100 Best Australian Albums
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videoheadcleaner 
100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010. According to O'Donnell, "It wouldn't be a good list if it didn't polarise people and we hope that this list will. We also hope that it will get people sitting around comparing their favourites and discovering or re-discovering these great albums and others".
- Chart updated: 10/31/2012 15:51
- (Created: 10/31/2012 15:51).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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100 Best Australian Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 34 | 34% | |
| 1990s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| AC/DC | 2 | 2% | |
| Crowded House | 2 | 2% | |
| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 2 | 2% | |
| Cold Chisel | 2 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 2 | 2% | |
| Hoodoo Gurus | 2 | 2% | |
| You Am I | 2 | 2% | |
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100 Best Australian Albums ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/19/2020 18:49 | Chrispeater | 138 | 82/100 | |
| 05/18/2020 11:00 | Steppenwolf666 | 88 | 89/100 | |
| 01/22/2017 17:47 |  desh79 | 1,274 | 93/100 | |
| 12/12/2014 12:52 | BraddlesHendo | 496 | 91/100 | |
| 11/21/2014 18:14 | mostlymor | 45 | 89/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 84.2/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 17.5.
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Interesting, but only one album from the best band to come from Australia by a long way, Masters Apprentices.
Shocking omission's - A toast to Panama red & Choice cuts, unbelievable.
Some gems are missing from that famous book but you still have to agree with most of it
This is a great list, and a great chart! Read the book and wondered if someone else had compiled a chart from it.
Arthurknight 10/11/2014 02:06 | #123956
getting into the top 30 things begin to become quite solid
Good!
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