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Hi Fi Way by You Am I
Hi Fi Way is an album by You Am I, released in 1995. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Purple Sneakers”, on 1 list with a best position of #24.
Hi Fi Way, the second album from Tim Rogers' You Am I, landed in February 1995, the first with new drummer Rusty Hopkinson, formerly of Nursery Crimes, in the seat Mark Tunaley had vacated. Lee Ranaldo produced, and the band had just seven days in New York to get it down; Rogers later owned up to being high and drunk through the sessions, and reckoned the band's scrappier side suited them better than his grand plans for it.
Scrappy or not, it's a ragged, riff-happy power pop record that swaggers and snarls in equal measure, with "Cathy's Clown", "Jewels and Bullets" and "Purple Sneakers" as the singles. It debuted at number one on the ARIA chart, the first of three in a row, and its stature has only grown: sixth in The Age's 2008 poll of the greatest Australian albums, and No. 8 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Hi Fi Way on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purple Sneakers | 1 | #24 | – | 1995 | |
| 2 | Cathy's Clown | 1 | #84 | – | 1995 | |
| 3 | Jewels and Bullets | 1 | #94 | – | 1995 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.