ARIA Music Awards of 1989
The Third Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 6 March 1989 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney.[1][2] First Australian host Greedy Smith of Mental As Anything was assisted by presenters George Martin and Jono & Dano to distribute 24 awards.[1] There were no live performances and the awards were not televised.[1]
| 1989 ARIA Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 March 1989 |
| Venue | Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Website | www |
Some significant changes were made for the third ARIA Awards. In addition to previous categories, "Breakthrough Artist – Single" and "Breakthrough Artist – Album" were added.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted two artists: Dame Nellie Melba and Ross Wilson.[1] An "Outstanding Achievement Award" was awarded to INXS.[1]
Awards
Winners for each category are bolded with nominees provided below each winner.[3][4][5]
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year
- Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
- 1927 – ...ish
- Big Pig – Bonk
- The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
- John Farnham – Age of Reason
- Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
- Single of the Year
- Best Group
- INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart"
- The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
- Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
- The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
- Midnight Oil – "Dreamworld"
- INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart"
- Best Female Artist
- Kate Ceberano – You've Always Got the Blues
- Marcia Hines – "The Lord's Prayer"
- Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
- Kylie Minogue – Kylie
- Sharon O'Neill – "We're Only Human"
- Kate Ceberano – You've Always Got the Blues
- Best Male Artist
- Jimmy Barnes – Barnestorming
- Stephen Cummings – A Life Is a Life
- John Farnham – Age of Reason
- Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls – "Forty Miles to Saturday Night"
- James Reyne – "Motor's Too Fast"
- Jimmy Barnes – Barnestorming
- Best New Talent
- Johnny Diesel & the Injectors – "Don't Need Love"
- Died Pretty – Lost
- Go 101 – "Build It Up"
- Roaring Jack – The Cat Among the Pigeons
- The State – "Real Love"
- Johnny Diesel & the Injectors – "Don't Need Love"
- Breakthrough Artist – Album
- Breakthrough Artist – Single
- 1927 – "That's When I Think of You"
- Catfish – "When You Dance"
- Go 101 – "Build It Up"
- The Hippos – "Dark Age"
- Johnny Diesel & the Injectors – "Don't Need Love"
- Schnell Fenster – "Whisper"
- 1927 – "That's When I Think of You"
- Best Country Album
- John Williamson – Boomerang Café
- Flying Emus – "I Just Want to Dance With You"
- Slim Dusty – G'day, G'day!
- Smoky Dawson & Trevor Knight – "High Country"
- Jenine Vaughan – "Gypsy Man"
- John Williamson – Boomerang Café
- Best Indigenous Release
- Weddings Parties Anything – Roaring Days
- Kev Carmody – Pillars of Society
- Flying Emus– "This Town" / "Darling Street"
- Midnight Oil – "Dreamworld"
- Dave Steel – "The Hardest Part"
- Weddings Parties Anything – Roaring Days
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Best Comedy Release
- The Comedy Company – The Comedy Company Album
- Austen Tayshus – "Highway Corroboree"
- Club Veg – Members & Guests & Things
- Con the Fruiterer – "A Cuppla Days"
- Kylie Mole – "So Excellent" / "I Go I Go"
- Rodney Rude – Not Guilty
- The Comedy Company – The Comedy Company Album
- Best Independent Release
- TISM – "Apathy"
- Eric Bogle – Something of Value
- Flederman – Flederman
- Larry Sitsky – Contemporary Australian Piano
- The Spliffs – "Sixteen"
- TISM – "Apathy"
- Highest Selling Album
- John Farnham – Age of Reason
- The Comedy Company – The Comedy Company Album
- Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
- 1927 – ...ish
- Kylie Minogue – Kylie
- Various – Australia All Over Vol. 2
- John Farnham – Age of Reason
- Highest Selling Single
- Kylie Minogue – "I Should Be So Lucky"
- 1927 – "If I Could"
- Australian Olympians – "You're Not Alone"
- Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
- John Farnham – "Age of Reason"
- Go 101 – "Build It Up"
- Kylie Minogue – "I Should Be So Lucky"
Fine Arts Awards
- Best Jazz Album
- Wizards of Oz – Soundtrack
- Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
- Cool Dudes – Cool Dudes
- James Morrison – Postcards from Down Under
- Various Artists – Jazz Live At Soup Plus
- Wizards of Oz – Soundtrack
- Best Classical Album
- Flederman – Flederman
- George Dreyfus – Rush, The Adventures of Sebastian the Fox and Other Goodies
- Jennifer McGregor – The Jennifer McGregor Album
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Joan Carden, John Howard – Australia Day / Child of Australia
- Various Artists – Tropic of Capricorn
- Flederman – Flederman
- Best Children's Album
- Peter Combe – Newspaper Mama
- Darryl Cotton – Just For Kids
- Noni Hazlehurst – Shout and Whisper
- Harold G Raffe and Co – Harold and Friends
- John Schumann – John Schumann Goes Looby-Loo
- Don Spencer – Australian Animal Songs
- The Wayfarers – Home Among the Gum Trees – Songs for Aussie Kids
- Fay White – Did You See The Wind Today?
- Peter Combe – Newspaper Mama
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Various (Martin Armiger, Don Walker, Steve Prestwich, Rob Grosser, Joy Smithers, Dave Dobbyn) – You've Always Got the Blues (songs from the ABC TV series Stringer)
- Eddie Rayner, Brian Baker, Phil Judd – Rikky and Pete (original soundtrack)
- David Reeves – Seven Little Australians (original Australian cast)
- Bruce Rowland – The Man from Snowy River II (original soundtrack)
- Frank Howson, John Capek, Beeb Birtles, David Scofield – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (original soundtrack)
- Various (Martin Armiger, Don Walker, Steve Prestwich, Rob Grosser, Joy Smithers, Dave Dobbyn) – You've Always Got the Blues (songs from the ABC TV series Stringer)
Artisan Awards
- Song of the Year
- Neil Finn – "Better Be Home Soon" (Crowded House)
- Andrew Farriss / Michael Hutchence – "Never Tear Us Apart" (INXS)
- Robert Forster / Grant McLennan – "Streets of Your Town" (The Go-Betweens)
- Todd Hunter / Johanna Pigott – "Age of Reason" (John Farnham)
- Steve Kilbey / Karin Jansson – "Under The Milky Way" – (The Church)
- Neil Finn – "Better Be Home Soon" (Crowded House)
- Producer of the Year[6]
- Ross Fraser – Age of Reason – John Farnham, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables and "Real Love" – The State
- Joe Camilleri & Jeff Burstein – Hold On To Me – The Black Sorrows
- Charles Fisher – "That's When I Think of You" – 1927 and Fingertips – The Cockroaches
- Simon Hussey – Edge – Daryl Braithwaite
- Les Karski & Guy Gray – "Dark Age" – The Hippos and "Clarity of Mind" – Spy vs Spy
- Ross Fraser – Age of Reason – John Farnham, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables and "Real Love" – The State
- Engineer of the Year
- Doug Brady – "Iron Lung" – Big Pig (remix), Hold Onto To Me – The Black Sorrows, Age of Reason – John Farnham, "River" – Dragon, Children of the Western World – Steve Grace, "Cars and Planes" – Machinations (remix), "Change My Sex" – Separate Tables, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables, "Real Love" – The State, "So Lonely Now" – The State
- Jim Bonnefond – ...ish – 1927 and Fingertips – The Cockroaches
- Guy Gray – "Dark Age" – The Hippos, "Pick You Up" – Tony Llewellyn, "Dreamworld" – Midnight Oil, "Clarity of Mind" – Spy vs Spy
- Ian McKenzie – Chantoozies – Chantoozies
- David Price – Groove – Eurogliders and "Home" – Noiseworks
- Doug Brady – "Iron Lung" – Big Pig (remix), Hold Onto To Me – The Black Sorrows, Age of Reason – John Farnham, "River" – Dragon, Children of the Western World – Steve Grace, "Cars and Planes" – Machinations (remix), "Change My Sex" – Separate Tables, "When the Word Came Down" – Separate Tables, "Real Love" – The State, "So Lonely Now" – The State
- Best Video
- Richard Lowenstein – "Never Tear Us Apart" – INXS
- Claudia Castle – "Big Hotel" – Big Pig
- Andrew de Groot – "Dreamworld" – Midnight Oil
- Paul Elliott – "When You Come" – Crowded House
- Stephen Priest & Steve Hopkins – "Age of Reason" – John Farnham
- Richard Lowenstein – "Never Tear Us Apart" – INXS
- Best Cover Art
- Nick Seymour – Temple of Low Men – Crowded House
- The Add Agency – Up from Down Under – Tommy Emmanuel
- Bruce Goold – Wild Desert Rose – Coloured Stone
- Phil Judd – The Sound of Trees – Schnell Fenster
- Malpass & Burrows – Age of Reason – John Farnham
- Robyn Stacey & Richard Allan – Lost – Died Pretty
- Eric Weideman – ...ish – 1927
- Nick Seymour – Temple of Low Men – Crowded House
Achievement awards
Outstanding Achievement Award
References
- "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- "Australia 1989 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- "[ARIA AWARDS] : [1989, 3RD, SYDNEY]". Australian Record Industry Association. Video recording of 3rd ARIA Awards (available from the National Film and Sound Archive, title no. 1241401). 6 March 1989. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - "1927 big chance in ARIA awards". The Canberra Times. 16 February 1989. p. 33. Retrieved 19 January 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- "New band shares industry honours". The Canberra Times. 7 March 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- "17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2013. Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
- "The 1988 Australian Record Industry Awards Winners" (PDF). The MESSUI Place. Australian Record Industry Association. 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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