Hi Fi Way

Hi Fi Way
Studio album by You Am I
Released	February, 1995
Recorded	Greene St. Studios, New York, 15–22 September 1994, Paradise Studios, Sydney, May 1994 ("How Much Is Enough")
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	41:45
Label	rooArt Records, Warner Brothers
Producer	Lee Ranaldo
You Am I chronology
Sound As Ever (1993) Hi Fi Way (1995) Hourly, Daily (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Hi Fi Way is an album by the Australian rock band, You Am I, released in 1995. The album reached #1 on the local albums chart and is one of the most influential and critically acclaimed Australian albums of the last twenty years, inspiring the likes of Jet, The Vines and Wolfmother. In 2008, it was voted the sixth greatest Australian album of all time in The Age newspaper's 50 Greatest Aussie Albums poll. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 8 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.^[2] Hi Fi Way was You Am I's first release with new drummer Rusty Hopkinson (formerly of Nursery Crimes) after the departure of former drummer Mark Tunaley.

The album included the singles "Cathy's Clown", "Jewels and Bullets" and "Purple Sneakers".

Tim Rogers later said of the album, "I was really high and really drunk the whole time. My ambition for it was always huge, but we're more suited to a scrappier sounding thing, with the way that I sing and play guitar. We had seven days to make it, living in New York."^[3]

Track listing

All songs by Rogers/You Am I

1. "Ain't Gone And Open"
2. "Minor Byrd"
3. "She Digs Her"
4. "Cathy's Clown"
5. "Jewels and Bullets"
6. "Purple Sneakers"
7. "Pizza Guy"
8. "The Applecross Wing Commander"
9. "Stray"
10. "Handwasher"
11. "Punkarella"
12. "Ken (The Mother Nature's Son)"
13. "Gray"
14. "How Much Is Enough"

Someone Else's Crowd

Some copies of the album came with a live bonus disc, featuring songs recorded on tour in Seattle in 1994.

1. "Sound As Ever"
2. "Hi Fi Way"
3. "When You Got Dry"
4. "Forever and Easy"
5. "Berlin Chair"
6. "Adam's Ribs"
7. "Cool Hand Luke"

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
2013	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	48

Personnel

• Tim Rogers - vocals, guitars, mellotron, Hammond organ
• Andy Kent - bass guitar
• Rusty Hopkinson - drums, cymbals, percussion, 'Fremantle Reminiscences'
• Jon Auer - Hammond organ on "Minor Byrd"
• Epic Soundtracks - Keyboards on "Gray"
• Lee Ranaldo - Producer
• Wayne Connolly - 'Guitar Noodling' on "Gray", recorded "How Much Is Enough" and "Ken"

References

1. Allmusic review
2. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
3. Dan Condon. "No Struggle, No Progress". Time Off (Fortitude Valley, QLD: Street Press Australia Pty Ltd) (24 November 2010): pg 17.