Your Favourite Australian Albums + Recommendations
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Thought it would be cool to share some of the best/favourite Australian albums -
It was very tough, but I've kept my top 10 list to 1 album per artist
You Am I - Hourly Daily
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Gossip
Silverchair - Diorama
Gang of Youths - The Positions
Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Powderfinger - Internationalist
Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart
British India - Guillotine
Lots of great albums and artist left out of my top 10, but these are my favourites.
Hard to leave out The Angels, Living End, Hunters and Collectors, Hoodoo Gurus, Diesel, Easybeats
It was very tough, but I've kept my top 10 list to 1 album per artist
You Am I - Hourly Daily
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Gossip
Silverchair - Diorama
Gang of Youths - The Positions
Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Powderfinger - Internationalist
Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart
British India - Guillotine
Lots of great albums and artist left out of my top 10, but these are my favourites.
Hard to leave out The Angels, Living End, Hunters and Collectors, Hoodoo Gurus, Diesel, Easybeats
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
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Jebediah Of Someday Shambles
Silverchair Diorama
Bernard Fanning Tea & Sympathy
Radio Birdmen - collective works
Hunters and Collectors In Living Rooms...
Midnight Oil - collective works
That's all I've got.
Hell of a album.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
Gotta have INXS here too.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
Skyhooks - Living in the 70's
Midnight Oil - take your pick, they're all great
Silverchair - Freak Show
Gossling - Harvest of Gold
Hilltop Hoods - The Calling
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
Bliss n Eso - Flying Colours
Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Drapht - The Life of Riley
Illy - The Chase
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
The Vines- Highly Evolved
Wolfmother- Wolfmother
Tame Impala- Lonerism
Jagwar Ma- Howlin
AC/DC- Back in Black
Jet- Get Born
Spiderbait- Tonight Alright
The Living End- The Living End
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
A couple of these have been mentioned already but off the top of my head I'll add:
Ash Grunwald - Give Signs
Bernard Fanning - Tea & Sympathy
Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - The Rules of Attraction
Alex Lloyd - Black The Sun
Powderfinger - probably Odyssey #5
Ben Lee - Breathing Tornados
Hilltop Hoods - The Calling
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Such a masterpiece
http://www.reverbnation.com/brianzilm
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
" " " - Flesh and blood
" " " - Grand National
Bonjah - Until Dawn
" - Go Go Chaos
Kingfisha - Kingfisha
Screaming Jets - Hits and Pieces
Bernard Fanning - Tea and Symhany
Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird
totally obsessed
Also forgot Empire of the Sun- Ice on the Dune
I would have put The Sleepy Jackson on here, but don't own any of their albums, just a handful of songs off their first album, Lovers.
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
I'd go for JBT's 'Sunrise Over Sea' and Xavier's 'Solace' (because it has GBA and Green Spandex on it, my 2 favourite XR songs)
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Cruel Guards- The Panics
Making Mirrors- Gotye
Sleepmakeswaves - Love of Cartography
Double Allergic- Powderfinger (hardest choice, too many great albums)
Frogstomp- Silverchair
Cruel Guards- The Panics
Ivy & the Big Apples- Spiderbait
Tea & Sympathy- Bernard Fanning
The Living End- The Living End
Making Mirrors- Gotye
The next three I can't decide on. I have too many favorites including: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit- Courtney Barnett; Breed Obsession- Gyroscope; Birds of Tokyo- Birds of Tokyo; Hourly Daily- You am I; Kick- INXS, Positions- Gang of Youths; Leave your soul to Science- Something for Kate; Chimneys Afire- Josh Pyke; Awake is the New Sleep- Ben Lee; Moo you Bloody Choir- Augie March; Temple of Low Men- Crowded House; Guide to Better Living-Grinspoon; Gravity Won't Get You High- The Grates; Highway to Hell- ACDC. I was also recently introduced to Karnivool and I'm loving Themata and Sound Awake. Oh I forgot Tough Love -Magic Dirt. I'm sure I've forgotten many others.
this clip is for you. there's more i took from those shows(7 songs total)
i felt extremely blessed to be in the room with such greatest. the bob dylan of down under for sure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O6sIGCLDS0
He is our greatest storyteller, and has such a calmness about him. For as good as he is, I think he is massively under rated and under appreciated by the majority
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014