Hourly, Daily

Infobox Album |
Name = Hourly, Daily
Type = Album
Artist = You Am I


Released = July 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length =
Label =
Producer =
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Last album = "Hi Fi Way"
(1995)
This album = "Hourly, Daily"
(1996)
Next album = "#4 Record"
(1998)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = International cover
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = International release cover

"Hourly, Daily" is an album by Australian rock band You Am I, released in July 1996. The album is Tim Rogers' portrait of Australian life, spread across 15 tracks. Themes include childhood, suburbia, and relationships. The album also seems to run the course of a day, "Good Mornin'" beginning with an alarm clock, ending with the question of "Who Takes Who Home" on a night out, and after a period of silence, the hidden track entitled "Forget It Sister" begins with 'good morning baby..'

The album reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart.

Track listing

Australian version

# "Hourly, Daily"
# "Good Mornin'"
# "Mr. Milk"
# "Soldiers"
# "Tuesday"
# "If We Can't Get It Together"
# "Flag Fall $1.80"
# "Wally Raffles"
# "Heavy Comfort"
# "Dead Letter Chorus"
# "Baby Clothes"
# "Someone Else's Home"
# "Please Don't Ask Me to Smile"
# "Moon Shines on Trubble"
# "Who Takes Who Home?"
# "Forget It Sister" (hidden track)

International version

# "Hourly, Daily"
# "Good Mornin'"
# "Mr. Milk"
# "Soldiers
# "Trike"
# "Tuesday"
# "Opportunities"
# "If We Can't Get It Together"
# "Flag Fall $1.80"
# "Wally Raffles"
# "Heavy Comfort"
# "Dead Letter Chorus"
# "Baby Clothes"
# "Please Don't Ask Me to Smile"
# "Who Takes Who Home?"
# "Forget It Sister" (hidden track)

The international release (June 1997) replaced the songs "Someone Else's Home" and "Moon Shines on Trubble" with "Opportunities" and "Trike," supposedly to increase its overseas appeal by including songs that didn't explicitly reference Sydney or Australia. The international version also replaced the sleeve photo of the ubiquitous Australian overhead telegraph pole with a simpler photo of the band playing live. Unlike the original issue, the new cover also had the virtue of fitting in with You Am I's recurring theme of retro-styled album covers.

Beat Party! (Live At Wiseold's)

Some copies of the album came with a live bonus disc, featuring songs recorded in May 1996 with Greg Hitchcock on second guitar and organ.

# "Minor Byrd"
# "Punkerella"
# "She's So Fine" (Easybeats cover)
# "Makin' Time (Lyrice Ad Nauseum Mix)" (Creation cover)
# "How Much Is Enough"
# "Applecross Wing Commander"
# "Search And Destroy" (Stooges cover)

Chart positions

External links

* [http://www.youami.net/hourly_daily.htm "Hourly Daily"]
* [http://www.youami.net/hourly_international.htm "Hourly Daily" international release]

succession box
before = "Load" by Metallica
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = July 7 - July 13 1996
after = "Recurring Dream" by Crowded House