What Rhymes with Cars and Girls

What Rhymes with Cars and Girls is the debut studio 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
Released	3 March 1999
Genre	Country, folk
Label	Ra Records/BMG
Producer	Jen Anderson
Tim Rogers chronology
What Rhymes with Cars and Girls (1999) Spit Polish (2004)

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]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, Rogers won Best Male Artist for this release.^[1]

Singles

"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.

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

Charts

Chart performance for What Rhymes with Cars & Girls

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	14

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][6]

Awards

The musical was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work in 2015.^[7]