Odyssey Number Five
by Powderfinger

Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 2,776th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (52nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (458th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,776th)

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Odyssey Number Five is ranked as the best album by Powderfinger.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,776th | 2000s rank: 458th | 2000 rank: 52nd
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 75 Music Albums of 20002/755
2026BraddlesHendoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums49/10051
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s13/10018
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Greatest Music Albums77/10024
2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 101-20027/100 -
2026 paladisiac2000s, #201-300*52/68 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s42/10012
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s86/1003
2025 PurplepashTop 88 Music Albums of 200011/884
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 200026/1004
2025MoondanceTop 100 Greatest Music Albums77/10023
2025mrmcrookTop 47 Music Albums of 20002/475
2025RobininthetreeTop 40 Greatest Music Albums18/4052
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s11/10018
2025stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of 200015/1004
2025 TerryTezzaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums5/10088
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 20003/1005
2025 rambleon80Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time16/100 -
2025 paladisiactop albums, #2001-2100*19/80 -
2025joathomeTop 58 Music Albums of 200030/583
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 74
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 558
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 79 votes)
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80/100
 
02/28/2026 01:28 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
90/100
 
07/23/2025 02:09 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,04677/100
 
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07/15/2025 22:02 rfowler  Ratings distribution  44385/100
 
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06/10/2025 12:56 MarkusN  Ratings distribution  93378/100
 
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06/03/2025 10:33 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,31173/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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90/100
From 07/23/2025 02:13 | #310254
I would deem this their magnum opus. So many of their best songs on this. No weak spots. Truly great record. Fucking gold
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From 10/08/2024 09:34 | #305579
Found Powderfinger bit boring their first few albums. Odyssey 5 Is certainly one of the best albums I’ve ever heard . Classic in Australian culture
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From 07/23/2022 00:12 | #287743
This is highly un-Australian of me, but I listened to this album yesterday and was pretty unimpressed. It's fine, I guess, but nothing I haven't heard before from countless alt-rock bands. The songs are well-written, but again, there's nothing much that's unique about them either in composition, arrangement or production. My Happiness is a great pop song, though, I'll give them that much.
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From 06/20/2019 00:52 | #237908
This is the perfect album from start to finish and the connection of the first and last song is very clever and brilliant musically. Every song is great but My Happiness is their gem along with Like A Dog, My Kind Of Scene and These Days. The album was voted best Australian album of all time on the Australian alternative channel Triple J and is thoroughly deserved. Do yourself a favour and listen to this great album of clever rock n roll
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