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Diorama by Silverchair
Diorama is an album by Silverchair, released in 2002. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 8 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Greatest View”, on 4 lists with a best position of #10.
Diorama, Silverchair's fourth album, came out on 31 March 2002 through Atlantic and Eleven, and it's the sound of the Newcastle, New South Wales trio burying their grunge beginnings under strings. After a 12-month break following Neon Ballroom, Daniel Johns wrote most of it at the piano instead of on guitar, then co-produced it with David Bottrill, his first time in the producer's chair. Composer Van Dyke Parks came aboard, and the record swoons and swells with orchestral arrangements and big power ballads, Ben Gillies on drums and Chris Joannou on bass steering through far stranger terrain than Frogstomp ever asked of them.
The title points to a world within a world, which suits an album this lush and inward-looking. Critics were cooler than before, but the public wasn't: it debuted at number one in Australia, sold past 210,000 copies and swept five ARIA Awards in 2002, Best Group and Best Rock Album among them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Diorama on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Greatest View | 4 | #10 | – | 2002–2008 | |
| 2 | Without You | 1 | #25 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | Luv Your Life | 1 | #35 | – | 2002 | |
| 4 | Across the Night | 1 | #62 | – | 2002 | |
| 5 | World Upon Your Shoulders | 1 | #76 | – | 2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.