We Are the Same

We Are the Same is the 11th studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, released April 7, 2009 on Universal Music Canada, and by Zoë Records in the United States. The album was recorded at The Bathouse Recording Studio in Bath, Ontario with producer Bob Rock.^[6]

We Are the Same
Studio album by The Tragically Hip
Released	April 7, 2009
Recorded	August–October 2008
Studio	The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	57:21
Label	Universal
Producer	Bob Rock
The Tragically Hip chronology
World Container (2006) We Are the Same (2009) Now for Plan A (2012)
Singles from We Are the Same
"Love Is a First" Released: 2009 "Morning Moon" Released: 2009 "Speed River" Released: 2009

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Buffalo News	(favourable)[2]
Jam!	[3]
The Toronto Star	[4]
The Vancouver Sun	[5]

The opening track, "Morning Moon", was released on the band's website in advance of the album's release. The first single, "Love Is a First", was released February 27, 2009 and peaked at #22 on the Canadian Hot 100.

On April 6, 2009, to coincide with the release of We Are the Same, The Tragically Hip performed at The Bathouse Recording Studio in a concert that was screened live in Cineplex theatres across Canada.^[7]

Commercial performance

The album sold just under 27,000 copies in its first week^[8] and debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart,^[9] making it the band's eighth #1 on the chart. In the U.S. it peaked at #148 on the Billboard 200.^[9] The album reached platinum certification in Canada the year it was released.^[10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Gord Downie; all music is composed by The Tragically Hip.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Morning Moon"	4:01
2.	"Honey, Please"	4:00
3.	"The Last Recluse"	3:49
4.	"Coffee Girl"	3:46
5.	"Now the Struggle Has a Name"	6:04
6.	"The Depression Suite"	9:27
7.	"The Exact Feeling"	3:55
8.	"Queen of the Furrows"	4:12
9.	"Speed River"	4:28
10.	"Frozen in My Tracks"	4:04
11.	"Love Is a First"	3:43
12.	"Country Day"	5:18
Total length:		57:21

iTunes and Telus pre-order bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Hush"	2:29
14.	"Skeleton Park"	3:47
Total length:		63:37

Personnel

Personnel taken from We Are the Same liner notes.^[11]

The Tragically Hip

• Rob Baker
• Gord Downie
• Johnny Fay
• Paul Langlois
• Gord Sinclair

Additional musicians

• Kevin Hearn – piano, accordion
• John Webster – Hammond B3 organ
• Derry Byrne – trumpet
• Bob Buckley – string arrangements, strings
• Mary Brown, Karen Foster, Ruth Schipizky, Angela Cavadas, Jennie Press, Cameron Wilson, Deanne Eisch, Calvin Dyck, Zi Zhou, Andrew Brown, Reginald Quiring, Stephen Wilkes, Ari Barnes, Zoltan Rozsnyai, Joseph Elworthy – strings

Technical personnel

• Bob Rock – production
• Eric Helmkamp – recording
• Aaron Holmberg – recording assistance
• Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed – recording assistance
• Michael Gillies – additional engineering
• Roger Monk – additional engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 1 US Billboard 200[13] 148

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 38