[Last Sinner]

Quick runover for the non-Aussies who aren't familiar with this poll - Every year, semi-alternate radio station Triple J runs a poll called the Hottest 100. It usually takes an annual format but occasionally they do an 'of All Time' one. It is officially the most voted for music poll in the world since its creation in the late 1980s.

I'd been hoping they'd do an 'of All Time' one since the one they did in 1998. Because that was a good list. However, I think this one may be better.

100. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
99. Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio
98. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
97. Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
96. Daft Punk - One More Time
95. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
94. Modest Mouse - Float On
93. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
92. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
91. AC/DC - Back In Black
90. Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
89. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
88. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
87. Coldplay - Yellow
86. The Beatles - Come Together
85. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
84. Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman No Cry
83. Placebo - Every You, Every Me
82. System Of A Down - Chop Suey
81. Pulp - Common People
80. The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
79. David Bowie - Life on Mars
78. Smashing Pumpkins - Today
77. Gotye - Heart's A Mess
76. The Stone Roses - Fools Gold
75. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
74. Nirvana - Lithium
73. The Clash - London Calling
72. The Shins - New Slang
71. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
70. The Prodigy - Breathe
69. Jeff Buckley - Grace
68. Blink 182 - Dammit
67. Ben Folds Five - Brick
66. Elton John - Tiny Dancer
65. Underworld - Born Slippy
64. Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
63. AC/DC - Thunderstruck
62. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
61. Blur - Song 2
60. Johnny Cash - Hurt
59. Augie March - One Crowded Hour
58. Daft Punk - Around The World
57. Tool - Forty Six & 2
56. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over
55. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
54. The Cure - Close To Me
53. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
52. You Am I - Berlin Chair
51. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
50. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
49. Guns 'N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
48. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
47. John Butler Trio - Betterman
46. Faith No More - Epic
45. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
44. The Beatles - Hey Jude
43. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
42. Bloc Party - Banquet
41. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
40. Nirvana - Come As You Are
39. Pearl Jam - Better Man
38. The Killers - Mr Brightside
37. Tool - Stinkfist
36. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
35. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
34. The Living End - Prisoner Of Society
33. Silverchair - Tomorrow
32. New Order - Blue Monday
31. Metallica - Enter Sandman
30. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
29. Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
28. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
27. Powderfinger - My Happiness
26. Michael Jackson - Thriller
25. Pearl Jam - Alive
24. The Beatles - A Day in the Life
23. Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
22. Massive Attack - Teardrop
21. Powderfinger - These Days
20. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
19. Metallica - One
18. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
17. Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
16. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
15. Radiohead - Karma Police
14. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
13. Radiohead - Creep
12. Oasis - Wonderwall
11. John Lennon - Imagine
10. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
9. Foo Fighters - Everlong
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
7. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
5. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
3. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
2. Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit


You may have a few quibbles with it, I guess I have a few. But damn, that is a bloody good list. Stoked to see Radiohead's value has increased over time and the The Verve got in as high as #14. Lot more Aussie representation this time too. I guess #1 was obvious, but it's still as worthy as ever.