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Top Ten Australian Albums

Diesel and ​Dust​
Diesel and ​Dust​

Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under Columbia Records. Diesel and Dust was produced by Warne Livesey and the band.

Back in Black​
Back in Black​

Back in Black is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band AC/DC. Produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released on 25 July 1980 via Albert Productions and Atlantic Records. By the late 1970s, AC/DC began achieving significant popularity outside their native Australia, with high-energy live performances and a series of successful albums.

Woodface​
Woodface​

Woodface was a major hit in Australia and New Zealand as well as giving the band their first top ten hit album in the UK. It was listed at No. 3 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums, in October 2010.

Circus ​Animals​
Circus ​Animals​

Circus Animals is the fourth studio album by Australian band Cold Chisel, released in 1982. It was recorded and mixed at Paradise Studios and EMI Studio 301, Sydney (Sep-Dec 1981). It reached number one on the Australian charts, remaining in the charts for 40 weeks, and also topped the New Zealand charts.

Born Sandy ​Devotional​
Born Sandy ​Devotional​

On 11 August 2007, SBS in Australia aired a one-hour documentary on the Triffids and Born Sandy Devotional as the 1980s' representative of their Great Australian Albums series. In October 2010 it was listed at No. 5 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.

The Best of ​The Easybeats + Pretty Girl​
The Best of ​The Easybeats + Pretty Girl​

The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl is the first compilation album by The Easybeats featuring a selection of songs recorded by the group between 1965 and 1966. The album was originally released in Australia and New Zealand under the Parlophone label under the then current licensing arrangement by the band's production company Albert Productions.

Gossip​
Gossip​

Gossip is the double LP debut album by Australian rock group Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, it was released on Mushroom Records in September 1986, which peaked at No. 15 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart, and achieved gold record status.

Hi Fi Way​
Hi Fi Way​

Hi Fi Way is an album by the Australian rock band, You Am I, released in 1995. The album reached #1 on the local albums chart and is one of the most influential and critically acclaimed Australian albums of the last twenty years, [citation needed] inspiring the likes of Jet, The Vines and Wolfmother.

Living in the ​70's​
Living in the ​70's​

Living in the 70's is the debut album by Melbourne band Skyhooks. Released in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label, the album achieved relatively little success until early 1975. It spent 16 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from late February 1975, and became the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia until that time, with sales of 240,000.

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Since I Left ​You​
Since I Left ​You​

Since I Left You is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music group The Avalanches, released on 27 November 2000. It was issued on Modular Recordings and produced by The Avalanches' members Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann (under the pseudonym Bobbydazzler).

Kick​
Kick​

Kick is the sixth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS, released in 1987 by WEA in Australia, Atlantic Records in the United States and Mercury Records in Europe.

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16 Lovers ​Lane​
16 Lovers ​Lane​

16 Lovers Lane was the sixth album by Australian indie rock group The Go-Betweens, released in 1988 by Beggars Banquet Records.

Radios ​Appear​
Radios ​Appear​

Radios Appear is the first full-length studio album by Australian punk rock band Radio Birdman. The album was recorded at Birdman's Trafalgar Studios, Sydney during 1976 and 1977. Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order and by sales from the backs of friend's and band members' station wagons.

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Daddy Who? ​Daddy Cool​
Daddy Who? ​Daddy Cool​

Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan (bass, vocals), Ross Hannaford (lead guitar, bass, vocals), Ross Wilson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Gary Young (drums, vocals) .

Best of Bee ​Gees​
Best of Bee ​Gees​

[[RUBATO]]The best album by Bee Gees is [&Odessa&] which is ranked number 2\,849 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 587. Bee Gees is ranked number 714 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2\,516. Members who like this artist also like: The Beatles\, The Kinks and Paul McCartney.

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Junkyard​
Junkyard​

Junkyard is the third studio album by Australian post-punk group The Birthday Party. It was released on 10 May 1982 by Missing Link Records in Australia and by 4AD in the UK. It was the group's last full-length studio recording.

Human Frailty​
Human Frailty​

Great Australian Albums (cover) A documentary DVD on Human Frailty, part of the four part second series of Great Australian Albums. Originally broadcast on SBS television on the 20th of September 2008.

As Day ​Follows Night​
As Day ​Follows Night​

As Day Follows Night is the third album by Australian singer/songwriter Sarah Blasko. It was produced by Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John and recorded in early 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. It was released in Australia on 10 July 2009.

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(I'm) Stranded​
(I'm) Stranded​

The video for the Saints' "(I'm) Stranded" starts with drummer Ivor Hay kicking in a door. It's an apt metaphor for a band whose 1976 single, and 1977 debut album of the same name, changed the way Brisbane, Australia and the rest of the world heard guitar music.

Gala Mill​
Gala Mill​

Gala Mill is the fourth album by Australian alternative rockers, the Drones, which was released in September 2006. The album peaked at No. 66 in the ARIA Albums Chart. It was issued in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2006.

True Colours​
True Colours​

True Colours, the fifth album released by New Zealand band Split Enz, was their first major commercial success. Released in 1980, the album featured more mature songwriting from Neil Finn. Credited to him is the album's New Zealand and Australian #1 single, "I Got You," which also broke them internationally.

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The Very Best ​of Slim Dusty​
The Very Best ​of Slim Dusty​

In iconic terms, it would not be incorrect to say that Slim Dusty was, and is, Australia's Elvis. The Very Best of Slim Dusty is more than a record. To many people it is the poetry of a nation and the legacy of a fair dinkum national treasure.

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Neon ​Ballroom​
Neon ​Ballroom​

Neon Ballroom is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band ... the album was listed at number 25 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums. Touring ...

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The ​Boatman's Call​
The ​Boatman's Call​

The Boatman's Call is the tenth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1997. The album is entirely piano-based, alternately somber and romantic in mood, making it a marked departure from the bulk of the band's post-punk catalogue.

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Unit​
Unit​

The 100 Best Australian Albums book is sure to found in many a Christmas stocking this summer and lead to some spirited arguments between FasterLouder readers and their drunkles (drunk uncles – every family has them) about the relative merits of Hoodoo Gurus, Sarah Blasko, The Presets, Eddy Current, Augie March and the others on the list.

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Stoneage ​Romeos​
Stoneage ​Romeos​

Stoneage Romeos is the debut album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. Released on 9 March 1984 by Big Time Records in Australia, the album's release saw them receive record sales to complement their already strong reputation for live performances.

Walking on a ​Dream​
Walking on a ​Dream​

Walking on a Dream is the debut studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun, released on 3 October 2008 by Capitol Records. The album was produced by band members Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore, along with Peter Mayes and Donnie Sloan.

Lonerism​
Lonerism​

Lonerism is the second studio album by the Australian rock band Tame Impala, released on 5 October 2012 by Modular Recordings. Like the band's debut studio album, Innerspeaker (2010), Lonerism was written, recorded, performed, and produced by Kevin Parker, with live member Jay Watson contributing on two tracks.

Barricades & ​Brickwalls​
Barricades & ​Brickwalls​

Barricade, from the French barrique (barrel), is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction. Adopted as a military term, a barricade denotes any improvised field fortification, such as on city streets during urban warfare.

Starfish​
Starfish​

Starfish is the fifth album by the Australian rock band The Church, released in February 1988. The band's breakthrough album, Starfish went gold in America and has remained their most commercially successful release. The album sold 600,000 copies in the United States alone.

Savage ​Garden​
Savage ​Garden​

The band's two studio albums, Savage Garden and Affirmation reached number one in Australia and peaked in the top ten in both the United Kingdom and United States. Their two studio albums have sold 23 million copies worldwide. The group won a record number of ten ARIA Music Awards in 1997 for their debut album and its related singles.

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Echolalia​
Echolalia​

Echolalia is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Something for Kate which was released on 22 June 2001.

Reclaim ​Australia​
Reclaim ​Australia​

Confronting, unapologetic and coming burning from the heart, what Briggs and Trials created in 2016 was an album that will exist in the Australian music industry history books for many, many years to come.

Prehistoric ​Sounds​
Prehistoric ​Sounds​

Prehistoric Sounds is the third album released by the Australian punk rock group The Saints in October 1978. This was the final album to feature founding lead guitarist, Ed Kuepper, who left the band shortly after its release. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums with their debut, Stranded, at No. 20.

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The Boys ​Light Up​
The Boys ​Light Up​

The album was re-released in 1992 in CD format (see cover right below), and as a 2-CD set with follow-up album Sirocco in 1996. In October 2010, Boys Light Up was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.

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Odyssey ​Number Five​
Odyssey ​Number Five​

Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000 by Universal Music. It won the 2001 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album, Best Group and Best Rock Album.

The Pleasure ​of Your Company​
The Pleasure ​of Your Company​

The Pleasure of Your Company is the third studio album by Australian new wave rock band Models, which peaked at #12 on the Australian albums chart. It was released in October 1983 on Mushroom Records with Nick Launay producing. The album provided three singles, "I Hear Motion" released in September, which peaked at #16.

Moo, You ​Bloody Choir​
Moo, You ​Bloody Choir​

Moo, You Bloody Choir is the third studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2006 in Australia by BMG. It entered the ARIA album charts at #10 and was nominated for Album of the Year at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, losing to Tea & Sympathy by Bernard Fanning.

Honey Steel's ​Gold​
Honey Steel's ​Gold​

Honey Steel's Gold is the fifth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter ... Honey Steel's Gold was nominated for an ARIA ... 100 Best Australian Albums ...

The Seekers' ​Greatest Hits​
The Seekers' ​Greatest Hits​

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian band The Seekers. The album was released in June 2009 and peaked within the top 40 in the UK and Australia.

East​
East​

The 100 Best Australian Albums (a.k.a. One Hundred Best Australian Albums) is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell.