Released 3 June 2003 Length 37:00 Release date 3 June 2003 | Recorded 2003 Artist Gordon Downie Label Zoë Records | |
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Nominations Juno Award for Recording Package of the Year Similar Gordon Downie albums, Rock music albums | ||
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Battle of the Nudes is the second solo album by Gordon Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip. It was released in 2003. Most of the tracks are recordings of songs written by Downie with heavy rock accompaniment.
Contents
Downie's backing band, credited as "Country of Miracles", included Julie Doiron, Josh Finlayson and members of The Dinner Is Ruined (Dale Morningstar and Dave Clark).
Production and marketing
The album was recorded and mixed by Morningstar. The cover artwork was created by Montreal artist Jon Claytor.
To overcome the problem of fans creating bootleg recordings instead of buying the CD, Downie collaborated with MapleMusic Recordings to create video recordings of concerts performed in support of the album. The videos were posted for sale a few days after the concert.
Track listing
All tracks written by Gord Downie unless otherwise noted.
- "Into The Night"
- "Figment"
- "Christmastime In Toronto"
- "Willow Logic"
- "Pascal's Submarine" (Gordon Downie on harmonica and drums) (with the brass section and trumpet solo by Chris Botti)
- "11th Fret"
- "Who By Rote" (Downie/Clark/Doiron/Finlayson/Morningstar/Press)
- "Steeplechase"
- "More Me Less You"
- "We're Hardcore" (Downie/Clark/Finlayson/Morningstar/Press)
- "Pillform No. 2"
- "Pillform No. 1"
Songs
1Into the Night2:37
2Figment3:07
3Christmastime in Toronto4:04