Track Listing

1. Thank God I've Hit the Bottom
2. It Ain't Funny How We Won't Talk Anymore
3. Friends Like You
4. A Nervous Kid
5. Secrets
6. Thuggery
7. By My Own Hand
8. The Sweet Life
9. Gunslingers
10. Constance George
11. Explaining Cricket
12. I'm a Mess

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89560 in Music
• Released on: 2007-01-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Album Description
One of Australia's most loved and successful bands return with their highly-anticipated seventh album, recorded in sixteen days over a three month period in five studios. Produced by Greg Wales in Sydney during 2005, it is described by Rusty as 'a little bit punk, a little bit psychedelic with a beating heart of pure energy.' Features the single 'It Ain't Funny How We Don't Talk Anymore'. This Limited Edition comes with a bonus CD featuring 11 track Triple J LIVE AT THE WIRELESS with special guests including Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger), Kram (Spiderbait), Adalita (Magic Dirt), Tex Perkins and many more! EMI. 2006.

Amazon.com
Australian rockers You Am I, still chugging after nearly 20 years, rock like teenagers on Convicts while showing off the chops and punk-pop smarts that come with that kind of mileage. Part Replacements, part Clash with little pieces of a hundred other bands, the appealing directness of their sound is deepened by singer/guitarist Tim Rogers's songwriting chops and flair for clever, brutal lyrics. "Secrets" is a prime example--loaded with hooks and energetic guitar riffs, it's a shock after the blistering garage-band thrash that opens the record in the form of "Thank God I've Hit Bottom." The stylistic tendrils Rogers and the band have been extending since their 1993 debut Sound As Ever result in a diverse burst of songs that don't wear out their welcome (and the 36-minute run time helps as well). There are half a dozen pop nuggets here that, in a perfect world, would be on the radio every five minutes. But our world is not perfect, and so your only chance to enjoy them is to buy the record and relish the sound of professionals still sowing their wild musical oats. --Matthew Cooke

USA TODAY
"Loud, smart and profane all at once, Convicts has a desperate, hungry edge that'll make you wonder how the band has survived for 17 years -- and why you haven't heard them more."

Customer Reviews

Bringing the Rock - 2007
Great record!! Sloppy, loud, witty songs that will stay in your head long after you've heard them. I've read reviews that compare You Am I to the Who, The Clash and The Replacements. I would say that is true but they also have a unique sound that has you believing in this band. Davey Lane provides some slashing guitar licks while Tim Rodgers is the frontman who sings it like he means it. This one should be on the very top of any best of 2007 lists.

Conviction!
For a four-year span ending in 1987, the Replacements successfully blended feral punk abandon with poignant lyrics that detailed the perpetually out-of-sync life of a misfit. It was no coincidence that they morphed from anonymous punks into indie superstars during this time, as that period's four albums: 1983's 'Hootenanny', 1984's 'Let It Be', 1985's 'Tim', and 1987's 'Pleased To Meet Me' pretty much make-up the Replacement's legacy.

Sydney's You And I are similar; able to construct literate-but-rough-edged three-minute epics that spike adrenaline levels as they tug at your heart strings.

The rousing "Gunslingers" is probably best; its Hammond B3 organ providing a launchpad for some truly joyful guitar noise. But there really isn't a weak song in the bunch: "Thuggery", "The Sweet Life", "Constance George" and the Damned-ish "Thank God I've Hit the Bottom" are all just waiting to corrupt your volume control's sense of decency.

In a world as networked and wired as ours, it's hard to believe a band as good as You Am I could remain under radar for so long. 'Convicts' is so good I assumed it was a compilation by a five-year old band finally getting their break in America. But it turns out that this is just You And I's most-recent work, and that they've been at it since the mid-nineties.

While 'Convicts' puts you at risk for a speeding ticket, that doesn't mean you should take a pass on its beautiful noise. That's why we have radar detectors, isn't it?

Rock's Not Dead
Incredible mix of Replacements sloppy swagger and energetic Jam or Kink rock. The first 3 songs really stand out and leave you with that fist-pump, catchy chorus kind of happiness. This is for anyone who wished the Replacements never ended or just want to once again realize that there are bands out there still making energetic, hard rock (not all the world listens to pop, hip hop and emo). If you want to preview a song somewhere the real gem on the cd is "It Ain't Funny How We Don't Talk Anymore." It will hook you.