Hi Fi Way

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

Hi Fi Way is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in 1995. The album reached #1 on the local albums chart and is considered one of the greatest Australian albums ever made and a land mark for modern alternative rock . The release of Hi Fi Way saw 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'.

[edit] 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

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

[edit] 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 - Keys on 'Gray'
• Lee Ranaldo - Producer
• Wayne Connolly - 'Guitar Noodling' on 'Gray', recorded 'How Much Is Enough' and 'Ken'

Preceded by Smash by The Offspring

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album March 5 - March 11, 1995

Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Bruce Springsteen