Dress Me Slowly
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Dress Me Slowly is the fifth studio album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Australia
Australia
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n rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 You Am I
You Am I
You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist and main songwriter Tim Rogers. They were the first Australian band to have three albums successively debut at #1 on the ARIA Charts, and are renowned for their live performances.-History:Tim Rogers formed the first...

. It was released in April, 2001 by BMG Australia. The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Clif Norrell at Q Studios in Sydney, except for "Beautiful Girl", "Watcha Doin' To Me" and "Kick a Hole in the Sky
Kick a Hole in the Sky
"Kick A Hole In The Sky" is the third and final single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2001 and reached number 56 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Kick A Hole In The Sky " – 3:54...

" which were recorded by Paul McKercher at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne and mixed by Skip Saylor Studios in Los Angeles. It was also the first studio album to feature Davey Lane
Davey Lane
David Lane, also known as Davey Lane , is an Australian musician, lead guitarist of You Am I , and frontman of The Pictures...

. "Beautiful Girl", "Watcha Doin' To Me" and "Kick a Hole in the Sky
Kick a Hole in the Sky
"Kick A Hole In The Sky" is the third and final single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2001 and reached number 56 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Kick A Hole In The Sky " – 3:54...

" were all recorded around 6 months after the album was nominally finished, because the band had written them in the interim and simply wanted to include them in the final product.

Having signed with an American label, the band was asked to record demos for the first time, and linked with new producers. Tim Rogers said, "I hated the American guys and the English guys who were asking us to modernise our sound. We're just so unsuited to that. I've got the voice of a 12-year-old girl and the mind of a 70-year-old dero. But I love that record. The actual recording of it with Clif was an absolute joy."

The album debuted at #3 on the ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 charts, breaking their run of #1 debuts since Hi Fi Way
Hi Fi Way
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 one of the most influential and critically acclaimed Australian albums of the last twenty years, inspiring the likes of Jet, the Vines and Wolfmother...

. A small vintage clothes store in Fitzroy, Melbourne has also paid tribute to the album by naming the store "Dress Me Slowly"

Track listing

All songs written by Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...

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  1. Judge Roy
  2. Get Up
    Get Up (You Am I song)
    "Get Up" is the second single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2001 and reached number 44 on the Australian national charts and number 57 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Get Up" – 3:12...

  3. Beautiful Girl
  4. Damage
    Damage (You Am I song)
    "Damage" is the first single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2000 and reached number 37 on the Australian national charts and number 23 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Damage" – 3:27...

  5. Doug Sahm
  6. Watcha Doin' To Me
  7. Bring Some Sun Back Wit' You
  8. Satisfied Mind
  9. Weeds
  10. Gone, Gone, Gone
  11. Sugar
  12. Kick a Hole in the Sky
    Kick a Hole in the Sky
    "Kick A Hole In The Sky" is the third and final single from the album Dress Me Slowly by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2001 and reached number 56 in that year's Hottest 100.-Track listing:# "Kick A Hole In The Sky " – 3:54...

  13. End O' The Line

The Temperance Union EP

Limited copies of the album in digipack packaging included a bonus CD of eight songs called 'The Temperance Union EP', consisting of solo songs written and performed by Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...

. He later formed a backing band for his solo albums named The Temperance Union.
  1. Makin' Toast
  2. The Smokin' Popes
  3. Faith
  4. Paragon Cafe
  5. The Loneliest Folk In The World
  6. Dreamin'
  7. The Man You Want Me To Be
  8. Get Drunk, Ring Yer Friends


The words for 'Dreamin' ended up being put to new music and reappeared as 'I Only Understand Her In The Rain' on Spit Polish
Spit Polish
Spit Polish is the second solo album by Tim Rogers, and the first to feature his backing band The Temperance Union. The album was released on the April 26, 2004 as a digipack, and was later re-released in a standard jewel case. A vinyl LP was also pressed for sale at gigs...

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You Am I

  • Tim Rogers
    Tim Rogers
    Tim Rogers is the frontman of Australian rock band You Am I. He is also a solo artist, as well as having fronted and released albums with bands The Twin Set and The Temperance Union.-History:...

     - vocals, guitar
  • Andy Kent
    Andy Kent
    -Biography:Andy Kent joined You Am I in late 1991 at the age of twenty-two, replacing Nick Tischler, and joining Tim Rogers with new drummer Mark Tunaley . Kent was the band's live sound engineer prior to being asked to join the band at a performance in Canberra...

     - bass
  • Russell Hopkins
    Rusty Hopkinson
    Rusty Hopkinson is the drummer for Australian rock act You Am I.Allegedly, Rusty was an occasional drinking buddy of You Am I while with his then band, indie act Nursery Crimes, around the turn of the 1990s...

     - drums, percussion
  • Davey Lane
    Davey Lane
    David Lane, also known as Davey Lane , is an Australian musician, lead guitarist of You Am I , and frontman of The Pictures...

    - guitar

Additional musicians

  • Adrian Keating - strings
  • Michelle Kelly - strings
  • Deborah Lander - strings
  • Kate Morgan - strings
  • James Greening - horns
  • Carolyn Johns - horns
  • Anthony Kable - horns
  • Phil Slater - horns
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