Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, 2011

Australian Albums Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown	28 June – 10 July 2011
Countdown highlights
Winning song	Powderfinger – "Odyssey Number Five"
Most entries	Silverchair Bernard Fanning (5 albums)
Chronology
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The Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time is a listener-voted countdown of albums run by Australian radio station Triple J in June and July 2011. In May 2011, Triple J music director Richard Kingsmill announced that the station would be conducting another special Triple J Hottest 100 listener-voted poll the following month, counting down the best 100 albums by Australian artists. Voting began on 6 June, and concluded on the evening of 26 June. The countdown was carried out over two weeks, starting on 28 June 2011, and finishing at 5pm on 10 July, ^{[1] [2]} with Brisbane band Powderfinger's 2000 album, Odyssey Number Five (which contained two Hottest 100 winning tracks; "These Days" in 1999 and "My Happiness" in 2000), announced at No. 1. During the countdown, selected tracks were played from selected albums, with some other albums being aired in full, including each of the albums to make the top twenty.

List

#	Artist	Album	Year of release	Triple J Album Poll position (year if different from year of release)	Tracks in the Hottest 100 (year if different from year of release)	Tracks in the Hottest 100 of all time position/s (year/s)
1	Powderfinger	Odyssey Number Five	2000	2	1, 3 (1 in 1999)	21, 27 (2009)
2	Silverchair	Frogstomp	1995	NA	(5 in 1994)	59 (1998), 33 (2009)
3	AC/DC	Back in Black	1980	NA	NA	91 (2009)
4	The Living End	The Living End	1998	1	10, 15, (15 in 1997) (41, 48 in 1999)	18 (1998), 34 (2009)
5	INXS	Kick	1987	NA	NA
6	Powderfinger	Internationalist	1998	2	8, 46, (25, 68, 100 in 1999)
7	The Presets	Apocalypso	2008	2	6, 8, 56 (18 in 2007)
8	Wolfmother	Wolfmother	2005	1	6, 9, 16, 37, 39, 84 (45 in 2004)
9	The Avalanches	Since I Left You	2000	6	6 (8, 76 in 2001)
10	Regurgitator	Unit	1997	2	19, (6, 26, 32 in 1998)
11	Gotye	Like Drawing Blood	2006	1	8, 94	77 (2009)
12	Grinspoon	Guide to Better Living	1997	4	34, 63, (74 in 1995) (18, 79 in 1998)	88 (1998)
13	Crowded House	Crowded House	1986	NA	NA	76 (1998), 50 (2009)
14	Powderfinger	Vulture Street	2003	1	4, 7, 10, 76, 77
15	Jebediah	Slightly Odway	1997	5	10, 33, (7, 42, 91 in 1998)	50, 82 (1998)
16	Hilltop Hoods	The Hard Road	2006	10	3, 23, 41, 56, 77
17	The Whitlams	Eternal Nightcap	1997	3	1, 53, (37, 43, 56 in 1998)	36, 43 (1998)
18	Crowded House	Woodface	1991	NA	NA
19	Tame Impala	Innerspeaker	2010	2	33, 74
20	The Temper Trap	Conditions	2009	2	21, 48, 58
21	Midnight Oil	10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1	1982	NA	NA	88 (1989)
22	Silverchair	Diorama	2002	1	10, 25, 35, 62, 76
23	Hilltop Hoods	The Calling	2003		9, 44	17 (2009)
24	John Butler Trio	Sunrise Over Sea	2004	2	25, 51, 93 (8 in 2003)
25	Jet	Get Born	2003	4	1, 19 (24, 89 in 2004)
26	You Am I	Hourly, Daily	1996	NA	80, 84
27	Silverchair	Neon Ballroom	1999	4	15, 29, 30, 43 (96 in 2000)
28	The Cat Empire	The Cat Empire	2003		6, 37, 100
29	Missy Higgins	The Sound of White	2004	3	2, 6, 49 (31, 47, 74 in 2005)
30	Karnivool	Themata	2005		97
31	Angus & Julia Stone	Down the Way	2010	3	1, 62 (40 in 2009)
32	Birds of Tokyo	Universes	2008	5	20, 22, 51
33	Midnight Oil	Diesel and Dust	1987	NA	NA	97 (2009)
34	Josh Pyke	Memories & Dust	2007	6	79, 91, 97 (19 in 2005), (38 in 2006)
35	You Am I	Hi Fi Way	1995	NA	24, 84, 94
36	Cut Copy	In Ghost Colours	2008	6	15 (39 in 2007)
37	The Vines	Highly Evolved	2002	2	5, 19, 21
38	Angus & Julia Stone	A Book Like This	2007		31, 45
39	Birds of Tokyo	Birds of Tokyo	2010	12	4, 47, 87
40	Something for Kate	Echolalia	2001	1	2, 13, 37 (63 in 2002)
41	Powderfinger	Double Allergic	1996	NA	6, 18, 32
42	Cold Chisel	East	1980	NA	NA
43	Silverchair	Freak Show	1997	6	13, 27	83 (1998)
44	Regurgitator	Tu-Plang	1996	NA	15, 23
45	Karnivool	Sound Awake	2009	17	47, 63
46	Empire of the Sun	Walking on a Dream	2008	9	4, 68
47	Eskimo Joe	Black Fingernails, Red Wine	2006		2, 95
48	Spiderbait	Ivy and the Big Apples	1996	NA	1, (23 in 1997)	86 (1998)
49	John Farnham	Whispering Jack	1986	NA	NA
50	Cog	The New Normal	2005		32, 71
51	Washington	I Believe You Liar	2010	7	20, 59, 84 (67 in 2009)
52	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Murder Ballads	1996	NA	(8 in 1995)
53	John Butler Trio	Three	2001	5	5, 29	47 (2009)
54	Bernard Fanning	Tea & Sympathy	2005	4	1, 14
55	Midnight Oil	Blue Sky Mining	1990	NA	NA
56	Cloud Control	Bliss Release	2010	5	18
57	The Cruel Sea	The Honeymoon Is Over	1993	NA	9, 21, 95
58	Grinspoon	New Detention	2002	6	2, 14, 15, 47
59	Sarah Blasko	As Day Follows Night	2009	6	28, 29
60	Sia	We Are Born	2010	15	13, 56 (72 in 2009)
61	Pendulum	Hold Your Colour	2005		(88 in 2006)
62	The Panics	Cruel Guards	2007		10
63	John Butler Trio	Grand National	2007	1	4, 22, 55 (12 in 2006)
64	George	Polyserena	2002	4	32, 43 (19, 92 in 2001)
65	Cold Chisel	Cold Chisel	1978	NA	NA	95 (1989), 94 (1998)
66	Bliss n Eso	Running on Air	2010		23, 41, 53
67	Bliss n Eso	Flying Colours	2008		40, 61, 94
68	Art vs. Science	The Experiment	2011	9	48 (9, 90 in 2010)
69	Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls	Gossip	1986	NA	NA
70	Silverchair	Young Modern	2007	5	2, 30, 80
71	The Presets	Beams	2005
72	Something for Kate	Beautiful Sharks	1999	3	44, 70, 72 (59 in 2000)
73	AC/DC	Highway to Hell	1979	NA	NA
74	Sarah Blasko	The Overture & the Underscore	2004		27 (65 in 2005)
75	Skyhooks	Living in the 70's	1974	NA	NA
76	Hunters & Collectors	Human Frailty	1986	NA	NA	2, 97 (1989), 2, 71 (1990), 4 (1991), 2 (1998), 23 (2009)
77	Pendulum	Immersion	2010		48, 69
78	The Sleepy Jackson	Lovers	2003		91
79	The Grates	Gravity Won't Get You High	2006	5	10, 17, 42, 71
80	The Saints	(I'm) Stranded	1977	NA	NA	51 (1989)
81	Pete Murray	Feeler	2003		20, 86
82	The Waifs	Up All Night	2003		3, 80, (12, 50 in 2003)
83	Lisa Mitchell	Wonder	2009	9	7 (91 in 2008)
84	The Go-Betweens	16 Lovers Lane	1988	NA	NA
85	Hilltop Hoods	State of the Art	2009	13	3, 37
86	Dead Letter Circus	This Is the Warning	2010		65, 99
87	Eskimo Joe	A Song Is a City	2004	4	3, 32, 62
88	The Butterfly Effect	Imago	2006		32, 39 (71 in 2007)
89	Pnau	Pnau	2007		100 (12, 54 in 2008)
90	Children Collide	The Long Now	2008		66
91	Gypsy & The Cat	Gilgamesh	2010		64, 71, 73
92	Frenzal Rhomb	A Man's Not a Camel	1999		26, 34, 63
93	Augie March	Moo, You Bloody Choir	2006	8	1
94	Paul Dempsey	Everything Is True	2009	8	35
95	Hoodoo Gurus	Stoneage Romeos	1984	NA	NA
96	Machine Gun Fellatio	Paging Mr. Strike	2002	9	6, 8, 59 (30 in 2001)
97	The Butterfly Effect	Begins Here	2003		68 (99 in 2004)
98	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	The Boatman's Call	1997		18	84 (1998)
99	Grinspoon	Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills	2004	7	16, 26
100	The Cat Empire	Two Shoes	2005		25, 38, 54, 100

#101–#200 List

On 21 August 2011, Richard Kingsmill published the #101–#200 list on his blog. ^{[3] [4]}

#	Artist	Album	Year of release	Triple J Album Poll position (year if different from year of release)	Tracks in the Hottest 100 (year if different from year of release)	Tracks in the Hottest 100 of all time position/s (year/s)
101	Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls	Under the Sun	1987	NA	NA
102	Lior	Autumn Flow	2004		42 (43 in 2005)
103	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Let Love In	1994	NA	11, 86
104	Frenzal Rhomb	Meet the Family	1997		(54, 72 in 1998)
105	Icehouse	Man of Colours	1987	NA	NA
106	Sarah Blasko	What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have	2006		58, 79
107	Xavier Rudd	Solace	2004	8	56, 59 (54 in 2003)
108	The Church	Starfish	1988	NA	NA
109	Crowded House	Temple of Low Men	1988	NA	NA
110	Cog	Sharing Space	2008		31, 97
111	Parkway Drive	Killing with a Smile	2005
112	Augie March	Sunset Studies	2000	5	(61 in 1999), (47 in 2001)
113	Grinspoon	Easy	1999		33, (33, 73 in 2000)
114	Birds of Tokyo	Day One	2007		61
115	Josh Pyke	Chimney's Afire	2008	10	27, 29
116	Radio Birdman	Radios Appear	1977	NA	NA
117	The Living End	Roll On	2000		19, (72 in 2001)
118	The Amity Affliction	Youngbloods	2010
119	The Whitlams	Love This City	1999	6	38, 54 (37 in 2000)
120	Eskimo Joe	Girl	2001	3	25, 31, 34
121	INXS	The Swing	1984		NA
122	AC/DC	T.N.T.	1975	NA	NA
123	Alex Lloyd	Black the Sun	1999	1	21
124	Little Birdy	BigBigLove	2004	5	8, 40, 78 (16, 25 in 2003)
125	Cut Copy	Bright Like Neon Love	2004
126	The Triffids	Born Sandy Devotional	1986	NA	NA
127	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!	2008		35
128	Ben Lee	Awake Is the New Sleep	2005	9	2, 53, 86 (15 in 2004)
129	Parkway Drive	Horizons	2007
130	Jebediah	Of Someday Shambles	1999		19, 28, (30 in 2000)
131	Gyroscope	Breed Obsession	2008		85, (16 in 2007)
132	Gyroscope	Are You Involved?	2005		29, 62
133	TISM	Machiavelli and the Four Seasons	1995	NA	9, 10, 93
134	British India	Guillotine	2007		46, 74
135	Bag Raiders	Bag Raiders	2010		46, (18 in 2009)
136	Ladyhawke	Ladyhawke	2008		11, 26
137	Men at Work	Business as Usual	1981	NA	NA
138	Drapht	The Life of Riley	2011		29, 74, (12 in 2010)
139	Midnight Juggernauts	Dystopia	2007	9	57, 86
140	Australian Crawl	The Boys Light Up	1980	NA	NA
141	Something for Kate	Elsewhere for 8 Minutes	1997		39
142	The Beautiful Girls	Learn Yourself	2003		41, 62
143	Hunters & Collectors	Hunters & Collectors	1982	NA	NA	8 (1989), 32 (1990), 41 (1991)
144	You Am I	Sound as Ever	1993	NA	50, (23, 77 in 1994)	61 (1998), 52 (2009)
145	Bertie Blackman	Secrets and Lies	2009	18	71, 93
146	Baby Animals	Baby Animals	1991	NA	NA
147	INXS	Listen Like Thieves	1985	NA	NA
148	The Drones	Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By	2005
149	John Butler Trio	April Uprising	2010		39, (39 in 2009)
150	The Superjesus	Sumo	1998	6	83, 99, (14 in 1997)
151	Gyroscope	Sound Shattering Sound	2004		97, (92 in 2003)
152	Little Red	Midnight Remember	2010	18	2, 79
153	Children Collide	Theory of Everything	2010	19	22, 60
154	Sia	Some People Have Real Problems	2008
155	Machine Gun Fellatio	Bring It On!	2000		16, 67 (59 in 1999)
156	Little Red	Listen to Little Red	2008		47
157	The Living End	State of Emergency	2006		53, (49 in 2005)
158	Hoodoo Gurus	Mars Needs Guitars!	1985	NA	NA
159	Crowded House	Together Alone	1993	NA	60
160	Butterfingers	Breakfast at Fatboys	2004		17, (15, 38 in 2003)
161	Sunnyboys	Sunnyboys	1981	NA	NA	56 (1989)
162	Eddy Current Suppression Ring	Primary Colours	2008
163	Parkway Drive	Deep Blue	2010		97
164	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus	2004
165	The Cat Empire	So Many Nights	2007		50, 62
166	Miami Horror	Illumination	2010		54, (82 in 2009)
167	Motor Ace	Five Star Laundry	2001	9	53 (65, 98 in 2000)
168	Ratcat	Blind Love	1991	NA	NA	41 (1991)
169	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu	Gurrumul	2008
170	Hunters & Collectors	Cut	1992	NA	(54 in 1993)	68 (1998)
171	Faker	Addicted Romantic	2005		21
172	Ben Lee	Breathing Tornados	1998		2, (81 in 1999)
173	British India	Thieves	2008		37
174	Cold Chisel	Circus Animals	1982	NA	NA
175	Killing Heidi	Reflector	2000		70, 92 (2, 14 in 1999)
176	AC/DC	High Voltage	1976	NA	NA
177	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	No More Shall We Part	2001		51
178	Hungry Kids of Hungary	Escapades	2010	20	75
179	I Killed the Prom Queen	Music for the Recently Deceased	2006
180	The Drones	Havilah	2005
181	INXS	Shabooh Shoobah	1982	NA	NA
182	Spiderbait	The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake	1995	NA	43
183	AC/DC	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	1976	NA	NA
184	Kisschasy	United Paper People	2005		22, 95
185	Jimmy Barnes	For the Working Class Man	1985	NA	NA
186	Midnight Oil	Red Sails in the Sunset	1984	NA	NA
187	Pendulum	In Silico	2008		92
188	The Middle East	I Want That You Are Always Happy	2011
189	Powderfinger	Dream Days at the Hotel Existence	2007		15, 66
190	The Butterfly Effect	Final Conversation of Kings	2008		53
191	Sia	Colour the Small One	2004		87
192	Architecture in Helsinki	Places Like This	2007		19, 36
193	Sparkadia	Postcards	2008		79
194	Something for Kate	The Official Fiction	2003	6	11, 62
195	The Mark of Cain	Ill at Ease	1995	NA
196	Bob Evans	Suburban Songbook	2006		36, 37
197	Missy Higgins	On a Clear Night	2007		51, 53
198	The Getaway Plan	Other Voices, Other Rooms	2008		59
199	Powderfinger	Golden Rule	2009		49
200	The Grates	Teeth Lost, Hearts Won	2008	8	34, 80, 83

Artists with multiple entries

#	Artist	Entries
5	Bernard Fanning [note 1]	1, 6, 14, 41, 54
	Silverchair	2, 22, 27, 43, 70
4	Powderfinger	1, 6, 14, 41
	Ian Kenny [note 2]	30, 32, 39, 45
3	Grinspoon	12, 58, 99
	Hilltop Hoods	16, 23, 85
	Midnight Oil	21, 33, 55
	John Butler Trio	24, 53, 63
	Paul Dempsey [note 3]	40, 72, 94
2	AC/DC	3, 73
	The Presets	7, 71
	Regurgitator	10, 44
	Crowded House	13, 18
	You Am I	26, 35
	The Cat Empire	28, 100
	Karnivool	30, 45
	Angus & Julia Stone	31, 38
	Birds of Tokyo	32, 39
	Something for Kate	40, 72
	Cold Chisel	42, 65
	Luke Steele [note 4]	46, 78
	Nick Littlemore [note 5]	46, 89
	Eskimo Joe	47, 87
	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	52, 98
	Sarah Blasko	59, 74
	Pendulum	61, 77
	Bliss n Eso	66, 67
	The Butterfly Effect	88, 97

Albums by decade

Decade	Song Count
1970s	4
1980s	11
1990s	21
2000s	53
2010s	11

CD release

The CD release for the Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time was released on 5 August 2011.

Disc one

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"My Happiness" (Odyssey Number Five)	Powderfinger	4:37
2.	"Read About It" (10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)	Midnight Oil	3:53
3.	"Alter Ego" (Innerspeaker)	Tame Impala	4:47
4.	"You've Changed" (We Are Born)	Sia	3:09
5.	"This Boy's in Love" (Apocalypso)	The Presets	4:08
6.	"Sweet Disposition" (Conditions)	The Temper Trap	3:52
7.	"Soldiers" (Hourly, Daily)	You Am I	2:29
8.	"Shutterspeed" (Themata)	Karnivool	3:44
9.	"Frontier Psychiatrist" (Since I Left You)	The Avalanches	4:49
10.	"All I Want" (As Day Follows Night)	Sarah Blasko	3:53
11.	"Never Tear Us Apart" (Kick)	INXS	3:04
12.	"Where the Wild Roses Grow" (Murder Ballads)	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue	3:55
13.	"The Hard Road" (The Hard Road)	Hilltop Hoods	4:06
14.	"Learnalilgivinanlovin" (Like Drawing Blood)	Gotye	2:47
15.	"! (The Song Formerly Known As)" (Unit)	Regurgitator	3:26
16.	"Take It or Leave It" (Get Born)	Jet	2:22
17.	"(I'm) Stranded" ((I'm) Stranded)	The Saints	3:28
18.	"Rich Kids" (I Believe You Liar)	Washington	3:00
19.	"The Girl Of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)" (Paging Mr. Strike)	Machine Gun Fellatio	3:30
20.	"Memories & Dust" (Memories & Dust)	Josh Pyke	3:05
21.	"We Are the People" (Walking on a Dream)	Empire of the Sun	4:31
Total length:			72:42

Disc two

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Pure Massacre" (Frogstomp)	Silverchair	4:30
2.	"Joker & the Thief" (Wolfmother)	Wolfmother	4:38
3.	"Hearts on Fire" (In Ghost Colours)	Cut Copy	3:52
4.	"Streets of Your Town" (16 Lovers Lane)	The Go-Betweens	3:31
5.	"Gold Canary" (Bliss Release)	Cloud Control	3:51
6.	"The Sea Is Rising" (Flying Colours)	Bliss n Eso	4:17
7.	"This Is How It Goes" (The Sound of White)	Missy Higgins	3:27
8.	"Zebra" (Sunrise Over Sea)	The John Butler Trio	3:55
9.	"Say Goodbye" (Hunters & Collectors)	Hunters & Collectors	3:50
10.	"A.I.M. Fire!" (The Experiment)	Art vs. Science	3:57
11.	"Buy Me a Pony" (Ivy and the Big Apples)	Spiderbait	1:41
12.	"Get Free" (Highly Evolved)	The Vines	2:04
13.	"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (Black Fingernails, Red Wine)	Eskimo Joe	4:08
14.	"Release" (Polyserena)	George	3:40
15.	"Watercolour" (Immersion)	Pendulum	3:26
16.	"Living in the 70's" (Living in the 70's)	Skyhooks	3:41
17.	"Social Currency" (The Long Now)	Children Collide	3:53
18.	"Monsters" (Echolalia)	Something For Kate	3:36
19.	"Don't Dream It's Over" (Crowded House)	Crowded House	3:55
20.	"London Still" (Up All Night)	The Waifs	3:41
21.	"Run" (The New Normal)	Cog	3:50
Total length:			77:12

Disc three

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Second Solution" (The Living End)	The Living End	2:59
2.	"19-20-20" (Gravity Won't Get You High)	The Grates	2:03
3.	"Hello" (The Cat Empire)	The Cat Empire	3:43
4.	"Baby" (Pnau)	Pnau	2:47
5.	"Cheap Wine" (East)	Cold Chisel	3:23
6.	"Don't Fight It" (Cruel Guards)	The Panics	5:00
7.	"Big" (This Is the Warning)	Dead Letter Circus	3:40
8.	"DC X 3" (Guide to Better Living)	Grinspoon	2:53
9.	"Black Stick" (The Honeymoon Is Over)	The Cruel Sea	4:58
10.	"Good Dancers" (Lovers)	The Sleepy Jackson	4:10
11.	"And the Boys" (Down the Way)	Angus & Julia Stone	4:09
12.	"No Aphrodisiac" (Eternal Nightcap)	The Whitlams	4:18
13.	"The Piper's Song" (Gilgamesh)	Gypsy & The Cat	3:40
14.	"I Want You Back" (Stoneage Romeos)	Hoodoo Gurus	3:10
15.	"Never Had So Much Fun" (A Man's Not a Camel)	Frenzal Rhomb	1:59
16.	"Silhouettic" (Universes)	Birds of Tokyo	3:23
17.	"Oh! Hark!" (Wonder)	Lisa Mitchell	4:29
18.	"The Cold Acre" (Moo, You Bloody Choir)	Augie March	5:33
19.	"Leaps and Bounds" (Gossip)	Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls	3:23
20.	"Leaving Home" (Slightly Odway)	Jebediah	3:00
21.	"A Slow Descent" (Imago)	The Butterfly Effect	4:41
Total length:			79:11

Notes

1. Once solo (54), four times with Powderfinger (1, 6, 14, 41)
2. Twice with Birds of Tokyo (32, 39), twice with Karnivool (30, 45)
3. Once solo (94), twice with Something for Kate (40, 72)
4. Once with The Sleepy Jackson (78), once with Empire of the Sun (46)
5. Once with Pnau (89) and once with Empire of the Sun (46)

References

1. "Triple J Hottest 100 Albums of All Time". ABC. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
2. Generations battle it out as music lovers vote for their Hottest 100
3. "triple j : New music with Richard Kingsmill". web.archive.org. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. PEDESTRIAN.TV (22 August 2011). "Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time: 101-200". PEDESTRIAN.TV. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

External links

• Triple J Hottest 100 Australians Albums of all time