ARIA Music Awards of 1989

Awards

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
• Single of the Year
• *The Church – "Under the Milky Way"
• **1927 – "That's When I Think of You"
• **Crowded House – "Better Be Home Soon"
• **John Farnham – "Age of Reason"
• **INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart"
• 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"
• 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"
• 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"
• 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"
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *1927 – ...ish
• *Rockmelons – Tales of the City
• **Catfish – Unlimited Address
• **Kylie Minogue – Kylie
• **Schnell Fenster – The Sound of Trees
• 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"
• 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"
• 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"
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
• **The Black Sorrows – Hold On To Me
• **Kate Ceberano & Wendy Matthews – You've Always Got the Blues
• **John Farnham – Age of Reason
• **Little River Band – Monsoon
• 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
• Best Independent Release
• *TISM – "Apathy"
• **Eric Bogle – Something of Value
• **Flederman – Flederman
• **Larry Sitsky – Contemporary Australian Piano
• **The Spliffs – "Sixteen"
• 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
• 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"

  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
• 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
• 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?
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Various – You've Always Got the Blues
• ** Eddie Rayner, Brian Baker, Phil Judd – Rikky and Pete
• **David Reeves – Seven Little Australians
• **Bruce Rowland – The Man from Snowy River II
• **Frank Howson, John Capek, Beeb Birtles, David Scofield – Boulevard of Broken Dreams

  Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *Neil Finn – "Better Be Home Soon"
• **Andrew Farriss / Michael Hutchence – "Never Tear Us Apart"
• **Robert Forster / Grant McLennan – "Streets of Your Town"
• **Todd Hunter / Johanna Pigott – "Age of Reason"
• **Steve Kilbey / Karin Jansson – "Under The Milky Way" –
• Producer of the Year
• *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
• Engineer of the Year
• *Doug Brady – "Iron Lung" – Big Pig, 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, "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
• 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
• 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

  Achievement awards

Outstanding Achievement Award

• INXS
• *Midnight Oil
• *Kylie Minogue

  ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

• Dame Nellie Melba
• Ross Wilson