Released September 11, 1996 Label A&M Artist Big Sugar | Length 66:59 Release date 11 September 1996 | |
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Recorded at Presence Studios, Phase One Studios. Nominations Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year Similar Five Hundred Pounds, Brothers and Sisters - A, Hit & Run, Revolution per Minute, Heated | ||
Big sugar diggin a hole 1996
Hemi-Vision is the third album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1997 Juno Awards.
Contents
The singles from the album were "Diggin' a Hole", "If I Had My Way", "Gone For Good" and "Opem Up Baby". The band also recorded a French language version of "Opem Up Baby", entitled "Ouvres-toi Bébé", for radio airplay in Quebec (see also Chauffe à bloc).
Background
The album was recorded in six weeks at Presence Studios and Phase One Studios. According to Gordie Johnson, this was the first album that the band had recorded with an adequate budget, having $65,000 Canadian at their disposal. Johnson collaborated with several other songwriters for this album. "Gone for Good", "Empty Head", and "If I Had My Way" were co-written with Patrick Ballantyne; "La Stralla" and "Skull King" with Andrew Whiteman; "Tired All The Time" with bandmate Kelly Hoppe; "Opem Up Baby" with Dan Gallagher; "Tommy Johnson" with Dave Wall; and "Diggin' a Hole" with Gallagher and Andy Curran.
Track listing
- "Diggin' a Hole" – 4:37
- "Gone for Good" – 4:43
- "If I Had My Way" – 5:13
- "Skull Ring" – 4:25
- "Joe Louis / Judgement Day" – 8:58
- "Tommy Johnson" – 4:12
- "La Stralla" – 4:17
- "Tired All the Time" – 4:27
- "Empty Head" – 5:13
- "Opem Up Baby"1 – 5:13
- "Rolling Pin" – 6:46
- "Tobacco Hand" – 8:55
Songs
1Diggin' a Hole4:37
2Gone for Good4:44
3If I Had My Way5:15