My Favourite Album

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My Favourite Album was a nation-wide poll conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to discover Australia's most popular album. Voting was by phone, SMS or over the ABC's website between September 20, 2006 to midnight on October 18 2006. Much of the poll's promotion was through the ABC's music trivia program Spicks and Specks and ABC's youth radio station Triple J. The end result, as voted by more than 100,000 viewers[1], had Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon voted Australia's favourite album. The highest Australian artists on the list are Midnight Oil with 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 at #23.[2]

The "Top Ten" results of the voting was aired at 7.30pm on Sunday December 3 2006, on ABC TV, before a studio audience and reviewed by a panel consisting of comedienne Judith Lucy, Australian Idol judge Ian Dickson, Spiderbait musician Kram, singer Renée Geyer, and comedian Chas Licciardello. Between segments of the show, comedian Alan Brough discussed unusual trivia arising from the poll. The show was hosted by Triple J presenter Myf Warhurst. The 90 minute show was rescreened at 3pm on January 7, 2007.

[edit] Top 100

The top 100 albums voted are:

  1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
  2. Grace - Jeff Buckley
  3. OK Computer - Radiohead
  4. Abbey Road - The Beatles
  5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
  6. Nevermind - Nirvana
  7. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
  8. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  9. Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf
  10. The Joshua Tree - U2
  11. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
  12. The Beatles (aka 'The White Album') - The Beatles
  13. Revolver - The Beatles
  14. The Wall - Pink Floyd
  15. The Bends - Radiohead
  16. Hot August Night - Neil Diamond
  17. Harvest - Neil Young
  18. Tapestry - Carole King
  19. Ten - Pearl Jam
  20. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
  21. Ænima - Tool
  22. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
  23. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - Midnight Oil
  24. Diorama - Silverchair
  25. Back In Black - AC/DC
  26. London Calling - The Clash
  27. Eternal Nightcap - The Whitlams
  28. A Night at the Opera - Queen
  29. Doolittle - Pixies
  30. The Sound of White - Missy Higgins
  31. Graceland - Paul Simon
  32. Anthony Callea - Anthony Callea
  33. Achtung Baby - U2
  34. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
  35. Kid A - Radiohead
  36. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
  37. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
  38. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
  39. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
  40. Lateralus - Tool
  41. A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
  42. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
  43. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
  44. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
  45. The Living End - The Living End
  46. Is This It - The Strokes
  47. Neon Ballroom - Silverchair
  48. Hotel California - Eagles
  49. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
  50. Hourly, Daily - You Am I
  51. Disintegration - The Cure
  52. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
  53. Transformer - Lou Reed
  54. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
  55. Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  56. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  57. Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
  58. Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
  59. Absolution - Muse
  60. Blue - Joni Mitchell
  61. Purple Rain - Prince
  62. Arrival - ABBA
  63. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
  64. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
  65. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
  66. East - Cold Chisel
  67. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
  68. Who's Next - The Who
  69. Close to the Edge - Yes
  70. Machine Head - Deep Purple
  71. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
  72. American Idiot - Green Day
  73. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
  74. Kick - INXS
  75. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
  76. Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
  77. Hysteria - Def Leppard
  78. The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
  79. Rattle and Hum - U2
  80. Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem
  81. Whispering Jack - John Farnham
  82. Hi Fi Way - You Am I
  83. The Tension and the Spark - Darren Hayes
  84. Woodface - Crowded House
  85. Throwing Copper - Live
  86. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
  87. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
  88. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
  89. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
  90. Radios Appear - Radio Birdman
  91. Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
  92. Crowded House - Crowded House
  93. Vulture Street - Powderfinger
  94. Hot Fuss - The Killers
  95. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
  96. Frogstomp - Silverchair
  97. Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
  98. Dummy - Portishead
  99. Superunknown - Soundgarden
  100. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/we-love-the-dark-side/2006/12/03/1165080820378.html
  2. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/top100.htm My Favourite Alboum Top 100 Abc.com.au Retrieved December 4 2006.

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