Canadian Album Hall of Fame (as voted by YOU): BBS's You Forgot It in People

You Forgot It in People- Broken Social Scene (2002)

We may loath Pitchfork for its pretentious and ludicrous music reviews (Who gives an album a 5.2 rating out of 10? Seriously, not cool.), but the music site has done something right recently and that was recognizing You Forgot It in People as one of the best records to come out of the last decade in music. The album was Broken Social Scene’s sophomore effort and was the first release of the then newly established Toronto indie label Arts & Crafts. You Forgot It in People exploded on to the Canadian music scene and later snagged the title of Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards in 2003. The album birthed BSS classic tunes such as “Cause = Time”, “Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl”, and “Lover’s Spit”. I think it’s safe to say that You Forgot It in People is the Canadian Indie rock Bible. The Toronto collective, in less than a decade, have become iconic figures of the Canadian independent music scene through their continued devotion to break musical boundaries by experimenting with sounds and choosing to create music that has no formulas and no limits.

BSS line-up:

Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Andrew Whiteman, Charles Spearin, Justin Peroff, John Crossingham, Sam Goldberg, Evan Cranley, Jason Collett, James Shaw, David Newfeld, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, Amy Millan, Martin Davis Kinack, Jo-ann Goldsmith, Torquil Campbell, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Ohad Benchetrit, Bill Priddle, Jason Tait, and Elizabeth Powell.

Full track list for You Forgot It in People:

1. "Capture the Flag"
2. "KC Accidental"
3. "Stars and Sons"
4. "Almost Crimes"
5. "Looks Just Like the Sun"
6. "Pacific Theme"
7. "Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl"
8. "Cause = Time"
9. "Late Nineties Bedroom Rock for the Missionaries"
10. "Shampoo Suicide"
11. "Lover's Spit"
12. "I'm Still Your Fag"
13. "Pitter Patter Goes My Heart"

Rose Palmieri