Crowded House's Entire Studio Album Catalogue Is Back In The ARIA Albums Chart Top 100

12 November 2016 | 5:00 pm | Staff Writer

While Bon Jovi strolls to #1, as expected

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At a time where Bon Jovi proved they still have what it takes to turn in a #1 debut — their new album This House Is Not For Sale did just that this week — it may seem odd that we've chosen to focus first and foremost on something totally away from the new faces this week. 

But come on, re-think the implications of that headline: Crowded House have all six of their studio albums currently in the ARIA Albums Chart top 100, in addition to a couple of their compilation releases. That's nothing to scoff at nor undersell, especially when we kind of expected Bon Jovi to hit the gold standard anyway.

The first of those re-entries for the local legends, The Very Very Best Of Crowded House, actually turns in the highest result of the returning albums, settling in just inside the top 40 at #39; next come four studio albums — 1991's Woodface (#45), 1986's Crowded House (#46), 1988's Temple Of Low Men (#53) and 1993's Together Alone (#54) — with the staunch effort rounded out by 1999 compilation Afterglow (#61) and remaining LPs Intriguer (2010, #66) and Time On Earth (2007, #96).

That's not to undersell the results of Bon Jovi's nearest competitors, of course; naturally, Birds Of Tokyo's #3 debut for their new album, Brace, is a plaudit-worthy outcome, as is the #4 landing for Robbie Williams' new work, The Heavy Entertainment Show.

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Perhaps most surprisingly — and that's not meant derisively, it's just genuinely unexpected — veteran Melbourne rapper PEZ waltzes into the top 10 with Don't Look Down, which earns him a super-solid debut placing at #7.

Fellow newbies inside the top 20 include Alicia KeysHere (#14) and Client Liaison'Diplomatic Immunity, which steps out one rung below at #15. The Voice Australia season-two winner Harrison Craig rounds out the top-40 debutantes, landing ahead of the cut-off with Kings Of Vegas at #36.

In the Singles chart, James Arthur holds onto his #1 position for a fifth week with Say You Won't Let Go, taken from his album Back From The Edge, while we see big movement up the ladder from Neiked and Sexual, up 14 rungs this week to hit a new high of #7 in its third week in the top 50. Nevada slides into the top 10 at #9 with The Mack, featuring Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap, while ocal faves Peking Duk put in a solid turn with Stranger (ft. Elliphant), rising seven places in its third week to hit a fresh peak of #12.

Meanwhile, controversial US DJs The Chainsmokers make their sixth entry into the top 50, with their new Collage EP picking up the #23 spot, including previous singles Don't Let Me Down (#3 in April), Closer (#1 in August) and All We Know (#8 in October).