Spit Polish

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Spit Polish
Spitpolish.jpg
Studio album by
Released26 April 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Label Festival Records
Tim Rogers chronology
What Rhymes with Cars and Girls
(1999)
Spit Polish
(2004)
Dirty Ron/Ghost Songs
(2005)
Alternative cover
Spitpolish2.jpg
Standard jewel case cover

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 26 April 2004 as a digipack, and was later re-released in a standard jewel case. A vinyl LP was also pressed for sale at gigs. 'Fiction' was released as a radio single. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Some Fella's Heartbreaker" – 3:03
  2. "Fiction" – 3:09
  3. "Goldfields Blues" – 3:01
  4. "Stray Dog Bruise" – 3:39
  5. "Where the Wind Don't Blow" – 3:56
  6. "The Mess" – 5:37
  7. "Time & Distance" – 3:37
  8. "King of the Hill" – 3:15
  9. "I Only Understand Her in the Rain" – 4:00
  10. "Letter to Gene" – 3:39
  11. "Damn Songs" – 2:39
  12. "Fun (Part One)" – 4:32

All songs written by Tim Rogers.

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Spit Polish
Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 52

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References

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  2. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 238.