Hourly Daily

You Am I | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sire / London/Rhino
• ASIN: B000003MSK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #471,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hourly, Daily

2. Good Mornin'

3. Mr. Milk

4. Soldiers

5. Trike

6. Tuesday

7. Opportunities

8. If We Can't Get It Together

9. Flag Fall $1.80

10. Wally Raffles

11. Heavy Comfort

12. Dead Letter Chorus

13. Baby Clothes

14. Please Don't Ask Me to Smile

15. Who Takes Who Home

Editorial Reviews

Australian only pressing of this their 1997 album that is deleted domestically. Featuring 15 tracks. Received a four star rating on AMG. 1996 release. Standard jewelcase. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly remarkable album., May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hourly Daily (Audio CD)

David Roberts, the "official" critic above, calls this effort "thoroughly uncharismatic." I suspect Mr. Roberts did no more than scan and skip through his cd with great haste due to the number of releases he has to review, which is a shame. Those who give them the time will learn that You Am I routinely create unusually rich and sophisticated hard-pop songs in the early Who/Kinks vein, and I believe "Hourly, Daily" to be the best of their first four efforts (though all are excellent). Calling this band "regular guys playing a regular brand of bar-room rock" does Amazon customers a tremendous disservice. This album contains some of the sharpest narrative lyrics and most sublime orchestration one is likely to hear. I find it tasteful and addictive. I can't recommend it highly enough.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underground Suburbian Bible, October 7, 2000

By 

andrew phillips (Yorba Linda, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hourly Daily (Audio CD)

To observe, then tell, and at the same time get the point across to a wide range of society is hard enough. To paint these little essays against a beautiful background of modern suburbian life is awe-inspiring. Timmy Rogers has always been a master of the catchy tune, but the way this album's melodies and wordplay are married, you have to believe he is one of the most underrated songwriters of our time. It's as if the Who of '66, got collabaration from the Beach Boys, and were given lyrics from a young, Jam-led Paul Weller. It was three years ago that I first heard it, and I still cry at the sheer beauty of its simplicity and profoundness.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one started it all for me, January 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hourly Daily (Audio CD)

While working in Sydney in 1996, I heard a few You Am I songs (in passing) on the radio. When I went back in 1997, I decided to check out their most recent cd, Hourly Daily, just to see what all the fuss was about. It had recently won the latest ARIA (their Grammy's) Best Album award for the year. I immediately became a You Am I fan and have bought everything they had made before HD and have made since, including Tim Rogers' INCREDIBLE solo cd "What Rhymes With Cars and Girls". What kills me is that these guys have never "broken" into the USA, for which more fame and fortune they truly deserve. The American public misses out on them and gets force-fed Savage Garden.

Anyway, I recommend buying both the domestic and import version, because there are a few different songs on each one. Also, get their live cd "'Round Ten, Saturnday Night". It does well in capturing one of the best live, fun bands I have ever seen. I'll travel to either coast to see them play if the next time they come to the States, they only go to NYC, LA, or the like.