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Post subject: 100 Best Australian Albums book sparks debate Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:23 pm |
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From AntiMusic.com:
The new book The 100 Best Australian Albums claims to name the best Australian albums of the past 50 years - which is sure to spark debate amongst the local music scene.
The book's three authors Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell each have long and respected careers in the music industry.
Creswell is a journalist and music critic whose 2005 book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them is regularly used as a reference for the RocKwiz tv show.
Mathieson is also a journalist, known for his work with Rolling Stone, Juice magazine, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, as well as for his book Hi Fi Days, a biography of Silverchair, Spiderbait and You Am I.
O'Donnell started out as a freelance writer, worked as Music Editor at Rolling Stone, then went to work with record labels where he signed and developed acts including Silverchair, Something For Kate, Jebediah, Missy Higgins and Empire of the Sun.
According to O'Donnell "It wouldn't be a good list if it didn't polarise people and we hope that this list will. We also hope that it will get people sitting around comparing their favourites and discovering or re-discovering these great albums and others."
Here's their list:
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
_________________ "We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors."—College Basketball player Weldon Drew
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Post subject: 100 Best Australian Albums book sparks debate Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:30 pm |
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Wow-some great stuff on here, but soooooooooooo many things missing. And how the hell do Men At Work barely make it and where is Cargo from them? Also, no Rick Springfield? What about Divinyls? The Choirboys? Noiseworks? Buffalo? Plenty of others too. At least they acknowledge The Angels (aka Angel City), Rose Tattoo, Icehouse, Cold Chisel, Skyhooks, Dragon and The Saints. I have no problems with Midnight Oil at #1, but I'd probably put 10,9,8,... at that spot instead.
_________________ "We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors."—College Basketball player Weldon Drew
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Post subject: 100 Best Australian Albums book sparks debate Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:06 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Which one has Beds Are Burning on it?
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Post subject: 100 Best Australian Albums book sparks debate Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:23 pm |
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Steve wrote: Which one has Beds Are Burning on it? That would be Diesel & Dust, at #1.
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Post subject: 100 Best Australian Albums book sparks debate Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:24 pm |
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What do you call a camel with three humps?
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Ahh. Good album! 
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