Editing In Violet Light (section)

{{Short description|2002 studio album by the Tragically Hip}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = In Violet Light
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Tragically Hip]]
| cover      = hip violet light.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 11, 2002
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
* [[Compass Point Studios|Compass Point]], [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
* [[The Bathouse Recording Studio|The Bathouse]], [[Bath, Ontario]]
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
| length     = 45:16
| label      = [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
| producer   =
* [[Hugh Padgham]]
* Mark Vreeken
* [[The Tragically Hip]]
| prev_title = [[Music @ Work]]
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [[In Between Evolution]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = In Violet Light
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken
 | single1date = 2002
 | single2     = Silver Jet
 | single2date = 2002
 | single3     = The Darkest One
 | single3date = 2002
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r590525/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = (favourable)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080726143624/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thetragicallyhip/albums/album/134872/review/5944183/in_violet_light Rolling Stone review]</ref>
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'''''In Violet Light''''' is the eighth full-length [[album]] by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[rock and roll|rock]] [[musical band|band]] [[The Tragically Hip]]. The album debuted at #2 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], selling almost 33,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2002/06/20/soundscan-the-tragically-hip-and-korn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005245/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2002/06/20/soundscan-the-tragically-hip-and-korn/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 12, 2018|title=SoundScan: The Tragically Hip And Korn|publisher=[[Chart Attack]]|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref> The album  has been certified platinum in Canada.<ref name="Certifcations">{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association |format=Requires running a searches for Artist |year=2010 |access-date=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823041748/http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |archive-date=2010-08-23 }}</ref>

Packaged with the album in stores was a membership card for The Hip Club, an online fan club which offered three digital bonus tracks, "Forest Edge", "Problem Bears" and "Ultra Mundane".

The music video for "It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken" was filmed in [[Oshawa, Ontario]], at [[Parkwood Estate]]. The light-hearted music video for "The Darkest One" featured [[Don Cherry (ice hockey)|Don Cherry]] and the [[Trailer Park Boys]].

The song "Throwing Off Glass" was also released on the ''[[Men with Brooms]]'' soundtrack album.

At the [[Juno Awards of 2021]], in the band's first live performance as a unit since [[Gord Downie]]'s death in 2017, the band performed "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" with [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] on vocals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huddleston |first1=Jess |title=The Tragically Hip set to perform with Feist at the 2021 Juno Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/the-tragically-hip-set-to-perform-with-feist-at-the-2021-juno-awards-1.6020515 |website=[[CBC News]]|date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>