''Great Australian Albums'' was an Australian TV documentary series, which was broadcast on

SBS-TV The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World ...

for two seasons (2007 and 2008) of four episodes each. The first season commenced on 28 July 2007 and was written by

Toby Creswell Toby Creswell (born 21 May 1955) is an Australian music journalist and pop-culture writer. He was editor of ''Rolling Stone'' (Australia) and a founding editor of ''Juice''. In 1986, he co-wrote, with Martin Fabinyi, his first book, ''Too Much ...

with Larry Meltzer directing, while Creswell and Meltzer were co-producers for

Mushroom Pictures Mushroom Pictures is an Australian film production and distribution company which is part of the Mushroom Records group. It was formed in 1993 in association with Regular Records to produce music related documentaries. In 1995 they announced they ...

. Each 52-minute episode was presented by Creswell and dealt with a separate Australian album. It received funding from

Film Finance Corporation Australia The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) was the government agency responsible for funding commercial productions of Australian film, documentary, and television from 1988 to 2008. Unlike other publicly funded organisations responsible for f ...

(FFC). Season two, which was broadcast from 6 September 2008, followed the same format with Creswell and Meltzer reprising their roles except it was co-produced by Creswell with Danielle Kelly. Season one episodes were: Silverchair's ''

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'' (2002) broadcast on 28 July 2007, Crowded House's ''

Woodface ''Woodface'' is the third studio album by New Zealand-Australian band Crowded House. The album was produced by Mitchell Froom and Neil Finn and was released by Capitol in July 1991. It features five singles "Chocolate Cake", "Fall at Your Feet" ...

'' (1991) on 4 August, The Triffid's ''

Born Sandy Devotional ''Born Sandy Devotional'' is an album by The Triffids, released in March 1986. The songs were written by David McComb. The album was recorded at Mark Angelo Studios in London in August 1985 with Gil Norton co-producing with the band, and mixed ...

'' (1986) on 11 August, and finished on 18 August, with the Saints' '' (I'm) Stranded'' (1976). The episodes were issued on DVDs by SBS and distributed by Madman Entertainment in late 2007. Season two described the Go-Betweens' '' 16 Lovers Lane'' (1988), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ''

Murder Ballads ''Murder Ballads'' is the ninth studio album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, released in 1996 on Mute Records. As its title suggests, the album consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often ...

'' (1996), Hunters & Collectors' ''

Human Frailty ''Human Frailty'' is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Hunters & Collectors, which was released on 7 April 1986. It was a commercial and critical success. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums C ...

'' (1986), and Powderfinger's ''

Odyssey Number Five ''Odyssey Number Five'' is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock band Powderfinger, produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000 by Universal Music. It won the 2001 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album, Best Group a ...

'' (2000). Season two episodes were released on DVDs in late 2008.

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