:: Various Artists - Triple J's Hottest 100: Volume 12

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Triple J‘s 'Hottest 100’ has become something of a national phenomenon with many people throwing parties and barbies to help celebrate the cause. And so we come to Volume 12. Two discs, 40 tracks, and thousands of votes make up this fair collection. From opener and everybody‘s fave tune of last year, 'Take Me Out’ by Franz Ferdinand to closer, where we remember Elliot Smith (‘Memory Lane’), there‘s very little not to like. New acts such as The Killers, Devendra Banhart, Wolfmother, Lior, Evermore etc sit comfortably alongside regular hottest 100 entrants Spiderbait, Ben Folds, Grinspoon, Faithless, Regurgitator. Along with the often brilliant – 'Float On’ (Modest Mouse), ‘Somersault’ (Decoder Ring) and ‘Don't U Eva’ (Sarah Blasko) - there‘s also the more mediocre or annoying tunes - 'Common People (William Shatner), 'Beautiful To Me’ (Little Birdy) and ‘Coi n Operated Boy’ (The Dresden Dolls). Generally though, ‘Hottest 100: Volume 12’ is a well rounded assemblage of songs to reminisce 2004 by.