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www.tism.wanker.com
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Studio album by
Released2 June 1998
RecordedMay 1997 – January 1998
StudioKiss Studios, Seed Studios, Sing Sing, Rev. Ian Paisley Park Studios
Genre Alternative rock
Length45:40 (original album)
57:06 (1998 bonus disc)
78:28 (2022 reissue)
Label genre b.goode / Shock Records
Producer TISM
TISM chronology
Machines Against the Rage
(1996)
''www.tism.wanker.com''
(1998)
De RigueurMortis
(2001)
Singles from www.tism.wanker.com
  1. "Yob"
    Released: November 1997
  2. "I Might Be a Cunt, but I'm Not a Fucking Cunt"
    Released: April 1998
  3. "Whatareya?"
    Released: July 1998
  4. "Thunderbirds Are Coming Out"
    Released: October 1998

www.tism.wanker.com is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock group TISM (This Is Serious Mum), released in June 1998. The album peaked at number 26 on the ARIA charts.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release. [1]

The title references an internet URL which, at the time of release, was a subdomain (of wanker.com) provided by a friendly person overseas who had registered wanker.com, as TISM were not able to obtain their preferred domain, wanker.com.au, due to Australian domain regulations. However, the web hosting fees were not paid, subsequently it was taken down by the hosting ISP several months after launch and has not been available since.

Early editions of the CD featured a CD-ROM component. The program asks the user whether they want to continue – repeatedly. Eventually, it responds "OK then. Downloading virus." No virus is actually downloaded.

In October 2009, the album was released to iTunes for digital download, with nine bonus tracks from the band's 1996 gospel demo session No Penis, No God as bonus tracks. On 16 April 2024, No Penis, No God was released on limited-edition bootleg-style LP, with five unreleased bonus tracks from the sessions.

On 12 October 2022, the album was announced for a November reissue on CD and blue vinyl, with the CD containing five of the six actual songs from the original 1998 bonus CD, Att: Shock Records Faulty Pressing Do Not Manufacture (the rest of the tracks were poems and recordings of the band talking amongst each other), plus "Drop the Tude", a B-side to the "I Might Be a Cunt, but I'm Not a Fucking Cunt" single. [2]

In May 2023, the band released a seven-disc box set called the Wanker Box, celebrating the album's 25th anniversary. This features the original 12-track album, the six bonus songs included on the 2022 CD reissue, plus 12 songs from the rare Att: Shock Records Faulty Pressing Do Not Manufacture compilation (originally included as a bonus disc with the 1998 CD release), mixes and B-sides and more than a dozen previously unreleased tracks. [3] The riff to "Choose Lose", one of the unreleased tracks from the boxset, would later be used for the band's 2024 single "Death to Art", while the lyrics were later rewritten and used as the basis for the unreleased song "Sickie", which was only performed live in 1998 and 1999.

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Beat 7/10 [7]

Jonathan Lewis from AllMusic said "www.tism.wanker.com was a misbegotten attempt to recreate the success of its predecessor, but it fails on most counts. Machiavelli was a funny album: tasteless, yet tongue-in-cheek enough to charm listeners. www.tism.wanker.com, however, was simply offensive. The humour was forced, the lyrics less clever than on previous outings and the music was becoming stale." Lewis said "Highlights were few and far between, although 'Thunderbirds Are Coming Out' was a standout." [6] In July 1998 issue of Beat Magazine , Bronius Zumerius in is 7/10 review of the album, said the dance element explored in their previous album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons continues as the band "grasp at current dance trends with some precision", along with the social commentary of tracks like Whatareya?, Denial Works for Me and There's Gonna Be Sex Tonite, mingling with the tongue in cheek tracks like Been Caught Wankin', Yob and I Might Be A Cunt, But I'm Not A Fucking Cunt, "with fist in the air, lunatic dancing, screaming, lung bursting effect." He concludes the review of the album saying it's "not their most exemplary material, but enough chortles are to be had to validate its existence." [8]

Track listings

www.tism.wanker.com
No.TitleLength
1."(There's Gonna Be) Sex Tonite"3:38
2."Whatareya?"3:34
3."Dumb 'n' Base"4:52
4."Thunderbirds Are Coming Out"3:25
5."Been Caught Wankin'"4:06
6."Denial Works For Me"5:01
7."The Parable of Glenn McGrath's Haircut"4:13
8."I Might Be a Cunt, but I'm Not a Fucking Cunt" (censored on back cover)2:47
9."Yob"3:21
10."Great Expectorations"3:27
11."A Hard-Earned Thirst Needs a Big Cold Beer, but I Drink to Get Pissed"3:29
12."The Men's Room"3:47
2022 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Describe the Worst Headjob I've Ever Had? Fantastic!"6:57
14."The Last Australian Guitar Hero"6:53
15."Drop the 'Tude"4:20
16."The Apology of the Thai Drug Runner"5:22
17."Opposite Day"5:06
18."Ya Gotta Love That"4:05
iTunes re-release bonus tracks – Att: Shock Records
No.TitleLength
13."Describe the Worst Headjob I've Ever Had? Fantastic!"8:45
14."The Last Australian Guitar Hero"6:53
15."Kate – Fischer of Men"2:11
16."My Brilliant Huntington's Chorea"3:35
17."The Apology of the Thai Drug Runner"5:42
18."Julius Seizure (Act III Scene ii Verses 73-118)"4:49
19."Neighbours – Everybody Loves Good Neighbours"5:16
20."Opposite Day"5:25
21."Rebel Without a Paunch"3:13
22."I'd Be Happier If I Was More Depressed"3:46
23."Professor Derrida Deconstructs"3:21
24."Ya Gotta Love That"4:04
digital re-release bonus tracks – No Penis, No God (2009)
No.TitleLength
25."Ain't No Christian, But I Believe in Jesus"2:20
26."I Lost My Man to the Lord"2:13
27."Then the Answer Came"1:37
28."Jesus Doesn't Believe in Jesus Anymore"3:00
29."He Ain't Stopped Livin', He's Only Dead"2:50
30."When Jesus Comes"1:53
31."Club Heaven"3:32
32."I Never Got the Message"3:29
33."It Don't Matter What You Say"4:39

Att: Shock Records Faulty Pressing Do Not Manufacture

Initial pressings of the album were shipped with a bonus disc. The CD in question looks like a blank CDR, with texta writing that reads "Att: SHOCK RECORDS FAULTY PRESSING DO NOT MANUFACTURE"; thinking it was serious, some retail chains actually returned boxes of the "fake" CDs unopened. [9] In reality, it featured six outtakes from the wanker.com sessions and several poems, bookended by low-quality audio recordings of Hitler-Barassi and Flaubert discussing various topics whilst watching a pornographic film.

The "conversation" tracks have never been given an official title. For the iTunes re-release, these tracks were appended to the start/end of the titled tracks. The titles were available on TISM's website at the time. [10]

"The Last Australian Guitar Hero", "Kate - Fischer of Men" and "I'd Be Happier if I Wasn't More Depressed" were released as B-sides to singles.

On 29 April 2023, the conversation tracks were released for free on the group's Bandcamp page. [11]

No.TitleLength
1."Conversation About Porn" (Unlisted)0:52
2."Describe the Worst Headjob You've Ever Had? – Fantastic!"6:49
3."Conversation About This Kid" (Unlisted)1:03
4."The Last Australian Guitar Hero"6:27
5."Conversation About Springvale" (Unlisted)0:25
6."Kate, Fischer of Men"2:11
7."My Brilliant Huntington's Chorea"2:38
8."Conversation About Private Schools" (Unlisted)0:56
9."Apology of the Thai Drug Runner"5:21
10."Conversation About Reviews" (Unlisted)0:21
11."Julius Seizure (Act III, Scene II, verse 73-118)"4:49
12."Neighbours – Everybody Loves Good Neighbours"4:55
13."Conversation About Robin Trower" (Unlisted)0:21
14."Opposite Day"5:05
15."Conversation About Super" (Unlisted)0:19
16."Rebel Without a Paunch"2:26
17."Conversation About Bad Music" (Unlisted)0:47
18."I'd Be Happier If I Was More Depressed"3:25
19."Conversation About Cross-Fades" (Unlisted)0:20
20."Professor Derrida Deconstructs"3:21
21."Ya Gotta Love That"4:04
Total length:56:55

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 26

Release history

Release history for www.tism.wanker.com
RegionDateFormat(s)EditionLabelCatalogue
AustraliaJune 1998 CD+CD-ROMStandard genre b.goode GOO12
2001Re-issueGenre B.Goode, Festival Mushroom TISM001
October 2009 Digital download Genre B.Goode
May 20234×CD

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