Spirit of the West

Spirit of the West
	Fil:Sotw2008.jpg Spirit of the West i Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 2008
Information
Oprindelse	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre	Folk rock, Keltisk rock
Aktive år	1983-2016
Pladeselskab	Stony Plain, Warner, MapleMusic, Rhino, Elektra
Associeret med	The Paperboys, The Wonder Stuff, Paul Hyde, Linda McRae & Cheerful Lonesome, Great Big Sea
Tidligere medlemmer	John Mann; Geoffrey Kelly; Hugh McMillan; Vince Ditrich; Tobin Frank; Matthew Harder; J. Knutson; Linda McRae; Daniel Lapp
Eksterne henvisninger
	sotw.ca

Spirit of the West var et canadisk folkrockband fra North Vancouver, der var aktivt fra 1983 til 2016. De var populære på den canadiske folkrock-scene i 1980, inden de udviklede sig til at få mere indflydelse fra hard rock, Britpop og keltisk musik, og det gjorde dem til et af de mest populære bands inden for alternativ rock i 1990'erne.^[1]

Diskografi[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

Album[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

Studiealbum[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

Titel	Detaljer	Højeste hitlisteplacering	Certificering
Titel	Detaljer	CAN ^[2]	Certificering
Spirit of the West	Release date: 1984 Label: Triniti Records Formats: LP	—
Tripping Up the Stairs	Release date: July 1986 Label: Stony Plain Records Formats: LP, cassette	—
Labour Day	Release date: January 2, 1988 Label: Stony Plain Records Formats: LP, cassette	64
Save This House	Release date: February 20, 1990 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: LP, cassette, CD	62	CAN: Platinum^[3]
Go Figure	Release date: June 25, 1991 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: LP, cassette, CD	45	CAN: Gold^[3]
Faithlift	Release date: September 28, 1993 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: LP, cassette, CD	27	CAN: Platinum^[3]
Two Headed	Release date: June 20, 1995 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: Cassette, CD	20
Open Heart Symphony	Release date: May 21, 1996 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: CD	36
Weights and Measures	Release date: September 30, 1997 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: CD	—
Star Trails	Release date: July 6, 2004 Label: MapleMusic Recordings Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Opsamlingsalbum[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

Titel	Detaljer	Højeste hitlisteplacering
Titel	Detaljer	CAN
Old Material 1984–1986	Release date: November 1989 Label: Stony Plain Records Formats: LP	—
Hit Parade	Release date: September 14, 1999 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: CD	—
Spirituality 1983–2008: The Consummate Compendium	Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: Rhino Records Formats: CD	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singler[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

År	Single	Højeste hitlisteplacering				Certificering	Album
År	Single	CAN ^[4]	CAN AC ^[5]	CAN Country	CAN Content (Cancon) ^[6]	Certificering	Album
1986	"The Crawl"	—	—	—	—		Tripping Up the Stairs
1988	"Political"	—	—	—	31		Labour Day
1990	"Save This House"	85	—	—	—		Save This House
1991	"D for Democracy"	87	—	—	1		Go Figure
1991	"Political (Go Figure version)"	70	—	—	4
1992	"Spot the Difference"	—	—	—	9
1993	"And if Venice Is Sinking"	30	12	93	—		Faithlift
1994	"5 Free Minutes"	55	29	—	—
	"6th Floor"	—	—	—	3
	"Sadness Grows"	52	—	—	7
1995	"Is This Where I Come In"	—	28	—	6
1995	"Tell Me What I Think"	25	—	—	—		Two Headed
1996	"Williamson's Garage"	—	53	—	—		Open Heart Symphony
1997	"Soldier's Boy"	—	—	—	—		Weights and Measures
2004	"July"	—	—	—	—		Star Trails
2011	"Bulembu"	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
2014	"Home for a Rest"	—	—	—	—	CAN: Platinum^[3]	Non-album single

Album-optrædender[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

Island of Circles (1991): "Sunshine Superman"
Back to the Garden (1992): "Coyote"
Upfront! Canadians Live from Mountain Stage (1994): "Political"
Due South: The Original Television Soundtrack (1996): "Bone of Contention"
20 Years of Stony Plain (1996): "Political"
The Hanging Garden (1997): "Kiss and Tell"
Frosh (1998): "Home for a Rest"

Modtagelse[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

I 1999 rangede CFNY-FM "Political" nr. 524, og "Home For a Rest" som nr. 689, på deres "Top 1002 New Rock Songs of All Time".
I 2005 blev "Home for a Rest" rangeret som den 22. bedste canadisk sang nogensinde på CBC Radio Ones 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version.
I 2007 blev "Home for a Rest" rangeret som nr. 8 på CFNY's "Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs of All Time".
"Save This House" var temasangen til tv-serien Save Us from Our House, der blev sendt i 2007 på den canadisk kanal W og HGTV i USA
I 2010 modtog Spirit of the West National Achievement Award ved den årlige SOCAN Awards i Toronto.^[7]
I 2022 blev "Home for a Rest" stemt ind som British Columbias favoritsang af en lokal kunstner i en Twitter-konkurrence arrangeret af CBC rapporter Justin McElroy, og slog Carly Rae Jepsens "Call Me Maybe".^[8]

Referencer[redigér | rediger kildetekst]

^ "The little Celtic band that grew". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 1997.
^ RPM Album Charts Library and Archives Canada
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Music Canada certifications, Musiccanada.com
^ RPM Top Singles Library and Archives Canada
^ RPM Adult Contemporary Library and Archives Canada
^
Peak positions for Spirit of the West singles on RPM's Canadian Content chart:
- For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 48, No. 19 Aug 27, 1988". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "D for Democracy": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 8 Jul 27, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 18 Oct 05, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "Spot the Difference": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 55, No. 13 Mar 21, 1992". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "6th Floor": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 59, No. 21 Jun 13, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "Sadness Grows": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 60, No. 4 Aug 15, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
- For "Is This Where I Come In": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 61, No. 1 Feb 06, 1995". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)
^ "McLachlan, Nickelback Win Big At The SOCAN Awards". toronto.citynews.ca. Hentet 2019-10-28.
^ "Home for a Rest voted favourite song by a B.C. artist in informal online survey". CBC British Columbia. 20. januar 2022. Hentet 20. januar 2022.

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[grew-1] "The little Celtic band that grew". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 1997.

[2] RPM Album Charts Library and Archives Canada

[MC-3] Music Canada certifications, Musiccanada.com

[4] RPM Top Singles Library and Archives Canada

[5] RPM Adult Contemporary Library and Archives Canada

[6] Peak positions for Spirit of the West singles on RPM's Canadian Content chart:
For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 48, No. 19 Aug 27, 1988". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "D for Democracy": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 8 Jul 27, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 18 Oct 05, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "Spot the Difference": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 55, No. 13 Mar 21, 1992". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "6th Floor": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 59, No. 21 Jun 13, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "Sadness Grows": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 60, No. 4 Aug 15, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

For "Is This Where I Come In": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 61, No. 1 Feb 06, 1995". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[7] For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 48, No. 19 Aug 27, 1988". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[8] For "D for Democracy": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 8 Jul 27, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[9] For "Political": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 54, No. 18 Oct 05, 1991". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[10] For "Spot the Difference": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 55, No. 13 Mar 21, 1992". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[11] For "6th Floor": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 59, No. 21 Jun 13, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[12] For "Sadness Grows": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 60, No. 4 Aug 15, 1994". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[13] For "Is This Where I Come In": "Canadian Content (Cancon) - Volume 61, No. 1 Feb 06, 1995". RPM. Hentet 9. juni 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal kræver |journal= (hjælp)

[7] "McLachlan, Nickelback Win Big At The SOCAN Awards". toronto.citynews.ca. Hentet 2019-10-28.

[8] "Home for a Rest voted favourite song by a B.C. artist in informal online survey". CBC British Columbia. 20. januar 2022. Hentet 20. januar 2022.

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