What Rhymes with Cars and Girls

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls is the first solo album by You Am I frontman Tim Rogers,[1] and also the name of the stage musical created by Rogers and playwright Aidan Fennessy in 2015.[2]

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
Studio album by
Tim Rogers
ReleasedMarch 3, 1999
GenreCountry, folk
LabelRa Records/BMG
ProducerJen Anderson
Tim Rogers chronology
What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
(1999)		 Spit Polish
(2004)

Album

The album is the only release featuring the backing band The Twin Set (though members of the group would form Rogers' second solo backing band, The Temperance Union).

"You've Been So Good To Me So Far" and "I Left My Heart All Over The Place" were released as a double-sided radio single. The album was recorded at Jen Anderson's (of Weddings Parties Anything) home studio, and featured many varied musicians, including Sally Dastey of Tiddas (on "Up-A-Ways").[1][3]

Accolades

Rogers won the ARIA for Best Male Artist in 1999 for the album.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Bushell and a Peck" - 2:08
  2. "You've Been So Good To Me So Far" - 4:40
  3. "I Left My Heart All Over The Place" - 4:11
  4. "You Just Don't Do It For Me, Friend" - 3:36
  5. "Arse Kickin' Lady from the Northwest" - 2:56
  6. "Happy Anniversary" - 3:51
  7. "Twenty Eight" - 3:28
  8. "Under The Flight Path" - 3:10
  9. "Up-A-Ways" - 3:16
  10. "Hi, We're The Support Band" - 2:47
  11. "The Songs They Played As I Drove Away" - 4:45

All songs were written by Rogers. "Arse Kickin' Lady from the Northwest" and "Under The Flight Path" both appeared previously as You Am I songs on the "Rumble" single, with the former also appearing as the first track on the live ...Saturday Night, 'Round Ten album.[4][1]

Personnel
  • Tim Rogers - singin' & dancing, guitar, keyboards
  • Jen Anderson - violin, viola, harmonium, omnichord
  • Stuart Speed - upright bass
  • Ian Kitney - drums & percussion
  • Mark Wallace - accordion
  • Ed Bates - pedal steel
  • Peter Somerville - banjo
  • Richard Gillard - electric guitar
  • Ben Hoddanger - trombone
  • Andy Reid - clarinet & washboard
  • Jeff Burston - mandolin
  • Sally Dastey - vocals (on 'Up-A-Ways'), brandy
  • David Lane - guitar

Musical

In 2015, the album was adapted for the stage, with playwright Aidan Fennessy working with Rogers to create a new musical, What Rhymes with Cars and Girls, for the Melbourne Theatre Company.[2][5]

Accolades

The musical was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work in 2015.[6]

References
  1. "What Rhymes with Cars and Girls". You Am I.net. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015.
  2. "What Rhymes With Cars And Girls". AusStage. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. "Albums". You Am I.net. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019.
  4. "Singles". You Am I.net. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019.
  5. "What Rhymes With Cars And Girls (2015 event)". AusStage. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. "2015 Nominees and Winners". Helpmann Awards. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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