Odyssey Number Five

Odyssey Number Five
Studio album by
Powderfinger
Released4 September 2000
20 March 2001 (U.S. release)
Recorded1999–2000
GenreAlternative rock
Length45:26
LabelUniversal Music
ProducerNick DiDia
Powderfinger chronology
The Triple M Acoustic Sessions
(1998) 		Odyssey Number Five
(2000) 		Vulture Street
(2003)
Singles from Odyssey Number Five
  1. "My Kind of Scene"
    Released: 2000
  2. "My Happiness"
    Released: 24 August 2000[1]
  3. "Like a Dog"
    Released: January 2001[2]
  4. "The Metre"
    "    Waiting for the Sun    "
    Released: 27 June 2001[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert Christgau(dud)[5]
CMJ(favourable)[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
New Straits Times(favourable)[9]
New York Post(highly favourable)[10]
The New Zealand Herald[11]
PopMatters(favourable)[12]
Q[13]

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 and Best Rock Album.[14] The album is the band's shortest yet, focusing on social, political, and emotional issues that had appeared in prior works, especially Internationalist.

The album produced four singles. The most successful, "My Happiness", reached #4 on the ARIA Singles Chart, won the 2001 ARIA Music Award for "Single of the Year", and topped Triple J's Hottest 100 in 2000. The album also featured "These Days", which topped Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1999. The album ranked at number 1 in Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time poll in 2011.

Many critics lauded the album as Powderfinger's best work, one stating that the album was "the Finger's Crowning Glory"; however, others were critical of the "imitation" contained in the album. Overall, the album won five ARIA Music Awards in 2001 and was certified platinum seven times, and earned an eighth in 2004. Odyssey Number Five was Powderfinger's first album to chart in the United States, as well as the most successful to chart in the U.S. and the band extensively toured North America to promote its release.

  1. ^ https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Powderfinger&titel=My+Happiness&cat=s [bare URL]
  2. ^ https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Powderfinger&titel=Like+A+Dog&cat=s [bare URL]
  3. ^ https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Powderfinger&titel=The+Metre&cat=s [bare URL]
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  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Powerderfinger". Retrieved 31 January 2008.
  6. ^ "Powderfinger: Odyssey Number Five". CMJ. 26 March 2001. p. 12.
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  8. ^ Appleford, Steve (18 March 2001). "Powderfinger: Odyssey Number Five". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  9. ^ Leo, Christie (17 June 2001). "Aussies rock with promise". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  10. ^ Aquilante, Dan (20 March 2001). "No Sugar Coating For Killing Heidi's Aussie-Pop". New York Post. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  11. ^ Baillie, Russell (16 December 2000). "Powderfinger: Odyssey Number Five". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference popmatters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Powderfinger: Odyssey Number Five". Q. June 2001. p. 113.
  14. ^ "Billboard". 7 October 2000.