EP · I Mother Earth
Dig by I Mother Earth
Dig is an EP by I Mother Earth, released in 1993. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Not Quite Sonic”, on 6 lists with a best position of #168.
Dig, the debut from Canadian rock band I Mother Earth, came out on Capitol and EMI on August 10, 1993, and it hits like a riff-heavy fever dream. The guitars are metallic and heavy, but the words and the playing drift off into psychedelia, and a battery of Latin percussion keeps the whole thing rolling through long, jam-born stretches.
Edwin, Christian Tanna and Jagori Tanna were at the core of the lineup. Bruce Gordon joined as bassist while the sessions were under way and is credited in the liner notes, but the bass parts were actually played by Jagori Tanna, the band's guitarist and composer, which makes it the only IME studio album without Gordon on it.
It went gold in Canada first time round and has since reached platinum, and it won the 1994 Juno Award for Best Hard Rock Album. Scenery and Fish came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Dig on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Quite Sonic | 6 | #168 | – | 1994–2010 | |
| 2 | So Gently We Go | 2 | #175 | – | 1999–2010 | |
| 3 | Rain Will Fall | 1 | #595 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.