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The Tragically Hip discography

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ7769865 ↗
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This is the discography of Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip. They have released 13 studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, two extended plays, 63 singles, a boxed set, five video albums and 32 music videos.

There is also a series of live albums, sold exclusively through their website under the title "Live from the Vault".

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This entry incorporates text from “The Tragically Hip discography” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.