The Blue Hysteria 1217363 224678063 2008-07-09T22:51:02Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = The Blue Hysteria | Type = studio | Artist = [[Rheostatics]] | Cover = The_blue_hysteria_album_cover.jpg | Released = [[1996]] | Recorded = | Genre = [[Indie rock]] | Length = | Label = | Producer = | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|4.5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:snb1z81aoyv5~T1 link] | Last album = ''[[Music Inspired by the Group of Seven]]''<br\>(1995) | This album = ''The Blue Hysteria''<br\>(1996) | Next album = ''[[Double Live (Rheostatics album)|Double Live]]''<br\>(1997) }} '''''The Blue Hysteria''''' is a 1996 album by [[Rheostatics]]. "Bad Time to Be Poor", a protest song about life in [[Ontario]] during the government of [[Mike Harris]], was the album's first single. The band also contributed this song to the compilation album ''[[GASCD]]'' in [[2001]] to support [[citizen media]] and [[social justice]] groups in protesting the [[Quebec City Summit of the Americas]]. To support the album, the band were invited on tour as the opening act for [[The Tragically Hip]]. At the beginning of the Hip's 1997 live album ''[[Live Between Us]]'', singer [[Gordon Downie]] acknowledges the Rheostatics, and towards the end of the album, Downie works a verse from "Bad Time to Be Poor" into "Nautical Disaster". The 1997 Rheostatics album ''[[Double Live (Rheostatics album)|Double Live]]'' also partially documents the band's tour with the Hip. "Bad Time to Be Poor" was covered by [[The Weakerthans]] on the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album ''[[The Secret Sessions]]''. Their version reached #1 on [[CBC Radio 3]]'s ''[[The R3-30|R3-30]]'' chart. ==Track listing== All songs are credited to the full band. #"All the Same Eyes" – 3:53 #"Motorino" – 4:01 #"Something the Committee Thought You Should Hear" – 0:34 #"Fat" – 6:56 #"To Catch a Thief" – 0:11 #"Bad Time to Be Poor" – 4:56 #"Sweet, Rich, Beautiful, Mine" – 4:03 #"Four Little Songs" – 5:52 #"An Offer" – 4:33 #"Never Forget" – 4:54 #"The Idiot" – 3:38 #"Connecting Flights" – 2:46 #"Feed Yourself" – 6:18 #"The 'You Are Very Star' Journey" – 1:12 #"A Midwinter Night's Dream" – 8:22 #"My First Rock Concert" (hidden track) – 4:09 {{Rheostatics}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Hysteria, The}} [[Category:1996 albums]] [[Category:Rheostatics albums]]