Music @ Work

Music @ Work is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was leaked via the internet six weeks before its official release in June, 2000.^[4] It won the 2001 Juno Award for Best Rock Album.^[5]

Music @ Work
Studio album by The Tragically Hip
Released	June 6, 2000
Recorded	1999
Studio	The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	51:40
Label	Universal
Producer	Steve Berlin Mark Vreeken The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip chronology
Phantom Power (1998) Music @ Work (2000) In Violet Light (2002)
Singles from Music @ Work
"My Music at Work" Released: May 4, 2000 "Lake Fever" Released: 2000 "The Completists" Released: 2000 "Freak Turbulence" Released: 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C[2]
PopMatters	(favourable)[3]

Commercial performance

Music @ Work debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 45,396 copies in its first week.^[6] The album has been certified 2× Platinum in Canada.

Track listing

All songs were written by The Tragically Hip.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Music at Work"	3:06
2.	"Tiger the Lion"	5:30
3.	"Lake Fever"	4:34
4.	"Putting Down"	3:13
5.	"Stay"	3:22
6.	"The Bastard"	4:54
7.	"The Completists"	3:07
8.	"Freak Turbulence"	2:53
9.	"Sharks"	4:14
10.	"Toronto #4"	2:59
11.	"Wild Mountain Honey"	3:56
12.	"Train Overnight"	3:17
13.	"The Bear"	3:55
14.	"As I Wind Down the Pines"	2:34

Personnel

Personnel taken from Music @ Work liner notes.^[7] The Tragically Hip

• Gord Downie – lead vocals
• Rob Baker – lead guitar
• Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Gord Sinclair – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny Fay – drums

Additional musicians

• Steve Berlin – keyboards, percussion, MIDI sax
• Chris Brown – keyboards (2, 3, 11, 12)
• Julie Doiron – vocals (7, 10, 14)
• Sarah Pinette – cello (2, 10)
• Mr. Hussein – tabla (6)

Technical personnel

• Steve Berlin – production
• The Tragically Hip – production
• Mark Vreeken – recording, additional production
• Ken J. Friesen – recording assistance
• Graeme McCann – additional recording
• Aaron Keane – additional recording
• Steven Drake – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8]	46