An article about the 40 best Australian albums of all time, including the Hunters and Collectors album Human Frailty.

Author: Jennifer Lavis-Quinlin, The AU Review.

Date: 21 November 2025.

Original URL: https://www.theaureview.com/music/40-best-australian-albums-of-all-time-part-two-20-to-number-1/

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15. Hunters and Collectors – Human Frailty

Released in 1986, Human Frailty became a high-rotation album for me when I entered my pub rock era in the 1990s. It’s impossible for me to hear this album without instantly being transported to the iconic Selina’s at Coogee Bay Hotel, with the floors and walls throbbing to the massive low end of H&C. Accompanied by their punchy horn section, I can still hear the well-lubricated, predominantly male audience belting out “you don’t make me feel like I’m a woman anymore” from ‘Say Goodbye’. One of H&C’s most popular tracks, ’Throw Your Arms Around Me’ features large on this album, and always guarantees full crowd involvement. Human Frailty is the heart of my H&C collection, and will always remind me of Australian summer road trips and hot and sweaty nights in Sydney pubs.

– Jennifer Lavis-Quinlin

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