Earlier this month we did a countdown of 12 Australian-made albums that we felt were a little (or a lot) underrated. The albums that maybe got a harsher response than they deserved or whose brilliance was overlooked.

It got us thinking about all the Aussie albums that were in fact critically acclaimed or well-received and even commercially successful upon release, but rarely get played or even mentioned today.

These are the albums that were coming through everybody’s speakers a few years ago, but you’ll rarely hear on triple j, your mate’s iPod, or see in the lists of the greatest Aussie albums, even though you really should.

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