Today AIR announces the Greatest Australian

Independent Albums of All Time.

For three months AIR consulted musicians, songwriters, journalists, radio announcers and music industry folk in order to create a shortlist of 50 nominated albums. The shortlist is a snapshot of our musical heritage. 5 decades of independent music in Australia has influenced the social and cultural fabric of this country and others. We’re proud to call them independent and even more proud to call them Australian.

The Top 50 was presented to the music loving public for voting and after collating thousands of votes from all over the world, we now announce the winners of our poll. The Greatest Australian Independent Albums of All Time, from one through to 50.

1. The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional

2. The Saints -  (I’m) Stranded/No Time

3. Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos

4. The Go Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express

5. Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil

6. The Avalanches - Since I Left You

7. Ed Kuepper - Honey Steels Gold

8. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear

9. Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys

10. AC/DC - Back In Black

11. Died Pretty - Doughboy Hollow

12. The Go Betweens - Before Hollywood

13. INXS - INXS

14. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman’s Call

15. Dirty Three - Horse Stories

16. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

17. The Drones - Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By  

18. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son

19. Silverchair - Diorama

20. The Whitlams - Eternal Nightcap

21. Ed Kuepper -  Electrical Storm

22. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire

23. Gotye - Like Drawing Blood

24. The Laughing Clowns - Mr. Uddich Smuddich Goes to Town

25. The John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea

26. Nick Cave and the Badseeds - Let Love In

27. Flowers - Icehouse

28. The Go-Betweens - Send Me A Lullaby

29. Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road

30. Magic Dirt - Friends In Danger

31. The Necks - Sex

32. X - X-Aspirations

33. Beasts of Bourbon - The Low Road

34. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Suppression Ring

35. Mondo Rock - Chemistry

36. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Cheap

37. Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane

38. Cosmic Psychos - Go the Hack

39. Cog - The New Normal

40. AC/DC - High Voltage

41. AC/DC - TNT

42. The Loved Ones - Magic Box

43. Died Pretty - Free Dirt

44. The Hard Ons - Yummy!

45. Tumbleweed - Tumbleweed

46. Snout - Circle High And Wide

47. Scientists - You Get What You Deserve

48.  Jeff Lang - You Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy

49. Spencer P. Jones and The Last Gasp - Last Gasp

50. Kim Salmon and the Surrealists - Just Because You Can’t See It… Doesn’t Mean it isn’t There

The results speak for themselves. Amazing albums, some that have achieved worldwide recognition as classics and others that have been lauded by a cult few but sadly cheated of commercial success. Now is the time to recognise them all.

The Australian part of the ID08 Auction has begun!

There are some amazing prizes, including vinyl pressing, CD manufacturing, mastering sessions with Australia’s leading mastering engineers, recording and engineering