The Tragically Hip’s ‘Up To Here’ Tops Canadian Charts
The deluxe box set reissue of their sterling debut album was recently released by Universal Music Canada/UMe.
The Tragically Hip have returned to the top of the music charts thanks to the deluxe reissue of their debut, Up To Here. The reissue has debuted at No.1 across multiple categories: No.1 Album Sales Chart, No.1 Digital Album Sales Chart, No.1 Catalog Album Sales Chart, No.1 Digital Catalog Album Sales Chart, No.1 Album Chart w/ TEA (album sales + digital track sales), and No.1 Alternative Album Sales Chart.
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Though they’ve been here many times before, this achievement is particularly meaningful, arriving 35 years after the original release of Up To Here, which peaked at No.13. The reissued debut album — the Up To Here deluxe boxset — arrived on November 8 via Universal Music Canada/UMe.
This release coincided with several major events. First, it arrived shortly after the global debut of the award-winning Prime Video docuseries The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal on September 20, which won TIFF’s People’s Choice Documentary Award and CIFF’s Audience Award for Top Overall Score. Shortly after, on October 1, This Is Our Life arrived, which is a coffee table book by The Tragically Hip, created in partnership with Genesis Publications.
The expanded reissue, which marks 40 years since the band’s formation, arrives as a four-LP vinyl set and includes a 2024 remastering of the original album, as well as a book revisiting their breakthrough. Four remastered, previously unreleased tracks from the original Up To Here recording sessions appear on the set: “She’s Got What It Takes,” “Get Back Again,” “Rain, Hearts And Fire,” and “Wait So Long.”
Released in 1989, Up To Here marked a major breakthrough for the band, spawning two No. 1 radio singles: “Blow At High Dough” and “New Orleans Is Sinking.” The record earned the group—comprised of Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Downie (vocals), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass)— a nomination for “Most Promising Artist” at the 1990 JUNO Awards. Although Gord Downie’s tragic death in 2017 closed the curtain on the band, in recent years they’ve worked to reissue and restore highlights from their early career, like the debut they recorded in Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios.
