How It Works
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{{Infobox album
| name = How It Works
| type = Album
| artist = Bodyjar
| cover = howitworks.jpg
| alt =
| released = 21 August 2000
| recorded = Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 37:29
| label = EMI Australia, Nitro
| producer = Kalju Tonuma, Andy Baldwin
| prev_title = Singles And Stuff
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Plastic Skies
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = How It Works
| type = studio
| single1 = Not The Same
| single1date = 19 June 2000
| single2 = Fall to the Ground
| single2date = 7 August 2000
| single3 = Feed It
| single3date = 5 March 2001
| single4 = 5 Minutes Away (When Punx Attack Magicians)
| single4date = 6 August 2001
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r541377|first=Jo-Ann Greene}}
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}
How It Works is the fourth studio album from Australian punk-rock group Bodyjar. The album peaked number 19 on the ARIA Charts. The track "Not the Same" was featured in the 2001 skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 as well as the 2002 motocross video game MX Superfly.{{cite web |last1=Hanstock |first1=Bill |title=The 81 best songs from the original 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater' games, ranked |url=https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/9/29/8656927/best-tony-hawk-pro-skater-songs-soundtrack-extreme-heck-yeah |website=SB Nation |accessdate=24 April 2020}} The album was released in the US through Nitro Records to coincide with the band's appearance on the 2001 Warped Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/1528/bodyjar-set-for-nitro-release|title=Bodyjar Set For Nitro Release|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=June 5, 2001|accessdate=February 10, 2021}}
Track listing
- "Not the Same"
- "Feed It"
- "Ordinary Lives"
- "Make It Up"
- "No Payback"
- "Calling Orson"
- "Fall to the Ground"
- "Good Enough"
- "Five Minutes Away (When Punx Attack Magicians)"
- "Another Day"
- "Clean Slate"
- "Running out of Time"
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2000)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|19|artist=Bodyjar|album=How It Works|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 February 2020}} |
Release dates
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Country ! Label |
| 21 August 2000
| Australia | EMI |
| March 2001
| Japan | JVC |
| 10 July 2001
| USA | Nitro |
| 13 August 2001 (Limited 2CD)
| Australia | EMI |
| 1 August 2005 (Limited Double Album Pack)
| Australia | EMI |
Notes
The Japanese issue comes with two bonus tracks -
1) "Self Inflicted" (previously released on Not the Same EP in Australia)
2) "Halfway Around the World" (previously released on Fall to the Ground EP in Australia)
The disc was re-issued in limited numbers in Australia as a 2-CD set which included the You Got Me A Girls Bike You Idiot! EP. This double CD Issue was first released with picture discs identical to the original releases (of How It Works and You Got Me A Girl's Bike You Idiot!), then subsequently with silver discs.
EMI also released the 2CD version of How It Works with Plastic Skies as a double album promotion in August 2005. Both albums were in their own jewel cases with full original artwork, and both were silver discs. They were packaged together in a card slipcase.