Neon Ballroom is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released in March 1999 by record labels Murmur and Epic.

The album has been described as "heavy rock with orchestral flourishes and synthetic touches with powerfully emotional lyrics" that reflects the personal demons of frontman Daniel Johns due to the band's rapid international success.

[4] From May 1998, Silverchair worked on their third studio album, Neon Ballroom, with Nick Launay (Midnight Oil, Models, The Birthday Party) producing again.

[5][6] The band had originally intended to take a 12-month-break after the release of 1997's Freak Show, but instead chose to devote their time to making new music.

"[11] Gillies, however, would not end up contributing to the songwriting on the band's follow-up album, Diorama (2002), with Johns writing all of the songs.

Neon Ballroom was an overhaul of the band's musical style found on their first two albums, Frogstomp (1995) and Freak Show (1997).

A "Pre-Vitro" mix of the same recording was also released on the Neon Ballroom Limited Edition bonus disc, Volume 1 in 2000, and the Rarities 1994–1999 compilation in 2002.

The Neon Ballroom album version of the song is a complete re-recording, re-titled "Spawn Again", featuring additional lyrics, specifically an entire verse adding to the animal liberation narrative.

"Satin Sheets" was originally called "Punk Song #3" (and was a contender for Freak Show) and "Paint Pastel Princess" was "All the Same to Me".

On initial release in the UK, Neon Ballroom was issued as a limited edition with a bonus enhanced CD (see track listing).

The group eventually signed with Atlantic Records for North and South America, and formed their own label, Eleven: A Music Company (distributed by EMI), with their manager, John Watson for Australia and Asia.

[20] Electric Music Online, who gave it a score of 91%, wrote a highly positive review of the album, and picked "Satin Sheets" and "Miss You Love" as the record's best songs.

[22] Sun-Sentinel writer Marc Weinroth heavily praised Silverchair's ballads on Neon Ballroom, as well as the use of an orchestra on many of the album's songs.

[29] In January 2019, American online magazine Loudwire included Neon Ballroom on their "15 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1999".

Consider that, when a lot of the criticisms were made about Neon Ballroom, it was from the viewpoint of being the most recent studio album for a still-active band.

[5] The US leg had the group playing with The Offspring and Red Hot Chili Peppers, while Silverchair's tour of UK and the rest of Europe had The Living End as the support act.