 The band 's second studio album , Double Allergic , was issued on 2 September 1996 , which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified triple platinum by ARIA for shipment of 210 @,@ 000 units by 2007 . It was co @-@ produced by Tim Whitten and the group . McFarlane felt this album was " more self @-@ assured and textured [ it ] consolidated the band 's position at the forefront of the alternative rock scene , alongside the likes of You Am I , Spiderbait , silverchair , Regurgitator and Tumbleweed . [ The album ] was full of accessible , spirited rock " . Australian rock music journalist , Ed Nimmervoll , noted " [ it ] revealed a significant shift towards accessible rock songs rooted in melodic grooves . Powderfinger 's reason to be is to create songs strong enough for the band and audience to play and hear months or years down the line " . Four singles were released from the album – " Pick You Up " , " D.A.F. " , " Living Type " and " Take Me In " . " Take Me In " was released as a video single featuring several other music videos by the group . FasterLouder , a music review web site , recalled that " when Double Allergic was released in 1996 , it showed the band were here for the long haul to become arguably one of the best of the decade " . In 1997 the album was issued in Canada and the group toured North America to promote it . 
