Away Is Mine is the seventh solo studio album by Gord Downie. It was released posthumously on October 16, 2020,[1] and recorded over four days in July 2017, three months before he died.[2] It is a double album, with one disc containing electric versions of the songs, and the other acoustic.[3]
| Away Is Mine | ||||
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| Released | October 16, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | July 17–21, 2017 | |||
| Studio | The Bathouse, Bath, Ontario | |||
| Length | 52:14 | |||
| Label | Arts & Crafts | |||
| Producer | Nyles Spencer | |||
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The album was produced by Nyles Spencer.[4] It sold well in Canada, earning a #3 Billboard Canada chart debut with the #1 spot on the Top Albums, Vinyl, and Digital Albums charts.[5]
Regarding the release, The Spill Magazine's John Graham laments, "Away Is Mine serves as a reminder that Downie, our dear friend gone far too soon, gave everything he could musically, before the inevitability of his death."[6]
"There really wasn’t a plan to make a record," Downie’s co-writer Josh Finlayson said. "The whole thing was that I knew this was a great way to spend time with Gord, listening to music, talking about music, talking about things that we’d always talked about. And this just evolved pretty organically."[7]
“This won’t be his last release, but these are the final ten songs Gord sang before he died. The last time he ever sang into a mic," Finlayson and brother Patrick Downie wrote in a joint statement. “That’s pretty special to us."[8]
Track listing
editAll tracks written by Gord Downie and Josh Finlayson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hotel Worth" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Useless Nights" | 2:57 |
| 3. | "I Am Lost" | 2:27 |
| 4. | "About Blank" | 2:38 |
| 5. | "River Don't Care" | 2:19 |
| 6. | "The Least Impossible" | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Traffic Is Magic" | 2:26 |
| 8. | "Away Is Mine" | 2:23 |
| 9. | "No Solace" | 2:18 |
| 10. | "Untitled" | 3:42 |
| Total length: | 27:39 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hotel Worth" (Acoustic) | 2:57 |
| 2. | "Useless Nights" (Acoustic) | 2:29 |
| 3. | "I Am Lost" (Acoustic) | 2:12 |
| 4. | "About Blank" (Acoustic) | 2:06 |
| 5. | "River Don't Care" (Acoustic) | 2:13 |
| 6. | "The Least Impossible" (Acoustic) | 2:10 |
| 7. | "Traffic Is Magic" (Acoustic) | 2:27 |
| 8. | "Away Is Mine" (Acoustic) | 2:24 |
| 9. | "No Solace" (Acoustic) | 1:58 |
| 10. | "Untitled" (Acoustic) | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 24:28 | |
References
edit- ^ Atad, Corey (September 21, 2020). "Gord Downie's Final Solo Album 'Away Is Mine' Announced: Listen To The First Two Singles". ET Canada. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.
- ^ Lars Brandle (September 21, 2020). "The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie Set for Posthumous Album Release 'Away Is Mine'". Billboard.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "The Story of Gord Downie's Final Songs: When the Artist Becomes the Art". Exclaim!, October 15, 2020.
- ^ Jesse Kinos-Goodin, "Listen to 2 songs from Gord Downie's final solo recording, Away is Mine". CBC Music, September 21, 2020.
- ^ "Gord Downie: The Least Impossible". 29 October 2020.
- ^ Graham, John (17 October 2020). "Spill Magazine". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Atad, Corey (September 21, 2020). "Gord Downie's Final Solo Album 'Away Is Mine' Announced: Listen To The First Two Singles". ET Canada. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.
- ^ Atad, Corey (September 21, 2020). "Gord Downie's Final Solo Album 'Away Is Mine' Announced: Listen To The First Two Singles". ET Canada. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.