From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hit Parade (Spirit of the West album)
Hit Parade (Spirit of the West album)
Hit Parade the band’s most famous song, "Home for a Rest" (from
Save This House).
At the end of the album, four songs appear which
were recorded with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
during the sessions for the album Open Heart Symphony.
Those sessions included new songs and performances of
several of the band’s past hits, but only the new songs ap-
peared on the original album.
The performances which appear on Hit Parade collect
the hits portion of those shows, along with a rendition
of "That’s Amore" sung by Vince Ditrich. The band had
long maintained a tradition of having Ditrich, the band’s
Greatest hits album by Spirit of the West drummer, croon an old pop song — usually "That’s
Released November 1999 Amore", but occasionally "I Don’t Want to Set the World
on Fire" — at some point during its live shows, but the
Recorded 1988-1997
rendition appearing here is Ditrich’s only lead vocal per-
Genre Folk-Rock formance on a Spirit of the West album.
Following this release, the band went on hiatus for
Length 43:56
several years, returning in 2004 with Star Trails.
Label Warner Music Canada
Producer Spirit of the West, Joe Chicarelli, Ken Marshall,
Michael Phillip Wojewoda, Danny Greenspoon
Track listing
All songs by John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly, except where
Professional reviews noted.
1. "Canadian Skye"
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Please move reviews into the “Reception” section 2. "Rites of Man"
of the article. See Moving reviews into article 3. "Wishing Line"
space. 4. "Unplugged"
• Allmusic link 5. "Williamson’s Garage"
6. "Sadness Grows"
Spirit of the West chronology
7. "5 Free Minutes"
Weights and Measures Hit Parade Star Trails 8. "Bone of Contention"
(1997) (1999) (2004) 9. "D For Democracy (Scour the House)"
10. "Goodbye Grace"
Hit Parade is a 1999 album by Spirit of the West. 11. "Puttin’ Up With the Joneses"
The album is a compilation, and marked their final re- 12. "And if Venice is Sinking"
lease for Warner Music Canada. Despite the album’s title, 13. "Save This House"
not all of the songs on the album were released as sin- 14. "Home for a Rest"
gles, and some songs which were notable singles ("Tell 15. "Political" *
Me What I Think", "Slow Learner") are not present. The 16. "That’s Amore" (written by Harry Warren and Jack
songs are presented roughly in reverse chronological or- Brooks) *
der, except for "And if Venice is Sinking". That song ap- 17. "And if Venice is Sinking" *
pears on the album alongside songs from 1990’s Save This 18. "The Crawl" *
House, but was originally released on 1993’s Faithlift. * These four songs are drawn from the Vancouver Sym-
As with most of the band’s live shows during this era, phony Orchestra sessions.
the studio portion of the album opens with "Canadian
Skye" (from 1997’s Weights and Measures) and closes with
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