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Vulture Street is the fifth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released on 29 July 2003, on Universal Records. Produced by Nick DiDia, Vulture Street was certified platinum, and spent 47 weeks on the ARIA Charts and peaked at #1. Singles from the album included "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind", "Since You've Been Gone", "Love Your Way" and "Sunsets".

The album received nominations for ARIA Awards in five different categories in 2003, which included "Album of the Year", "Best Group" and "Best Rock Album". Vulture Street also received the award for "Best Cover Art", which featured Czech supermodel Eva Herzigová. The track "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" ranked in at #4 on the Triple J Hottest 100 poll in 2003.

Vulture Street was described by certain critics as "a rawer, louder, but by no means unrefined" album. The title of the album was taken from a street in the Brisbane bohemian inner suburb of West End, Queensland, a city in which all Powderfinger members grew up in.