Save This House

Infobox Album |
Name = Save This House
Type = Album
Artist = Spirit of the West


Released = 1990
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Folk
Length = 57:42
Label = Warner Music Canada
Producer = Danny Greenspoon
Reviews =
Last album = "Old Material 1984-1986"
(1989)
This album = "Save This House"
(1990)
Next album = "Go Figure"
(1991)

"Save This House" is a 1990 album by Spirit of the West.

It was the band's first album for Warner Music Canada, and their first with Linda McRae. Although still a relatively traditional folk album, its release on a major label meant that it was the band's first album to expand their fan base significantly beyond the folk music scene. The title track, an energetically percussive environmental anthem, was a notable hit for the band on campus radio. However, the album was not a mainstream commercial breakthrough; the band would achieve that with its next album, 1991's "Go Figure".

The album's best-known song, however, is "Home For a Rest". While never a mainstream chart hit for the band, it has become by far their most famous song. Its joyous Pogues-like rhythm and lyrics about a drinking spree have made it an enduring frosh week anthem at Canadian colleges and universities. In 2005, "Home For a Rest" was also named the 22nd greatest Canadian song of all time on CBC Radio One's "".

The band toured Canada and Great Britain in support of this album. Their British tour was as a supporting act for The Wonder Stuff. Members of Spirit of the West appeared on that band's 1991 album "Never Loved Elvis" and on the "Welcome to the Cheap Seats" EP.

CD Track listing

#"Save This House" – 2:53
#"Home For a Rest" – 4:33
#"Last to Know" – 6:24
#"Roadside Attraction" – 3:03
#"Dirty Pool" – 3:30
#"Not Just a Train" – 4:18
#"(Putting Up With) The Joneses" – 4:25
#"Turned Out Lies" – 3:43
#"Sentimental Side" – 4:06
#"Water in the Well" – 4:03
#"Wrecking Ball" – 3:39
#"Loaded Minds" – 4:51
#"Swingin' Single" – 4:55
#"The Old Sod" – 3:19

LP Track listing

side 1
#"Save This House" – 2:53
#"Home For a Rest" – 4:33
#"Last to Know" – 6:24
#"Roadside Attraction" – 3:03
#"Dirty Pool" – 3:30

side 2
#"Not Just a Train" – 4:18
#"(Putting Up With) The Joneses" – 4:25
#"Wrecking Ball" – 3:39
#"Swingin' Single" – 4:55
#"The Old Sod" – 3:19