title: Hi-Fi Serious
text: # Hi-Fi Serious
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | AllMusic | |
  | Artist Direct | |
  | Blender | |
  | Drowned in Sound | |
  | laut.de | |
  | NME | |
  | Nude as the News | (Positive) |
  | Ox-Fanzine | Favourable |
  | Q | |
  
  Hi-Fi Serious is the third studio album by British alternative rock band A, released in 2002.
  
  The name "Hi-Fi Serious" was derived from the name of the hi-fi electronics store Alan Partridge buys a Bang & Olufsen stereo from in the last episode of I'm Alan Partridge series 1. The tour in support of this album's release was called the 'Inner City Sumo' tour - another reference to I'm Alan Partridge (Season 1 Episode 1).
  
  ## Charts, sales and legacy
  
  The album is certified Silver in the U.K., having sold over 60,000 copies.
  
  First single, "Nothing", made it to No. 9 in the UK singles chart before the album's release, propelling the band higher up the ladder - the album peaked at No. 18 in the UK album charts - and although they were still not seen as a mainstream artist, the album still won them "Best British Band" at the Kerrang! Awards.
  
  In 2005, readers of Kerrang! magazine voted Hi-Fi Serious the 57th best British rock album ever.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Nothing" – 3:43
  * "Something's Going On" – 2:58
  * "6 o'Clock on a Tube Stop" – 3:14
  * "Going Down" – 4:09
  * "Took It Away" – 3:29
  * "Starbucks" – 3:18
  * "The Springs" – 4:28
  * "Shut Yer Face" – 3:43
  * "Pacific Ocean Blue" – 3:27
  * "The Distance" – 3:37
  * "W.D.Y.C.A.I." (Why Don't You Cry About It) – 3:27
  * "Hi-Fi Serious" – 5:57
  * "Champions of Endings" (U.S. bonus track) - 4:25
  
  B-Sides
  
  * "Asshole" - 4:45
  * "T-Shirt Money" – 3:27
  * "Everybody In" – 4:16
  * "Getting Me Off" - 3:10
  * "Some People" - 2:05
  * "Monterey" - 2:52
  * "Coming Around" - 3:31
  * "Rock" - 4:05
  * "Human Condition" - 4:03
  * "Sorry But..."
  * "Just Like Paradise"
  
  ## DVD features
  
  Hi-Fi Serious was later re-released with an additional DVD of live footage and other video clips of the band. This included music videos for "Nothing", "The Distance" & "Old Folks" (From Monkey Kong), a 12-minute documentary, UK TV commercials for Hi-Fi Serious, and 20 minutes of "Live at Reading 2002" footage.
  
  