Odyssey Number Five is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Powderfinger (lead guitarist Ian Haug pictured), produced by Nick DiDia and released on 4 September 2000. The album was 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 number 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 was also 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 stated 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. Odyssey Number Five was Powderfinger's first album to chart in the United States, and the band toured extensively around North America to promote its release.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1685:

Monmouth Rebellion: The Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England at Bridgwater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth

1887:

Victoria Terminus, now the busiest railway station in India, opened in Bombay on the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Terminus_railway_station

1900:

Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army began a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_International_Legations

1947:

A Mafia hitman murdered gangster Bugsy Siegel in Beverly Hills, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel

1963:

The so-called "red telephone" was established between the White House and the Kremlin, after the Cuban Missile Crisis demonstrated that direct communications between the two nations were necessary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

demagogue: (pejorative) An orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demagogue

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It's time to start believing — Oh yes Believing who you are: You are a shining star.   --Lionel Richie https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie