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Live Between Us is the first full-length live album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.
The album was recorded on November 23, 1996, at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, during the band's North American tour in support of Trouble at the Henhouse.
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 John Lennon's "Imagine" during "Grace, Too", Crowded House's "Into Temptation" during "Twist My Arm", David Bowie/Iggy Pop's "China Girl" and The Beach Boys' "Don't Worry Baby" during "New Orleans Is Sinking", and both Jane Siberry's "The Temple" and Rheostatics' "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.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Grace, Too
A2 Fully Completely
A3 Springtime In Vienna
A4 Twist My Arm
B1 Gift Shop
B2 Ahead By a Century
B3 The Luxury
B4 Courage
C1 New Orleans Is Sinking
C2 Don't Wake Daddy
C3 Scared
D1 Blow At High Dough
D2 Nautical Disaster
D3 The Wherewithal
