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."The little Celtic band that grew". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 1997. Gruppen er særlig kendt for nummeret "Home for a Rest".
Diskografi Album Studiealbum Titel Detaljer Højeste hitlisteplacering Certificering CANRPM Album Charts Library and Archives Canada 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: PlatinumMusic Canada certifications, Musiccanada.com Go Figure Release date: June 25, 1991 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: LP, cassette, CD 45 CAN: Gold Faithlift Release date: September 28, 1993 Label: Warner Music Canada Formats: LP, cassette, CD 27 CAN: Platinum 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 Titel Detaljer Højeste hitlisteplacering 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 {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| År ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="4"| Højeste hitlisteplacering ! rowspan="2"| Certificering ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="45"| CANRPM Top Singles Library and Archives Canada ! width="45"| CANACRPM Adult Contemporary Library and Archives Canada ! width="45"| CANCountry ! width="45"| CANContent(Cancon)<ref>Peak positions for Spirit of the West singles on RPM'''s Canadian Content chart: For "Political": For "D for Democracy": For "Political": For "Spot the Difference": For "6th Floor": For "Sadness Grows": For "Is This Where I Come In": </ref> |- | rowspan="1"| 1986 | "The Crawl" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | rowspan="1"| Tripping Up the Stairs|- | rowspan="1"| 1988 | "Political" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 31 | | rowspan="1"| Labour Day|- | rowspan="1"| 1990 | "Save This House" | align="center"| 85 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | rowspan="1"| Save This House|- | rowspan="2"| 1991 | "D for Democracy" | align="center"| 87 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 1 | | rowspan="3"| Go Figure|- | "Political (Go Figure version)" | align="center"| 70 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 4
| rowspan="1"| 1992 | "Spot the Difference" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 9
| 1993 | "And if Venice Is Sinking" | align="center"| 30 | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 93 | align="center"| — | | rowspan="5"| Faithlift|- | rowspan="3"| 1994 | "5 Free Minutes" | align="center"| 55 | align="center"| 29 | align="center"| — | align="center"| —
| "6th Floor" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 3
| "Sadness Grows" | align="center"| 52 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| 7
| rowspan="2"| 1995 | "Is This Where I Come In" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 28 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 6
| "Tell Me What I Think" | align="center"| 25 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | Two Headed|- | 1996 | "Williamson's Garage" | align="center"| — | align="center"| 53 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | Open Heart Symphony|- | 1997 | "Soldier's Boy" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | Weights and Measures|- | 2004 | "July" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | Star Trails|- | 2011 | "Bulembu" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | | Non-album single |- | 2014 | "Home for a Rest" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | CAN: Platinum | Non-album single
Albumoptrædener
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 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. 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".
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