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    HM Magazine #86/One Hundred Days
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    One Hundred Days

    The Super Terrific Happy Hour

    (2000)

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label Audio XHM Magazine #86November/December 2000
    alternative rockpop rockpower popprogressive rock

    Mix the melancholy of The Choir, the beautifully tight harmonies of PFR, and the super clean vocals of Andrew Horrocks and Ian Tanner... The result is Andrew and Ian's best work since their incarnation as The Awakening. If you've never heard these awesome vocals, think Jon Anderson of Yes. Musically, the instrumentation is quite progressive. Musicians have a lot to enjoy here, but it's not so complex and progressive that the average rock listener won't have something to chew on.

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    The Phantom Tollbooth 2000Reviewed by Bert GanglIt's probably not going too far to say that only a handful of bands have endured the peculiar mixture of heartening success and devastating setback that have been such a seemingly intrinsic part of the career of Canada's One Hundred Days. Band mainstays Andrew Horrocks and Ian Tanner met in high school in early 1985 with Tanner eventually joining Horrock's band, known then as The Awakening. By…

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