Midnight Oil Better Than AC/DC? (Top Story)

12/29/2010
. Midnight Oil Better Than AC/DC? was a top story in October. Here it is again as we recap 2010: (Gibson) A new book titled The 100 Best Australian Albums ranks the best releases by Aussie artists in rock history.

Authors Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell have compiled 100 albums from the past 50-plus years and ranked them in order.

In the final list, AC/DC's legendary 1980 album Back in Black came in at #2, edged out by Midnight Oil's 1988 release, Diesel and Dust. The full list, includes many famous acts from down under, including INXS, Men at Work, The Bee Gees, Crowded House, The Avalanches and Kylie Minogue. - more on this story

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