# In Violet Light > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Violet_Light > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Violet_Light.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Violet_Light > Source revision: 1346453265 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|2002 studio album by the Tragically Hip}} {{Infobox album | name = In Violet Light | type = studio | artist = [The Tragically Hip](/source/The_Tragically_Hip) | cover = hip violet light.jpg | alt = | released = June 11, 2002 | recorded = | venue = | studio = * [Compass Point](/source/Compass_Point_Studios), [Nassau](/source/Nassau%2C_Bahamas) * [The Bathouse](/source/The_Bathouse_Recording_Studio), [Bath, Ontario](/source/Bath%2C_Ontario) | genre = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock) | length = 45:16 | label = [Universal](/source/Universal_Music_Group) | producer = * [Hugh Padgham](/source/Hugh_Padgham) * Mark Vreeken * [The Tragically Hip](/source/The_Tragically_Hip) | prev_title = [Music @ Work](/source/Music_%40_Work) | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = [In Between Evolution](/source/In_Between_Evolution) | next_year = 2004 | misc = {{Singles | name = In Violet Light | type = studio | single1 = It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken | single1date = 2002 | single2 = Silver Jet | single2date = 2002 | single3 = The Darkest One | single3date = 2002 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r590525/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] |rev2 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' |rev2score = (favourable)[https://web.archive.org/web/20080726143624/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thetragicallyhip/albums/album/134872/review/5944183/in_violet_light Rolling Stone review] }} '''''In Violet Light''''' is the eighth full-length [album](/source/album) by [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [rock](/source/rock_and_roll) [band](/source/musical_band) [The Tragically Hip](/source/The_Tragically_Hip). The album debuted at #2 on the [Canadian Albums Chart](/source/Canadian_Albums_Chart), selling almost 33,000 copies in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2002/06/20/soundscan-the-tragically-hip-and-korn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005245/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2002/06/20/soundscan-the-tragically-hip-and-korn/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 12, 2018|title=SoundScan: The Tragically Hip And Korn|publisher=[Chart Attack](/source/Chart_Attack)|access-date=February 11, 2018}} The album has been certified platinum in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association |format=Requires running a searches for Artist |year=2010 |access-date=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823041748/http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |archive-date=2010-08-23 }} Packaged with the album in stores was a membership card for The Hip Club, an online fan club which offered three digital bonus tracks, "Forest Edge", "Problem Bears" and "Ultra Mundane". The music video for "It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken" was filmed in [Oshawa, Ontario](/source/Oshawa%2C_Ontario), at [Parkwood Estate](/source/Parkwood_Estate). The light-hearted music video for "The Darkest One" featured [Don Cherry](/source/Don_Cherry_(ice_hockey)) and the [Trailer Park Boys](/source/Trailer_Park_Boys). The song "Throwing Off Glass" was also released on the ''[Men with Brooms](/source/Men_with_Brooms)'' soundtrack album. At the [Juno Awards of 2021](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2021), in the band's first live performance as a unit since [Gord Downie](/source/Gord_Downie)'s death in 2017, the band performed "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" with [Feist](/source/Feist_(singer)) on vocals.{{cite news |last1=Huddleston |first1=Jess |title=The Tragically Hip set to perform with Feist at the 2021 Juno Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/the-tragically-hip-set-to-perform-with-feist-at-the-2021-juno-awards-1.6020515 |website=[CBC News](/source/CBC_News)|date=May 13, 2021}} ==Track listing== All songs by the Tragically Hip {{Track list |title1 = Are You Ready |length1 = 2:39 |title2 = Use It Up |length2 = 4:16 |title3 = The Darkest One |length3 = 4:36 |title4 = It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken |length4 = 4:23 |title5 = Silver Jet |length5 = 3:56 |title6 = Throwing off Glass |length6 = 3:28 |title7 = All Tore Up |length7 = 3:33 |title8 = Leave |length8 = 3:59 |title9 = A Beautiful Thing |length9 = 3:33 |title10 = The Dire Wolf |length10 = 4:29 |title11 = The Dark Canuck |length11 = 6:24 }} ==The Tragically Hip== *[Gord Downie](/source/Gord_Downie) – lead vocals *[Rob Baker](/source/Rob_Baker_(guitarist)) – lead guitar *Paul Langlois – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Gord Sinclair – bass, backing vocals *Johnny Fay – drums == Year-end charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for ''In Violet Light'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812030723/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2002.html|archivedate=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-1_2002.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|accessdate=March 24, 2022}} | 52 |- !scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204012816/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_alt.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002|website=[Jam!](/source/Jam!)|accessdate=March 26, 2022}} | 14 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{The Tragically Hip}} {{Authority control}} Category:2002 albums Category:The Tragically Hip albums Category:Albums produced by Hugh Padgham Category:Universal Records albums --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [In Violet Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Violet_Light) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Violet_Light?action=history)). 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