PRODUCER CHRIS Tsangarides captures the fundamental tension of the Tragically Hip on Fully

Completely.

Phato Lieve Prins

Harder-edged Hip

HE HIP are hip;

rockabilly Billy is

back; Townshend's
Baba tribute is re-released.
The Tragically Hip — Fully
Completely, MCA Records 1992

The Canadian people's band
powers ahead with a further
refinement of the full and com-
plete sound this band already had
fresh out of the box with the 1989
debut Up To Here.

The incendiary live dynamics,
the fundamental tension of the
Hip sound, has been well caught
by producer Chris Tsangarides.

The producer, who has worked
with Ozzy Osbourne and Judas
Priest, brings us a harder-edged
Hip. The tough thrust is most fully

Sib a
Michael Becker
RECORD REVIEW

realized on a song about a Leafs
hockey player, Fifty-Mission Cap.
Gordon Downie's desperate

voice, all urgency in its quivering -

inflections, is the perfect vehicle

_ with which to howl to the eternal

stars such choice mortal indict-

ments as: “Cold wind blowing
over your private parts. | know a
lack you've got, and it makes a
strong case for art’ — Lionized.
Lyrically Fully Completely is ripe
with the all manner of seamy
observation. Downie’s illuminating
shouts in the dark coupled with
the churning rhythm this band can
put out so naturaliy add up to
something decidedly dangerous

, and compelling.

Billy Lee Riley — Blue Collar
Blues, HighTone Records 1992
Billy Lee Riley, a rockabilly tal-
ent from the legendary days of Sun
Records in the 1950s, is resur-
rected in fine form at age 58.
The Arkansas son of a

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