Tonight Alright

Tonight Alright is the sixth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Spiderbait, released on 28 March 2004 through Universal Music Australia. It was primarily recorded in Weed, California, by producer Sylvia Massy. It peaked at number 14 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold. "Black Betty", a cover of the traditional African American work song, served as the album's lead single and became Spiderbait's first number-one hit in Australia. The song also appeared on the soundtracks for the 2004 film Without a Paddle and the racing video game Need for Speed: Underground 2.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Music Emissions(favorable)[2]
Slant[3]

Tonight Alright
Primary cover art featuring a silhouette of bassist Janet English
Studio album by
Spiderbait
Released28 March 2004
Recorded2003
Studio
Genre
Length36:25
LabelUniversal Australia
ProducerSylvia Massy
Spiderbait chronology
The Flight of Wally Funk
(2001)		 Tonight Alright
(2004)		 Greatest Hits
(2005)
Alternate cover
Alternate cover art featuring a silhouette of guitarist Damian Whitty
Singles from Tonight Alright
  1. "Black Betty"
    Released: March 2004
  2. "Fucken Awesome"
    Released: June 2004

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Back"4:40
2."Live in a Box"3:17
3."Black Betty"3:28
4."Put It Down"2:41
5."Fucken Awesome"2:24
6."5th Set"3:28
7."The Dog"1:34
8."Cows"2:21
9."Tonite"4:26
10."Alright"2:18
11."In This City"1:27
12."Picky"4:25

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 14

Year-end charts
Chart (2004) Rank
Australian Albums Chart[5] 65
Australian Artist Albums Chart[6] 16

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Release date Format Label Catalogue
Australia March 2004 CD Universal 9817558

References
  1. "Tonight Alright - Spiderbait". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. Dennis Scanland (1 October 2004). "Spiderbait - Tonight Alright Review from Music Emissions". musicemissions.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. Sal Cinquemani (11 August 2004). "Spiderbait: Tonight Alright". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. "Australiancharts.com – Spiderbait – Tonight Alright". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  5. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2004". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top Australian Albums 2004". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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