| My Favourite Headache | ||||
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| Released | November 14, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | April 2000[1] | |||
| Studio | The Peasant's Tent and Reaction Studios, Toronto, East and West and The Factory Studios,Vancouver, British Columbia, Studio X,Seattle, Washington,Metalworks Studios inMississauga, Ontario | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock,hard rock | |||
| Length | 48:06 | |||
| Label | Anthem,Atlantic | |||
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| Singles from My Favourite Headache | ||||
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My Favourite Headache (also published asMy Favorite Headache, especially in the United States) is the debut solo album byGeddy Lee ofCanadianrock bandRush. The album was released on November 14, 2000, by Anthem Records in Canada andAtlantic Records outside of Canada. Both the title track and "Grace to Grace" received play onmainstream rock radio.
Although Lee wrote the majority of the album on bass, he was not just writing melody lines; he was also playing chords. In some cases, he multi-tracked basses into different layers of the arrangements.[2]
Lee said of the album: "I think I backed into this project. I've never had a great desire to make an individual statement, and I certainly didn't want any more attention. I satisfy so much of my musical self in the context of Rush, so I don't have any great frustrations from that point of view. But once in a while, you'd wonder, 'What's it like out there? What's it like to work with other people?'".[2]
Lee explaining how he wrote the lyrics forMy Favourite Headache: "Most people are like this: They think of stuff during the day. The mind goes to certain places, they remember things, and they try to figure things out. To remind yourself to write that stuff down is a great benefit. Then you come back to it and you analyze it days later, and lyrically shape what you felt when you wrote it down. For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song."[2]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Classic Rock |  [5] |
| The Daily Vault | A[6] |
| The Essential Rock Discography | 5/10[7] |
My Favourite Headache peaked at No. 52 on theBillboard 200.[8] The album also reached No. 10 on Canada's Metal Albums chart.[9]
All lyrics byGeddy Lee, all music by Lee andBen Mink.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Favourite Headache" | 4:45 |
| 2. | "The Present Tense" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Window to the World" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Working at Perfekt" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Runaway Train" | 4:30 |
| 6. | "The Angels' Share" | 4:33 |
| 7. | "Moving to Bohemia" | 4:25 |
| 8. | "Home on the Strange" | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Slipping" | 5:06 |
| 10. | "Still" | 4:30 |
| 11. | "Grace to Grace" | 4:59 |
Personnel per booklet.[10]
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