''Glee'' is the debut

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by Canadian music collective Bran Van 3000. The Canadian version was released on April 15, 1997, through the Audiogram label, while the international version, slightly altered from the original, was released on March 17, 1998, through

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. The album contains the hit single "

Drinking in L.A. "Drinking in L.A." is a song by Canadian electronica collective Bran Van 3000, released as the band's debut single in 1997. It was the last song to be recorded for the band's debut studio album, ''Glee'' (1997). Of the song, James Di Salvio has ...

" and features hip hop supergroup

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on "Afrodiziak". ''Glee'' was certified gold for sales of 50,000 copies by the Canadian Recording Industry Association on February 24, 1998. The album also won the

Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the alternative rock and/or indie rock genres. The award was first presented in 1995 under the name Best Alter ...

at the 1998 Juno Awards.

Track listings

References

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