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Road Apples is the second album by Canadian rockRock and roll also called rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony backing), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural phenomenon, bandIn music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. Types of bands all-women band big band brass band bluegrass band boy band girl group concert band (also known as a wind band or The Tragically Hip.

Released in 1991, the original title of the record was Saskadelphia, but the record label considered it "too Canadian." As a joke, they re-titled it Road Apples, slang for horseThis article discusses ungulate mammals. For other meanings of horse see Horse (disambiguation). The Horse Equus caballus is a large ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus''. It has long played an important role in transportat dung. After the album was released, they created the Another Roadside Attraction festival — this name was another joke referring to "road apples." The album was recorded in New Orleans, and although most of the songs were finished by the time they arrived, "Little Bones" was inspired by a local taxiAlternative meaning: taxicab geometry. Hackney carriage). A taxicab (sometimes called taxi cab or hack is a vehicle for hire which conveys passengers between locations of their choice. In most other modes of public transport, the pick-up and drop-off loca driver.

All songs were written and performed by The Tragically Hip.

Track listing

1. "Little Bones" (4:44)
2. "Twist My Arm" (3:54)
3. "Cordelia" (4:10)
4. "The Luxury" (3:38)
5. "Born in the Water" (3:24)
6. "Long Time Running" (4:23)
7. "Bring It All Back" (4:39)
8. "Three Pistols" (3:48)
9. "Fight" (5:58)
10. "On the Verge" (3:54)
11. "Fiddler's Green" (4:25)
12. "The Last of the Unplucked Gems" (2:03)