Album · Regurgitator
Unit by Regurgitator
Unit is an album by Regurgitator, released in 1997. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “! (The Song Formerly Known As)”, on 3 lists with a best position of #6.
Unit, Regurgitator's second album, landed on East West in November 1997, and the Brisbane trio used their follow-up to Tu-Plang to get gleefully weird. Quan Yeomans on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Ben Ely on bass, keys and vocals and Martin Lee on drums mix retro synth-pop gloss with alternative rock crunch and a dash of hip hop, and the result is cheeky, hooky and deliberately plastic.
"Polyester Girl" is the shiny centerpiece, a bubblegum disco strut that climbed to No. 14 in Australia, with "Every Day Formula" and "Black Bugs" keeping the sugar rush going. It debuted at number 4 on the ARIA chart, went triple platinum, and swept five ARIA Music Awards in 1998, among them Album of the Year, Best Alternative Album and Best Cover Art. A year after release it came back as Unit Re-Booted, packed with all five of its music videos.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Unit on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | 3 | #6 | – | 1998–2025 | |
| 2 | Every Day Formula | 1 | #19 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | Polyester Girl | 1 | #26 | – | 1998 | |
| 4 | Black Bugs | 1 | #32 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.