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Ok i thought i might share with all you guys and gurls some fine Australian music and the best way i know is to give a rundown of each album...i will do 5 at a time (because its gonna take so long)...Anyways without further talking i will give you the 30 must have Australian albums...(In Alphabetical Order)
1. 28 Days - Upstyledown
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Released: 2000
Genre: Hip Hop/Rock
Track Listings
1. The Bird
2. Know The Score
3. Sucker
4. Jedi Vs. The Krust
5. Goodbye
6. Time For Us To Leave
7. Rip It Up
8. Song For Jasmine
9. I Remember
10. Spicy Fingers
11. Rollin Gang
12. What You Know
13. Don't Touch My Turntables
14. Deadly Like
15. Information Overload
16. Kill The Fake (Seshoo)
Standout Tracks
*Goodbye
*Rip It Up
*I Remember
Score: 4/5
Review: This album was the breakthrough for 28 Days...after commercial success with their EP's...their debut album took off in the Australian charts...A great blend of rap/scratching/rock and a little bit of hip/hop this album had it all...With 3 big singles and a full album worth of quality songs...This was one of the suprises of 2000...and definately still a fav of mine 3 years later...*new album coming hopefully mid next year*...they have also released a follow up album *Stealing Chairs in mid/late 2002*...(if you like upstyledown...i will rip stealing chairs for you guys)...Sadly in 2001 they lost their drummer in a freak accident and has sadly been missed by all...he was so young and such a great guy...Thoughts are always with him and his family...
Website: www.28-days.com.au
RIP: Scott Douglas Murray 16th January 1979 - 18th November 2001 (28 Days Drummer On This Album)
2. Alex Lloyd - Black the Sun
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Released: 2000
Genre: Acoustic Rock
Track Listings
1. Melting
2. Momo
3. Something Special
4. Desert
5. Snow
6. My Way Home
7. Black The Sun
8. Lucky Star
9. What A Year
10. Faraway
11. Aliens
12. Gender
13. Backseat Clause
Standout Tracks
* My Way Home
* Black The Sun
* Lucky Star
Score: 4/5
Review: Well what hasn't this man done...released one day later than 28 Days - Upstyledown...even though this album had less success, it put a ordinary guy with a talent into Australia's music spotlight...His blend of soft acoustic rock was an instant success...With two hit songs *Lucky Star and My Way Home* and a lot more to offer...with two more albums following *watching angels mend* and *distant light*...Alex has continued to create beautiful music...if you like listening to soft rock...this is one of the best examples you could ever listen too...
Website: www.alexlloyd.com
3. Area 7 - Bitter And Twisted
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Released: 2000
Genre: Punk/Ska
Track Listings
1. Bitter Words
2. Start Making Sense
3. Himbo
4. Blind
5. Walk Away
6. Boys Don't Cry
7. Skin Deep
8. Dodgy Mate
9. Let Me Down
10. Unsung Hero
11. Second Class Citizen
12. Big Ben
Standout Songs
* Blind
* Let Me Down
* Unsung Hero
Score: 4.5/5
Review: This album is right up the top with my favourites...The album is full of 12 fun and brilliant songs...Especially the cover of *The Cure's - Boys Don't Cry*...which is right up there with (me first and the gimme gimmes) status...This album was Area 7's finest hour and never got the recognition it deserved...It is a definant must get for all punk/ska fans...They have released only one other album *Say It To My Face* (which i do not have...and if someone has it on soulseek...contact me)...I have listened to it and it is just as great...And they will be releasing a new album sometime next year...
Website: www.area7.com.au
4. Blood Duster - Str8 Outta Northcote
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Released: 1998
Genre: Grindcore/Metal
Track Listings
1. Givin' Stiff to the Stiff
2. Hippie Kill Team
3. Metal as Fuck
4. I Hate Girls and Crusty Punx
5. Chop-Chop
6. Tittie
7. Motherload
8. Meat Song (Stiffy in McDonalds)
9. Death Squad
10. Instrumental 1
11. Simple Life
12. Where Does All the Money Go When Releasing a Full Length Album
13. It's Just Not Metal
14. Celebrating 35% Pigfat
15. F.S.S.
16. Oohahh
17. Derek2
18. Rollcall
19. Shoved Up Your Pisshole
20. Ballad of Hoyt
21. Pure Digital Silence
22. [Untitled] [Hidden Track]
Standout Songs
* Givin' Stiff to the Stiff
* Meat Song (Stiffy in McDonalds)
* Oohahh
Score 3.5/5
Review: Australia's finest grindcore specialists...These guys are in the same league as (Anal C*nt)...they are funny, you can barely understand what they are saying and they have pretty interesting song titles...They are a real interestind band and if you are into grindcore (they are a must) and if your not...i would check them out for shits and giggles...They have released a fair bit of stuff and have just released a new album today i think...*Meat Song (Stiffy in McDonalds)* is a definant listen to...
Website: www.bloodduster.com
5. Bodyjar - How It Works
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Released: 2001
Genre: Punk/Rock
Track Listings
1. Not the Same
2. Feed It
3. Ordinary Lives
4. Make It Up
5. No Payback
6. Calling Orson
7. Fall to the Ground
8. Good Enough
9. Five Minutes Away (When Punx Attack Magicians)
10. Another Day
11. Clean Slate
12. Running Out of Time
Standout Songs
* Not the Same
* Fall to the Ground
* Another Day
Score: 3/5
Review: Bodyjar are not one of my favourite bands...and this album is right down the bottom of the top 30...Although this album has a few good songs...its sadly not one of the best albums...They are a pretty tight punk rock band...They just don't have the same quality of the american/canadian punk rock bands...None the less this is a pretty alright album...*Fall To The Ground* being an excellent song...They have been around for a while and they have some nice other songs on other albums like *remote controller* and a cover of *The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter*...
Website: www.bodyjar.com
Well there is the first 5 albums in the top 30 done...i hope you find this interesting and i hope you do take note and give some of these artists a try...i am sharing all the albums mentioned on soulseek...and im sharing list only...so if you have a quick connection i suggest you download them all...anyways thats enough from me...i will continue the top 30 tomorrow...
Laters
Cely http://www.klboard.ath.cx/style_images/1/icon12.gif
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I got the Alex Lloyd album from you last week. It is excellent. I highly recommend it.
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kylie minogue - fever
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Great post cellery
i think i might download the alex lloyd album
with a score of 4/5 id be crazy not to
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Ok the next set of 5 albums in the top 30 Australian Albums of the decade is here...A nice range in these next 5 which i am continuing in alphabetical order...So i advise if you like the sound of these albums...get into soulseek and grab them...I have them all shared right now...So without further talking here are the next 5...
6. Custard - Loverama
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Released: 2000
Genre: Rock
Track Listings
1. Girls Like That (Don't Go for Guys Like...
2. Hit Song
3. Monkey
4. The New Matthew
5. (I Feel Like..) Ringo
6. Nervous Breakdance
7. Funny
8. Pluto, Pts. 1 & 2
9. Almost Like a Song
10. Correctional Facility of Love
11. Genius
12. Kinder Whore
13. Ladies and Gentlemen
Standout Tracks
* Hit Song
* The New Matthew
* Kinder Whore
Score: 4/5
Review: Custard are on of the pioneers of the new and reformed Australian music scene...This album is the last studio album they ever made and sadly now they have split up...The album was the pinacle of their career...with their catchy pop/rock songs and their aussie nature...they easily became a favourite amongst the indie scene...With songs like *the new matthew* and *hit song*...they eventually made it on the mainstream charts...Overall the album was high quality music...a great ending to a great band (2 years later they released a greatest hits/b sides album)...
Website: Custard
7. Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes
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Released: 2003
Genre: Pop
Track Listings
1. Born To Try
2. Innocent Eyes
3. Not Me, Not I
4. Throw It Away
5. Lost Without You
6. Predictable
7. Butterfly
8. In My Own Time
9. My Big Mistake
10. This Is Not Me
11. Running Away
12. Year Ago Today
13. Longer
14. Will You Fall For Me
Standout Tracks
* Innocent Eyes
* Not Me, Not I
* Predictable
Score: 4.5/5
Review: Australia's new pop princess...this debut album from Delta has blown away even the strongest doubters...with everyone from 12 year old girls to mid 30's guys really getting into this album...This album has broken sales records in Australia...with a 19 week number 1 album (at the moment its sitting at number 2) and 4 Number 1 singles (at the moment she has 2 singles in the top50...one at number 2 and the other at number 34)...She has a beautiful voice and is a talented pianist...With 10 Aria nominations...her album beckons to be one of the greatest Australian albums of all time...She is currently only 18 years old and is fighting Hodgkins Lymphoma which is treated by chemotherapy...she is recovering well from that and hopefully she fights it all the way...she is such a beautiful girl and person and this album is just pure brilliance...
Website: www.deltagoodrem.com/
8. Frenzal Rhomb - Meet The Family
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Released: 1998
Genre: Punk/Rock
Track Listings
1. Mum Changed the Locks
2. Mr. Charisma
3. There's Your Dad
4. Racist
5. Ship of Beers
6. Be Still My Beating Off
7. I Hate My Brain
8. Ballad of Tim Webster
9. U.S. Anus
10. Constable Care
11. (That's) Just Not Legal
12. Hakimastita
13. Genitals Are Funny
14. All Your Friends
15. Beaded Curtains (Pt. 2)
16. Beaded Curtains (Pt. 3)
17. Guns Don't Kill Ducklings (Ducklings Kill Ducklings)
18. You Can't Move into My House
Standout Tracks
* Mr. Charisma
* U.S. Anus
* All Your Friends
Score: 4.5/5
Review: Frenzal is a bunch of guys who love to play music and love to have fun...which they combine perfectly on all of their albums...With this being their highlight...The album will put a smile on your face if your feeling depressed or pissed off or any negetive emotion...These guys have been so underated and passed off as a joke band...but these guys are really really good musicwise...They are Australia's finest punk band of the past decade...And this album just shows their quality...With their big hit *Mr Charisma*...and their absolute classic *All Your Friends*...its just a classic all round punk album...
Website: www.frenzalrhomb.com.au
9. George - Polyserena
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Released: 2002
Genre: Pop/Rock
Track Listings
1. Release
2. Breaking It Slowly
3. Special Ones
4. Rain
5. Truth
6. Bastard Son
7. Strange Days
8. Chemical Dreams
9. Sellout
10. Run
11. Breathe in Now
12. That's When You Come to Me
13. Spawn
Standout Tracks
* Release
* Special Ones
* Spawn
Score: 5/5
Review: George were the band of 2002...their debut album Polyserena was at least 5 years in the making...Australias biggest music secret was finally given the chance to shine...and shine they did...This is one of the few albums that can send shivers up my spine...Katie's beautiful classical trained voice and her brothers amazing voice come together beautifully with the background of guitars and piano's and various other instruments...As soon as someone asks me to nominate an Australian band to download...this is the first band i will mentioned and not one bad bit of negetive feedback has come back about them...With their brilliant blend of pop/rock and standout songs of *spawn* and *release*...this album is worth its weight in gold...
Website: www.george.net.au
10. Grinspoon - Guide To Better Living
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Released: 1998
Genre: Rock
Track Listings
1. Pressure Tested 1984
2. Boundary
3. DC x 3
4. Sickfest
5. Railrider
6. Scalped
7. Pedestrian
8. Just Ace
9. Post Enebriated Anxiety
10. Repeat
11. NBT
12. Don't Go Away
13. Balding Matters
14. Bad Funk Stripe
15. Champion
16. Truk
17. Protest (Secret track)
Standout Tracks
* DC x 3
* Repeat
* Bad Funk Stripe
Score: 5/5
Review: Australia's premier rock band in my eyes...These guys have had to live in the shadow of the likes of powderfinger, silverchair, etc and have never reached the level of success they have so deserved...This album was their debut album after years of demo's and EP's...and this album was definately a breakthrough and guided them onto bigger and better things...The album delivers on so many levels with their grunge/punk/rock sound...They are Australia's best live act and it shows with 2 years on non stop touring around the country and the world...(if you like this album i have all of their other albums shared in soulseek)...if you love your rock you will love these guys...
Website: www.grinspoon.com.au
Thats it for this lot...hope you found something you like amongst those...I will put the next 5 up either tonight or tomorrow...keep downloading the Australian music in soulseek...anyways thats enough from me...enjoy teh music...
Laters
Cely http://www.klboard.ath.cx/style_images/1/icon12.gif
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yep taht grinspoon album is great although mine got stolen my that dickhead brothe rof an ex :angry:
anyway Alex Lloyd I reckon that is his best album beofre he came comerical too
and btw @3rd Gen Noob typical for someone in the UK to only know Kyle she really is from the UK as far as im conerned she lives there and practilly talks like a pomi :P
lsit list so far celery
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I'll wait for your official reviews of the above albums - then I can make my decision.
And hey - enough with the damned excuses - STFUhttp://www.klboard.ath.cx/style_images/1/icon12.gif
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Still waiting....... :(
Whenever you have the time, Celery. ;)
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