Album · The Tragically Hip
Road Apples by The Tragically Hip
Road Apples is an album by The Tragically Hip, released in 1991. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Little Bones”, on 9 lists with a best position of #5.
Road Apples, the Tragically Hip's second album, came out on February 19, 1991, and it's the sound of the Kingston, Ontario band tightening its grip on a whole country. Gord Downie sings, Paul Langlois and Rob Baker (still Bobby then) play guitars, Gord Sinclair plays bass and Johnny Fay drums, and they play like a bar band with a poet up front.
The guitars are loose, bluesy and swampy, the grooves roll hard, and Downie yelps, mutters and preaches his way through lyrics that feel like short stories told in code. "Little Bones" is a greasy, rollicking rocker, "Twist My Arm" swaggers, and "Three Pistols" gallops. All three were hit singles, and the album became the band's first number one in Canada and eventually went diamond there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Road Apples on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Bones | 9 | #5 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | Twist My Arm | 3 | #127 | – | 1999–2010 | |
| 3 | Three Pistols | 1 | #146 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.