Release US/UK version of Hourly, Daily

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For their US and United Kingdom versions of Hourly, Daily on WEA/Warner Bros and rooArt/BMG, in March 1997, two tracks were replaced by newly recorded material, ” Trike ” and “Opportunities”. AllMusic’s Jason Anderson opined that Hourly, Daily “did little to ingratiate the group to an America fascinated with the packaging of youth culture… [it is] a conceptual piece that is obsessed with the past but without retro trappings… [Rogers’ lyrics] laces together complex ideas with a narrative that transforms the pain of growing up artistic and male in Australia into a weird rock & roll existentialism.” The album provided five singles, with the first four reaching the top 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart: ” Mr. Milk ” (November 1995), ” Soldiers ” (July 1996), ” Good Mornin’ ” (September), ” Tuesday ” (February 1997) and “Trike” (July). “Tuesday” peaked at No. 29.