My Arm" is the third single from The Tragically Hip's second full-length studio album, '' Road Apples''. The single's B-side is a live version of the song "Highway Girl" from the band's debut EP, in which Gord Downie tells the story of a s ...

" – 4:05 #"

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" – 5:09 #"

Ahead by a Century "Ahead by a Century" is a song by Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, ''Trouble at the Henhouse''. The song reached number one on Canada's singles chart, and is the band's ...

" – 5:25 #"The Luxury" – 4:08 #"

Courage Courage (also called bravery or valor) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Valor is courage or bravery, especially in battle. Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, h ...

" – 5:08 #"

New Orleans Is Sinking "New Orleans Is Sinking" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in November 1989 as the second single from the band's first full-length studio album, ''Up to Here''. The song reached number-one on the ''RPM'' Canadian ...

" – 6:22 #"Don't Wake Daddy" – 5:30 #"

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" – 5:00 #"

Blow at High Dough "Blow at High Dough" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released in April 1989 as the lead single from their first full-length studio album, ''Up to Here''. It reached on the ''RPM'' CANCON chart, and was the opening theme song o ...

" – 4:54 #"

Nautical Disaster "Nautical Disaster" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. It was released in February 1995 as the third single from the band's 1994 album, ''Day for Night (The Tragically Hip album), Day for Night''. The song peaked at number 26 on t ...

" – 5:31 #"The Wherewithal" – 4:14

The Tragically Hip

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its forma ...

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

* Rob Baker –

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*Paul Langlois –

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*Gord Sinclair –

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*Johnny Fay –

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Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control The Tragically Hip albums 1997 live albums MCA Records live albums