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Go Figure is a 1991 album by Spirit of the West. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Spirit of the West are a Canadian Folk rock band who were popular on the Canadian Folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Warner Music Group and is owned by Edgar Bronfman Jr In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Joe Chicarelli is an American Grammy Award winning music producer best known for the huge amount of production work he did in the 1980s 1990s and 2000s allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Spirit of the West are a Canadian Folk rock band who were popular on the Canadian Folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of Save This House is a 1990 album by Spirit of the West. It was the band's first album for Warner Music Canada, and their first with Linda McRae Faithlift is a 1993 album by Spirit of the West. It is the band's best-selling album and includes their biggest Canadian Top 40 hit " Spirit of the West are a Canadian Folk rock band who were popular on the Canadian Folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of

It was the band's first rock album, and their first with drummer Vince Ditrich. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Vince Ditrich (born April 4, 1963) is a Canadian rock musician

The album was a breakthrough success with Canadian fans of alternative rock, although it was controversial among the band's traditional folk music fan base. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The album includes a rock rendition of "Political", one of the band's best known songs. "Political" is a song by Spirit of the West. One of the band's most famous songs it originally appeared on the 1988 album Labour Day During the concert tour to support this album, fans in one city actually presented the band with a petition requesting that they play the old version of that song.

The album was only a modest success on the charts, however, peaking at #45 on RPM's Top 100 albums chart. RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada

A recurring theme throughout the album is disaffection with the government of then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (predominantly known as Brian Mulroney) (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth "D for Democracy", "Pulling Lame" and "Far Too Canadian" are all anti-Mulroney songs, reflecting the widespread popular opposition to Mulroney among the Canadian public which led to the 1992 defeat of the Charlottetown Accord and the Progressive Conservative decimation in the Canadian federal election, 1993. The Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The Canadian federal election of 1993 (officially the 35th general election) was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons However, "D for Democracy" is not about Mulroney alone, as the song touches on other than-topical stories of political malfeasance as well, such as the drug controversy around Washington, DC mayor Marion Barry. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Marion Shepilov Barry Jr (born March 6, 1936) is an American politician who served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia

"D for Democracy" was the band's first mainstream chart hit. That song, "Goodbye Grace" and "Far Too Canadian" are among the enduring fan favourites at the band's live shows.

Track listing

All songs by John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly. John F Mann (born September 18, 1962 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian rock musician and actor Geoffrey Kelly (born October 23, 1956 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Canadian rock musician

"D for Democracy (Scour the House)"
"Big Head"
"Spot the Difference"
"Pulling Lame"
"Let's Make a Mystery"
"Goodbye Grace"
"Just Another Day"
"Polaroid"
"Political"
"Ship Named Frank"
"Far Too Canadian"

"Political" was also released as a CD single, with the B-sides "Sad But True" and "Again and Again and Again". "Political" is a song by Spirit of the West. One of the band's most famous songs it originally appeared on the 1988 album Labour Day A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s

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