Internationalist
by Powderfinger
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Powderfinger bestography
Internationalist is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Powderfinger on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Powderfinger is Odyssey Number Five which is ranked number 2775 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 566.
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Internationalist track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Internationalist rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 63 Music Albums of 1998 | 62/63 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 45/100 | 56 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 3/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 57 Music Albums of 1998 | 18/57 | 4 |
| 2026 |  TerryTezza | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 37/100 | 63 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 46 Music Albums of 1998 | 25/46 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  rambleon80 | Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time | 18/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 392 | |||
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Internationalist ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/30/2026 02:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 08:41 | Purplepash | 4,988 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2025 12:18 | cicadelic | 13,897 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 70.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza Purplepash 01/14/2026 09:09 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 01/05/2017 20:11 in My discoveries per yearInternationalist comments
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TerryTezza 06/20/2019 00:54 | #237909 | TOP COMMENT
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A great album by this Aussie band from Brisbane. Passenger stands as one of my all time favourite songs.
Brad1770 11/09/2018 02:18 | #224159 | TOP COMMENT
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Powderfinger's 'Internationalist' is a tale of 2 sides
Side A is all but perfect that crackles with energy and fizz with tracks such as "Hindley Street" , "Belter" "Passenger" and "Don't Wanna Be Left Out"
Flip the record and it's as if the energy has been sucked out and feel's languid in part's being quite the let down following the Side A high . "Trading Places" , "Private Man" , "Over My Head" , "Capoicity" and closer "Lemon Sunset" some how feel out of place and brings things to a whimper close
The 2018 20th Anniversary re-issue with B-sides and bonus tracks reveals a lost opportunity as there are a handful of tracks that could have and should have been included
I would recommend the following revised track order
Side A
No change - perfect !
Side B
Maxwell's Great Mistake (B-Side)
Polly (B-Side)
Celebrity Head
Ironical (B-Side)
Corner Boy (B-Side)
That Old Trick (B-Side)
Original Issue: Side A 100/100 , Side B 40/100
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