Year | Winner(s) | Album/Single title |
1989 (3rd) |
TISM | "Apathy" |
Eric Bogle | Something of Value |
Flederman | Flederman |
Larry Sitsky | Contemporary Australian Piano |
The Spliffs | "Sixteen" |
1990 (4th) |
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight | This Machine Is Made of People |
Dubrovniks | Dubrovnik Blues |
Girl Monstar | "Surfing on a Wave"/"He's Hell" |
Sirocco | Port of Call |
Various Artists | Rockin' Bethlehem |
1991 (5th) |
The Killjoys | Ruby |
Blue Ruin | I'm Gonna Smile |
Girl Monstar | "Joe Cool" |
Roaring Jack | Through the Smoke of Innocence |
Various Artists | Rockin Bethlehem: The Second Coming |
1992 (6th) |
Not Drowning, Waving | Proof |
The Aints | Ascension |
Def FX | Water |
Ed Kuepper | Honey Steel's Gold |
Underground Lovers | Underground Lovers |
1993 (7th) |
Ed Kuepper | Black Ticket Day |
The Jackson Code | Strange Cargo |
Def FX | Blink (EP) |
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams | Welcome to Violet |
TISM | Beasts of Suburban |
1994 (8th) |
Ed Kuepper | Serene Machine |
The Jackson Code | Dragging the River |
Juice | Movin' On |
Dave Steel | Cross My Palm |
Brenda Webb | "Little Black Girl" |
1995 (9th) |
TISM | Machiavelli and the Four Seasons |
Def FX | Ritual Eternal |
Ed Kuepper | Character Assassination |
Magic Dirt | Life Was Better |
Single Gun Theory | Flow, River of My Soul |
1996 (10th) |
You Am I | Hourly, Daily |
Custard | Wisenheimer |
Ed Kuepper | The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper |
TISM | "Greg! The Stop Sign!!" |
Underground Lovers | Rushall Station |
1997 (11th) |
Savage Garden | Savage Garden |
Deadstar | "Don't it Get You Down" |
Dirty Three | Horse Stories |
Ed Kuepper | Frontierland |
Even | Less Is More |
1998 (12th) |
The Whitlams | Eternal Nightcap |
The Blackeyed Susans | Spin the Bottle |
Karma County | Olana |
The Living End | "Second Solution / Prisoner of Society" |
TISM | www.tism.wanker.com |
1999 (13th) |
Josh Abrahams | Sweet Distorted Holiday |
Crawlspace | "Away" |
Diana Ah Naid | "Oh No (Curbside Lullaby)" |
Pauline Pantsdown | "I Don't Like It" |
Pre-Shrunk | "Triple A Side" |
2000 (14th) |
S2S | "Sister" |
Diana Ah Naid | I Don't Thing I'm Pregnant |
iOTA | The Hip Bone Connection |
Skulker | Too Fat for Tahiti |
Stella One Eleven | "Only Good for Conversation" |
2001 (15th) |
John Butler Trio | Three |
Allan Browne's New Rascals | East St Kilda Toodleoo |
Nitocris | Manic |
Pre-Shrunk | Digital Sunrise |
Stella One Eleven | In Your Hands |
2002 (16th) |
1200 Techniques | "Karma (What Goes Around)" |
Icecream Hands | "Rain Hail Shine" |
Killing Heidi | Heavensent |
Lisa Miller | Car Tape |
The Waifs | London Still |
2003 (17th) |
The Waifs | Up All Night |
1200 Techniques | "Eye of the Storm" |
Diesel | Hear |
John Butler Trio | Living |
The Mess Hall | Feeling Sideways |
2004 (18th) |
John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea |
Butterfingers | Breakfast at Fatboys |
Jebediah | Braxton Hicks |
The Waifs | "Bridal Train" |
Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males | Sing the Tabloid Blues |
2005 (19th) |
Ben Lee | Awake Is the New Sleep |
Architecture in Helsinki | In Case We Die |
Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets | Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets |
Lior | Autumn Flow |
The Waifs | A Brief History... |
2006 (20th) |
Hilltop Hoods | The Hard Road |
Ben Lee | "We're All in This Together" |
Gotye | Like Drawing Blood |
The John Butler Trio | Live at St. Gallen |
Lior | Doorways of My Mind |
2007 (21st) |
The John Butler Trio | Grand National |
Gotye | Mixed Blood |
Hilltop Hoods | The Hard Road: Restrung |
Sneaky Sound System | Sneaky Sound System |
Wolf & Cub | Vessels |
2008 (22nd) |
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Gurrumul |
Ben Lee | Ripe |
British India | Thieves |
Lior | Corner of an Endless Road |
Midnight Juggernauts | Dystopia |
2009 (23rd) |
Bertie Blackman | Secrets and Lies |
C. W. Stoneking | Jungle Blues |
Dappled Cities | Zounds |
Sneaky Sound System | 2 |
The Drones | Havilah |
2010 (24th) |
Sia | We Are Born |
Art vs. Science | Magic Fountain |
Dan Sultan | Get Out While You Can |
Eddy Current Suppression Ring | Rush to Relax |
John Butler Trio | April Uprising |
2011 (25th) |
Art vs. Science | The Experiment |
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Rrakala |
John Butler Trio | Live at Red Rocks |
Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses | Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses |
The Jezabels | "Dark Storm" |
2012 (26th) |
The Jezabels | Prisoner |
Dappled Cities | Lake Air |
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp | Songs of the Southern Skies |
San Cisco | Awkward |
The Bamboos | Medicine Man |
2013 (27th) |
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Push the Sky Away |
Big Scary | Not Art |
San Cisco | San Cisco |
Sheppard | "Let Me Down Easy" |
The Drones | I See Seaweed |
2014 (28th) |
Chet Faker | Built on Glass |
Dan Sultan | Blackbird |
Sheppard | Bombs Away |
Vance Joy | "Mess Is Mine" |
Violent Soho | "Saramona Said" |
2015 (29th) |
Courtney Barnett | Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit |
Hermitude | Dark Night Sweet Light |
Jarryd James | "Do You Remember" |
Paul Kelly | The Merri Soul Sessions |
Vance Joy | Dream Your Life Away |
2016 (30th) |
Flume | Skin |
Jarryd James | Thirty One |
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Nonagon Infinity |
Sia | This Is Acting |
Violent Soho | WACO |
2017 (31st) |
A.B. Original | Reclaim Australia |
Dan Sultan | Killer |
Sia | "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |
Tash Sultana | Notion |
Vance Joy | "Lay It on Me" |
2018 (32nd) |
Gurrumul | Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow) |
Angus & Julia Stone | Snow |
Courtney Barnett | Tell Me How You Really Feel |
DMA's | For Now |
Pnau | "Go Bang" |
2019 (33rd) |
Tones and I | The Kids Are Coming |
Angie McMahon | Salt |
G Flip | About Us |
Julia Jacklin | Crushing |
The Teskey Brothers | Run Home Slow |
2020 (34th) |
Sampa the Great | The Return |
Archie Roach | Tell Me Why |
DMA's | The Glow |
Lime Cordiale | 14 Steps to a Better You |
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ghosteen |
2021 (35th) |
Genesis Owusu | Smiling with No Teeth |
Archie Roach | The Songs of Charcoal Lane |
Ball Park Music | Ball Park Music |
Emma Donovan & The Pushbacks | Crossover |
Vance Joy | "Missing Piece" |
2022 (36th) |
Archie Roach | "One Song" |
Ball Park Music | Weirder & Weirder |
Courtney Barnett | Things Take Time, Take Time |
Genesis Owusu | "GTFO" |
Julia Jacklin | Pre Pleasure |
2023 (37th) |
Genesis Owusu | Struggler |
Cub Sport | Jesus at the Gay Bar |
Dan Sultan | Dan Sultan |
G Flip | Drummer |
Kylie Minogue | "Padam Padam" |