100 Best Australian Albums...

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...according to the authors of the new book of the same name. A few howlers - apparently Crowded House are Australian and it pains me that Savage Garden are mentioned in the same list as the Go Betweens - but by and large they haven't done too badly. I've highlighted the ones I am partial to - what do you reakon?

1.Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
2.AC/DC - Back in Black
3.Crowded House - Woodface
4.Cold Chisel - Circus Animals
5.The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional
6.Easybeats - The Best Of
7.Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Gossip
8.You Am I - Hi Fi Way
9.Skyhooks - Living in the 70's
10.Avalanches - Since I Left You
11.INXS - Kick
12.Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
13.Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
14.Daddy Cool - Daddy Who? Daddy Cool!
15.Richard Clapton - Goodbye Tiger
16.Bee Gees - Best of
17.The Birthday Party - Junkyard
18.Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty
19.Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night
20.The Saints - I'm Stranded
21.Drones - Gala Mill
22.Split Enz - True Colours
23.Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
24.Slim Dusty - The Very Best of
25.Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
26.Nick Cave Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
27.Regurgitator - Unit
28.Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
29.Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
30.Gurrumul - Gurrumul
31.Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwall
32.Johnny O'Keefe - The Wild One
33.The Church - Starfish
34.The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream
35.Master's Apprentices - Master's Apprentices
36.Savage Garden - Savage Garden
37.Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys
38.Kev Carmody & Various Artists - Cannot Buy My Soul
39.Something For Kate - Echolalia
40.Stephen Cummings - Lovetown
41.The Saints - Prehistoric Sounds
42.Australian Crawl - The Boys Light Up
43.Powderfinger - Odyssey No. 5
44.Mental as Anything - Cats & Dogs
45.Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Rush To Relax
46.Models - Pleasure of Your Company
47.Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir
48.The Missing Links - The Missing Links
49.Ed Kuepper - Honey Steel's Gold
50.AC/DC - Highway to Hell
51.The Sports - Don't Throw Stones
52.The Seekers - Greatest Hits
53.Cold Chisel - East
54.Underground Lovers - Leaves Me Blind
55.You Am I - Hourly, Daily
56.INXS - The Swing
57.The Living End - The Living End
58.Jimmy Barnes - For the Working Class Man
59.Russell Morris - Wings of an Eagle
60.Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars
61.The Presets - Apocalypso
62.The Dingoes - The Dingoes
63.The Cruel Sea - The Honeymoon is Over
64.The Angels - Face to Face
65.The Hummingbirds - loveBUZZ
66.Paul Kelly - Foggy Highway
67.Chain - Towards the Blues
68.Dragon - O Zambesi
69.Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs - Live at Sunbury
70.The Scientists - Blood Red River
71.Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
72.Died Pretty - Doughboy Hollow
73.Axiom - Fool's Gold
74.Bob Evans - Suburban Songbook
75.Dirty 3 - Ocean Songs
76.Renee Geyer - Ready to Deal
77.The Church - The Blurred Crusade
78.The Vines - Highly Evolved
79.John Farnham - Whispering Jack
80.The Loved Ones - Magic Box
81.Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
82.Bliss N Eso - Flying Colours
83.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
84.Tex, Don + Charlie - Sad But True
85.Flowers - Icehouse
86.Missy Higgins - The Sound of White
87.Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
88.Normie Rowe - Ain't Necessarily So
89.Jet - Get Born
90.Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Smoke Dreams
91.Ben Lee - Awake is the New Sleep
92.Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
93.I'm Talking - Bear Witness
94.X - X-Aspirations
95.Beaches - Beaches
96.Baby Animals - Baby Animals
97.Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy
98.Kylie Minogue - Fever
99.Men at Work - Business As Usual
100.Morning of the Earth - Soundtrack

[Interceptor]

Putting "best of" or "greatest hits" albums in the list is instant fail.
Should be regular album releases only.

[Leaping Lindner]

I was looking through this book at Greville Records the other day with the owner and we were pissing ourselves laughing.
Seriously these three guys need to listen to more alternative music and not put token alternative acts in there as if it's expected.

This was a list of the top 50 albums that appeared in The Age a couple of years back and they asked a panel of a dozen or so people involved in the music industry. Which IMO is a better thought out list.

1 10-1 Midnight Oil (1981)
2 Radios Appear Radio Birdman (1977)
3 Living in the 70s Skyhooks (1974)
4 Hi Fi Way You Am I (1995)
5 Stoneage Romeos Hoodoo Gurus (1984)
6 Gossip Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls (1986)
7 (I'm) Stranded the Saints (1977)
8 Kick INXS (1987)
9 Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil (1987)
10 Back in Black AC/DC (1980)
11 Magic Box Loved Ones (1967)
12 Easy the Easybeats (1965)
13 Born Sandy Devotional the Triffids (1986)
14 Crowded House Crowded House (1986)
15 Human Frailty Hunters and Collectors (1986)
16 High Voltage AC/DC (1976)
17 Sunnyboys Sunnyboys (1981)
18 Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies will Float By the Drones (2005)
19 16 Lovers Lane Go-Betweens (1988)
20 Prehistoric Sounds the Saints (1988)
21 Circus Animals Cold Chisel (1980)
22 Hourly, Daily You Am I (1996)
23 East Cold Chisel (1980)
24 Doughboy Hollow Died Pretty (1991)
25 Goodbye Tiger Richard Clapton (1977)
26 Daddy Who Daddy Cool (1971)
27 Prayers on Fire the Birthday Party (1981)
28 Charcoal Lane Archie Roach (1992)
29 Rose Tattoo Rose Tattoo (1978)
30 Less is More Even (1996)
31 Let There Be Rock AC/DC (1977)
32 Since I Left You the Avalanches (2001)
33 Icehouse Flowers (1980)
34 Toward the Blues Chain (1971)
35 Anthology the Easybeats (2000)
36 The Good Son Nick Cave (1990)
37 Highway to Hell AC/DC (1979)
38 The Low Road Beasts of Bourbon (1991)
39 The Swing INXS (1984)
40 Lovetown Stephen Cummings (1988)
41 Face to Face the Angels (1978)
42 Post Paul Kelly (1985)
43 Woodface Crowded house (1991)
44 Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express Go-Betweens (1986)
45 Tu Plang Regurgitator (1996)
46 Eternal Nightcap The Whitlams (1997)
47 Diorama Silverchair (2002)
48 Starfish The Church (1988)
49 A Toast to Panama Red Masters' Apprentices (1972)
50 Get Born Jet (2003)

[CK]

Of the first list - and yes, Greatest Hits listings make me skim over it only - Living In The 70's is too low for an album that has had such massive impact on Australian music. It was one of the first albums that made writing from an Australian perspective acceptable, rather than singing about Memphis or Noo Yawk.

Tend to think Business As Usual (Men At Work) is also way too low, for both longevity and the feats it achieved in the US, in particular.

I know at least a few people will howl at this one, but seriously - no Little River Band?? Diamantina Cocktail was a pivotal album for breaking Australian music, consistently, in the United States, followed by Sleeper Catcher and First Under The Wire. "Reminiscing" remains one of the highest played overseas songs ever on US radio.

When did Split Enz become Australian?

Bernard Fanning?? Good heavens....that doesn't even bear any further comment.

Otherwise, not too bad, but agree with LL, his second list has a bit more credibility, IMHO.

[Magpiespower]

82.Bliss N Eso - Flying Colours

These clowns must have some really good photos of record company execs.

They STINK!

[Rik E Boy]

The Go Betweens remain monumentually overrated. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

regards,

REB

[7-Dog]

I can think of that I thought would be there.
Silverchair - Frogstomp

[zipzap]

The Go Betweens remain monumentually overrated. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

regards,

REB

Obviously a miffed Savage Garden fan

[zipzap]

I was looking through this book at Greville Records the other day with the owner and we were pissing ourselves laughing.
Seriously these three guys need to listen to more alternative music and not put token alternative acts in there as if it's expected.

This was a list of the top 50 albums that appeared in The Age a couple of years back and they asked a panel of a dozen or so people involved in the music industry. Which IMO is a better thought out list.

1 10-1 Midnight Oil (1981)
2 Radios Appear Radio Birdman (1977)
3 Living in the 70s Skyhooks (1974)
4 Hi Fi Way You Am I (1995)
5 Stoneage Romeos Hoodoo Gurus (1984)
6 Gossip Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls (1986)
7 (I'm) Stranded the Saints (1977)
8 Kick INXS (1987)
9 Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil (1987)
10 Back in Black AC/DC (1980)
11 Magic Box Loved Ones (1967)
12 Easy the Easybeats (1965)
13 Born Sandy Devotional the Triffids (1986)
14 Crowded House Crowded House (1986)
15 Human Frailty Hunters and Collectors (1986)
16 High Voltage AC/DC (1976)
17 Sunnyboys Sunnyboys (1981)
18 Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies will Float By the Drones (2005)
19 16 Lovers Lane Go-Betweens (1988)
20 Prehistoric Sounds the Saints (1988)
21 Circus Animals Cold Chisel (1980)
22 Hourly, Daily You Am I (1996)
23 East Cold Chisel (1980)
24 Doughboy Hollow Died Pretty (1991)
25 Goodbye Tiger Richard Clapton (1977)
26 Daddy Who Daddy Cool (1971)
27 Prayers on Fire the Birthday Party (1981)
28 Charcoal Lane Archie Roach (1992)
29 Rose Tattoo Rose Tattoo (1978)
30 Less is More Even (1996)
31 Let There Be Rock AC/DC (1977)
32 Since I Left You the Avalanches (2001)
33 Icehouse Flowers (1980)
34 Toward the Blues Chain (1971)
35 Anthology the Easybeats (2000)
36 The Good Son Nick Cave (1990)
37 Highway to Hell AC/DC (1979)
38 The Low Road Beasts of Bourbon (1991)
39 The Swing INXS (1984)
40 Lovetown Stephen Cummings (1988)
41 Face to Face the Angels (1978)
42 Post Paul Kelly (1985)
43 Woodface Crowded house (1991)
44 Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express Go-Betweens (1986)
45 Tu Plang Regurgitator (1996)
46 Eternal Nightcap The Whitlams (1997)
47 Diorama Silverchair (2002)
48 Starfish The Church (1988)
49 A Toast to Panama Red Masters' Apprentices (1972)
50 Get Born Jet (2003)

Running order aside, there are quite a few similarities though, with a couple of obvious exceptions.

[Baron Greenback]

Pretty good list but I would've definitely had Odyssey No 5 in my top 5-10

[brod]

No Hilltop Hoods??

[Dogwatcher]

The Go Betweens remain monumentually overrated. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

regards,

REB

Obviously a miffed Savage Garden fan

Maybe he should build a bridge and get over it

[Dogwatcher]

Forget building it, maybe you could just get over it REB.

[Rik E Boy]

The Go Betweens remain monumentually overrated. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

regards,

REB

Obviously a miffed Savage Garden fan

Was it that obvious ha ha.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Forget building it, maybe you could just get over it REB.

That's just it. They called it the Go Between bridge because they knew that naming it after those nuffys was an embarrassment to the city. Maybe people would start thinking of that dire 'Your town' song and start jumping off the bridge!


regards,

REB

[Leaping Lindner]

The most overrated band in that list by far is AC/DC. They are very basic rock and roll band recycling Chuck Berry riffs with r&r cliche lyrics. And that's fine. That's what they do....but to rate Back in Black as the 2nd best Australian album ever is laughable (or embarassing). Forgetting the fact it was sung by a Geordie, Produced by a pom and written by a couple of Scottish brothers

[GWW]

I'm surprised Ish/1927 didn't make the list.

[Magpiespower]

I'm surprised Ish/1927 didn't make the list.

And where are these guys?

[Leaping Lindner]

I'm surprised Ish/1927 didn't make the list.

And where are these guys?

Well if Ben Lee, Baby Animals, Bernard Fanning, Missy Higgins, Aussie Crawl, Augie March and I'm Talking can make it no reason these guys shouldn't have.

[Footy Chick]

The most overrated band in that list by far is AC/DC. They are very basic rock and roll band recycling Chuck Berry riffs with r&r cliche lyrics. And that's fine. That's what they do....but to rate Back in Black as the 2nd best Australian album ever is laughable (or embarassing). Forgetting the fact it was sung by a Geordie, Produced by a pom and written by a couple of Scottish brothers

I always knew you were a musical genius LL