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The 100 Best Australian Albums

The 100 Best Australian Albums

by Craig MathiesonJohn O'Donnell and Toby Creswell
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/2010

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Australian music has a proud, colourful and successful history. In 2008, Australian rock & roll turned 50. This book names the best Australian albums of the last 50 years. It places each album in order (from 1 - 100) and discuss why each album deserves its place. It tells the story behind the making of the album, where the album fits in the artist's career and the album's impact on the local and world stage etc. The entries will feature new interviews with the artists and the producers/managers involved in the recording and the release of the album. "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. With 70 years of loving and writing about Australian music between us, we shamelessly believe we've earned the right to write this book. And we think we've got it right. Let the debate begin." - John O'Donnell, April 2010 Finally, here is a much-needed list of argument-starting top 100 seminal/influential/essential Australian albums of all time. Let the fight begin!
ISBN:
9781740669559
9781740669559
Category:
Rock & Pop music
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-11-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Books
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
267x244x25mm
Weight:
1.39kg
Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson covers contemporary music and film for The Age, Sunday Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald.

A former editor of Juice magazine, contributor to London’s New Music Express and film critic for The Bulletin, he has been writing about Australian music since 1989.

His previous books on the subject are Hi Fi Days, The Sell-In and Playlisted: Everything You Need to Know About Australian Music Right Now.

John O'Donnell

John O’Donnell served time as music editor at Rolling Stone (Australia) and as editor of Juice magazine before crossing to the dark side in the mid ’90s, starting the internationally successful Murmur label (Silverchair, Something For Kate, Jebediah). In 2002, he became CEO of EMI Music Australia/NZ.

He jumped ship in 2008 to write this book and pursue other life adventures, returning to EMI in 2013. His favourite album of all time changes constantly. This week it is either Tonight’s the Night by Neil Young, Tusk by Fleetwood Mac or Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

Toby Creswell

Toby Creswell is a former editor of Rolling Stone and founding editor of Juice and other magazines.

He has written several books including 1001 Songs.

He has written and produced several history and music documentaries and was an executive producer of the film Paul Kelly: Stories of Me.

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