# Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, 2011

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, 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.
| # | 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 | 2008 | | | |
| 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 | 1, 6, 14, 41, 54 |
| 5 | Silverchair | 2, 22, 27, 43, 70 |
| 4 | Powderfinger | 1, 6, 14, 41 |
| 4 | Ian Kenny | 30, 32, 39, 45 |
| 3 | Grinspoon | 12, 58, 99 |
| 3 | Hilltop Hoods | 16, 23, 85 |
| 3 | Midnight Oil | 21, 33, 55 |
| 3 | John Butler Trio | 24, 53, 63 |
| 3 | Paul Dempsey | 40, 72, 94 |
| 2 | AC/DC | 3, 73 |
| 2 | The Presets | 7, 71 |
| 2 | Regurgitator | 10, 44 |
| 2 | Crowded House | 13, 18 |
| 2 | You Am I | 26, 35 |
| 2 | The Cat Empire | 28, 100 |
| 2 | Karnivool | 30, 45 |
| 2 | Angus & Julia Stone | 31, 38 |
| 2 | Birds of Tokyo | 32, 39 |
| 2 | Something for Kate | 40, 72 |
| 2 | Cold Chisel | 42, 65 |
| 2 | Luke Steele | 46, 78 |
| 2 | Nick Littlemore | 46, 89 |
| 2 | Eskimo Joe | 47, 87 |
| 2 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 52, 98 |
| 2 | Sarah Blasko | 59, 74 |
| 2 | Pendulum | 61, 77 |
| 2 | Bliss n Eso | 66, 67 |
| 2 | 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.