No. 4 Record
You Am I recorded the album with producer George Drakoulias, who Tim Rogers later reflected put the band "through the wringer", with high standards for the scansion of the vocal performance that he wanted to capture on the recordings. The album was recorded during an unhappy period for the band. "It was the worst recording experience. Rusty, Andy and I didn't hang out." Rogers later said. Reception. Rolling Stone Australia claimed the album, "strikes perhaps the group's best balance between pure pop and jagged, potent riffola: even if the American producer did his best to  sand the rough edges off "Billy" and the great rock & roll radio pop of "Rumble"." Later, AllMusic said the band, "finally makes some headway toward matching its vicious, chaotic live intensity. You have an LP that beguiles, teases, sweetens, and often throbs in popcraft. It also blasts in fits and starts of harsh edge, chops, infectious attitude, and, when it suits them, abandon." Ranked as 19th most under-rated album of all time, FasterLouder said, "For a band that always styled itself on the sloppy swagger of The Stones, the clever wordplay of The Kinks and the brazen cheek of  The Faces, #4’s about as close as they got to an amalgam of that holy trinity." Track listing. All tracks by Tim Rogers. Radio Settee. Some copies of the album came with a live bonus disc, featuring songs recorded for a Triple J Live at the Wireless set. Several tracks have Brad Shepherd of The Hoodoo Gurus on extra guitar and harmonica. Phil Stack contributes double bass to tracks 3 and 4. The EP has several covers: "Live with Me" is a cover of the Rolling Stones song; "Looking for a Kiss" is a cover of a New York  Dolls song; and "Fox on the Run" is a cover of Sweet.