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Hi Fi Way is the second album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in 1995. 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. Hi Fi Way reached #1 on the local albums chart and is one of the most influential and critically acclaimed Australian albums of the 1990s. 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. The album included the singles "Cathy's Clown", "Jewels and Bullets" and "Purple Sneakers". You Am I's 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."
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Didn't listen to the whole thing, but I heard enough to get the jist. Reminded me of Swedish pop/rock bands of this era.
Liked this! Solid, entertaining rock album.
This is pretty solid. Good songs, good production, enjoyable to listen to. I checked out a couple more of their albums as well and liked them too. 4 stars.
Barely 3
Nothing too special
It's fine
Great rock LP, just solid, meat and potatoes instrumental work and vocals that come together to get the job done. Not exactly reinventing the wheel or anything (+ many of the tracks do sound somewhat similar), but there's enough tempo variation and fun riffage to keep things moving and enjoyable. Would never have guessed these guys are Australian, feels like the album has some Americana roots.
Meh meh meh
Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Purple sneakers, Gray
I found Hi Fi Way to be very paint by numbers and unoriginal, it's just an okay listen, sort of thing you'd hear on the radio and bop along to but forget about as soon as the next song starts. Jewels and Bullets a high, doesn't get up to a 3, just a high 2.
This sounds like music with a lowercase m.