Seltmann and Chater did not initially think that '' Since I Left You '' would receive much attention . However , the album garnered widespread critical acclaim from the music industry . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , it received an average score of 89 , based on 21 reviews . It became one of the best reviewed albums of 2001 , as well as being the highest rated dance album on that site . The album peaked in the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart and number 12 in Norway on the VG-lista Top 40 Albums Chart . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 , The Avalanches won four awards from nine nominations , including Breakthrough Artist – Album , Best Dance Release and Producer of the Year ( for Chater and Seltmann aka Bobbydazzler ) for '' Since I Left You '' . The fourth award win was for the related single , " Frontier Psychiatrist " as Breakthrough Artist – Single
ARIA Music Awards of 2001
ARIA Music Awards of 2001
Since I Left You