| How It Works | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Bodyjar |
| Cover: | howitworks.jpg |
| Released: | 21 August 2000 |
| Recorded: | Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne |
| Genre: | Pop punk, punk rock |
| 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 |
How It Works was 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.[1] The album was released in the US through Nitro Records to coincide with the band's appearance on the 2001 Warped Tour.[2]
| 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 |
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.