Trophy Night

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{{Infobox album

| name = Trophy Night : The Best of Weddings Parties Anything

| type = compilation

| artist = Weddings Parties Anything

| cover = Wpa - trophy_night.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 25, 1998

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock / Folk rock

| length = 76:17

| label = Mushroom Records

| producer = Alan Thorne / Jim Dickinson / Paul Kosky / Cameron Craig / Chris Dickie

| prev_title = River'esque

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = They Were Better Live

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Singles

| name = {{nowrap|Trophy Night}}

| type = studio

| single1 = Anthem

| single1date = 1998

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r379199|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Trophy Night : The Best of Weddings Parties Anything is a compilation album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. It comprises songs from the band's seven studio albums together with two new tracks: "Anthem" and "Traffic Goes By", together with a cover of The Triffids' "Wide Open Road".

Trophy Night was also released for a limited time with a bonus disc Benched, a collection of unreleased demos and assorted B-sides.{{cite web|url=http://www.mickthomas.com/discog.html|title=Mick Thomas Discography|publisher=Michael Thomas|accessdate=5 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929115510/http://www.mickthomas.com/discog.html|archivedate=29 September 2011}}

In early August 1998, Weddings, Parties, Anything announced that they were calling it a day, one month before this long-planned retrospective was to be released.{{cite encyclopedia |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'Wedding Parties Anything' |url=//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 |accessdate=5 November 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040615081622/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 |archivedate=June 15, 2004 }} The material for this best-of was compiled by allowing fans to pick heir favorite songs through the band's website.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r379199|pure_url=yes}} |title=Trophy Night - Wedding Parties Anything|publisher=Allmusic|last=Badgley|first=Aaron|author-link=Aaron Badgley |accessdate=5 November 2009}} All the band's original songs on the album are written by Mick Thomas. Dave Steel wrote 5 songs on the first albums but none are included here.

The bonus disc, Benched is quintessential Weddings, Parties, Anything being great stories of football (Swans Return & Tough Time) and life with a couple of ripping covers thrown in .

"Anthem" was the only song released as a single from the album. It is a cover of a Tiddas song written by Dan Warner and Sally Dastey, which appears on their 1996 self-titled album, produced by Joe Camilleri.