Neon Ballroom
by Silverchair

Neon Ballroom by Silverchair
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 4,191st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 106 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (58th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (688th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,191st)

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Silverchair bestography

Neon Ballroom is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Silverchair on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Silverchair is Diorama which is ranked number 3585 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 411.

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Neon Ballroom
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Neon Ballroom track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Neon Ballroom rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,191st | 1990s rank: 688th | 1999 rank: 58th
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2026 ExTeaSeaTop 89 Music Albums of 199967/891
2026mrmcrookTop 42 Music Albums of 199913/424
2026 TheDarkOrbTop 51 Music Albums of 19999/514
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199921/1004
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 19999/1005
2025 paladisiac1990s 60rating (60), #0001-0100*63/81 -
2025 Patman360Top 84 Music Albums of 199972/841
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (60), #0301-0400*67/95 -
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 199981/1001
2025 rambleon80Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time66/100 -
2025 PurplepashTop 68 Music Albums of 19998/684
2024 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199964/1002
2024 PAPPITUFOTop 100 Music Albums of 1999100/1000
2024 jeremy9Top 100 Music Albums of 199927/1004
2024spoon836Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s78/1005
2023 zwiebelTop 100 Music Albums of 19994/1005
2023 TheDude85Best Below The Belt (Equator) Music18/32 -
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 199952/1002
2023TrueMrFeast6900Top 11 Greatest Music Albums3/1160
2023Moondance1990's: albums 101 - 2009/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 68
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 343
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 106 votes)
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03/21/2026 16:33 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,40573/100
 
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12/23/2025 23:02 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,12433/100
 
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06/10/2025 23:45 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,04777/100
 
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10/06/2024 17:36 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,14082/100
 
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04/01/2024 10:50 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,33567/100

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75/100
From 06/10/2025 23:47 | #309381
Even though they were still very young, they'd progressed, broadened and matured quite noticeably. Well done to them. They'd expanded the tunes with more complex arrangements and bought in more instruments for a bigger sound. It's very melodic metal due to the vocals. It's a pretty good album.
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From 09/16/2019 15:20 | #242679
very underrated post grunge album and band
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65/100
From 09/07/2019 12:43 | #242319
Only one very good song , the rest is poor
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80/100
From 04/28/2016 16:05 | #164780
After 2 run of the mill 90's alternative grunge albums, Neon Ballroom follows with and attempt to branch out.

The album is uneven with melodic pop songs intermixed with rehashed grunge songs.

I prefer the direction Silverchair is heading on songs like Emotion Sickness, Steam WIll Rise, Miss You Love. These all point to the direction they are heading on the fantastic Diorama that comes next

They still aren't able to leave their roots with blah rockers like Spawn Again, Satin Sheets, and Dearest Helpless

This is 2nd best Silverchair with 4 or 5 keeper songs.
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From 03/26/2016 09:25 | #162617
I really like the song 'anthem for the year 2000'.
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85/100
From 05/23/2014 06:42 | #112724
The album as a whole is a little unbalanced. The first three tracks rock. Black Tangled Heart, Miss You Love and Paint Pastel Princess are strong points on the album as well. Unfortunately, the other half of the album isn't very interesting. Despite their carbon-copying early on, I always saw this band as the bright spot amidst the post-grunge era that birthed the unbearable likes of Bush, Puddle of Mudd, Live, Smashmouth, Everclear, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Taproot, Nickelback, Pinback, etc.
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60/100
From 05/13/2013 17:26 | #75999
The boys were trying... INstead of being carbon copies, they went for their own sound, and whiffed a bit. Mediocre.
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80/100
From 11/20/2011 02:04 | #30877
Trails off at the end but has some classics early on. Emotion Sickness is amazing. Point Of View is great as well.
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