ARIA Music Awards of 1990

Awards

ARIA Awards

• Album of the Year
• *Ian Moss – Matchbook
• **Kate Ceberano – Brave
• **Stephen Cummings – A New Kind of Blue
• **Hunters & Collectors – Ghost Nation
• **Paul Kelly & The Messengers – So Much Water So Close To Home
• Single of the Year
• *Peter Blakeley – "Crying in the Chapel"
• **Hunters & Collectors – "When The River Runs Dry"
• **Ian Moss – "Tucker's Daughter"
• **Max Q – "Way of the World"
• **The Black Sorrows – "Chained to the Wheel"
• Highest Selling Album
• *Diesel – Johnny Diesel & the Injectors
• Highest Selling Single
• *Kate Ceberano – "Bedroom Eyes"
• Best Group
• *The Black Sorrows - Hold On To Me
• **1927 – "Compulsory Hero"
• **Boom Crash Opera – These Here Are Crazy Times
• **Johnny Diesel & The Injectors – Johnny Diesel & the Injectors
• **Hunters & Collectors – Ghost Nation
• Best Female Artist
• *Kate Ceberano – Brave
• **Robyne Dunn – Labour of Liberty
• **Gyan – Gyan
• **Kylie Minogue – Enjoy Yourself
• **Jenny Morris – Shiver
• Best Male Artist
• *Ian Moss – Matchbook
• **Peter Blakeley – "Crying in the Chapel"
• **Joe Camilleri – "Angel Dove"
• **Stephen Cummings – A New Kind of Blue
• **Paul Kelly – So Much Water So Close To Home
• Best New Talent
• *Gyan – Gyan
• **The Hummingbirds – loveBUZZ
• **Martha's Vineyard – Martha's Vineyard
• **Tall Tales and True – Shiver
• **Tania Bowra – Heaven and Earth
• Breakthrough Artist – Album
• *Ian Moss – Matchbook
• **Gyan – Gyan
• **Johnny Diesel & The Injectors – Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
• **The Hummingbirds – loveBUZZ
• **Max Q – Max Q
• Breakthrough Artist – Single
• *Ian Moss – "Tucker's Daughter"
• **Girl Overboard – "I Can't Believe"
• **Gyan – "Wait"
• **The Hummingbirds – "Blush"
• **Max Q – "Way of the World"
• Best Country Album
• *John Williamson – Warragul
• **Slim Dusty & Anne Kirkpatrick – Two Singers, One Song
• **Ted Egan – This Land Australia
• **The Flying Emus – Postcards From Paradise
• **The Happening Thang – The Happening Thang
• Best Independent Release
• *Wild Pumpkins at Midnight – This Machine Is Made of People
• **Dubrovniks – Dubrovnik Blues
• **Girl Monstar – "Surfing on a Wave" / "He's Hell"
• **Sirocco – Port of Call
• **Various Artists – Rockin' Bethlehem
• Best Indigenous Release
• *Weddings Parties Anything – The Big Don't Argue
• **Coloured Stone – Wild Desert Rose
• **Gondwanaland – Wildlife
• **Scrap Metal – Broken Down Man
• **Yothu Yindi – Homeland Movement
• Best Adult Contemporary Album
• *Stephen Cummings – A New Kind of Blue
• **Dragon – Bondi Road
• **Not Drowning, Waving – Claim
• **Paul Kelly & The Messengers – So Much Water So Close To Home
• **John Williamson – Warragul
• Best Comedy Release
• *The D-Generation – The Satanic Sketches
• **The Comedy Company – Comedy Company Classics
• **Fast Forward – Fast Forward - Take One
• **Kevin Bloody Wilson – My Australian Roots
• **Roy Slaven – Rampaging Roy... The Life and Times of Roy Slaven

  Fine Arts Awards

• Best Jazz Album
• *Paul Grabowsky Trio – Six by Three
• **Allan Browne – Genre Jumping Jazz
• **James Morrison – Swiss Encounter - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
• **Various Artists – Jim McLeod's Jazz Tracks
• **Vince Jones – Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
• Best Classical Album
• *Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
• **Australian Youth Orchestra – Works by Koehne, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Ravel
• **Geoffrey Collins & David Miller – Flute Australia Volume 2
• **Jane Rutter – Nocturnes & Preludes for Flutes
• **Various Artists – Landscapes
• Best Children's Album
• *Various Artists – 0–9 Series
• **Don Spencer – Australia For Kids
• **Noni Hazlehurst & Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals
• **Peter Combe – Chopsticks
• **The Cast of Pugwall – Pugwall - Original Music from the Television Series
• Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
• *Original Cast Recording – Anything Goes
• **Australian Cast Recording – 42nd Street
• **Various Artists – Sons of Steel
• **Various Artists – Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
• **Various Artists –

  Artisan Awards

• Song of the Year
• *"Tucker's Daughter" – Ian Moss, Don Walker
• **"Chained to the Wheel" – Joe Camilleri, Nick Smith
• **"Crying in the Chapel" – Peter Blakeley, Aaron Zigman
• **"When the River Runs Dry" – Mark Seymour, John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Robert Miles, Barry Palmer, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters
• **"Careless" – Paul Kelly
• Producer of the Year
• *Andrew Farriss
• Engineer of the Year
• *Alan Wright
• Best Video
• *Geoff Barter – 1927 – "Compulsory Hero"
• Best Cover Art
• *Rob Miles – Hunters & Collectors – Ghost Nation
• **Greg O'Connor – These Here Are Crazy Times – Boom Crash Opera
• **Martin Fabinyi – Brave – Kate Ceberano
• **Deborah Parry Graphics / Ben Evans – 0–9 Series – Various Artists
• **Stephen Thomas – The Big Don't Argue – Weddings Parties Anything

  Outstanding Achievement Award

• Kylie Minogue

  ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

• Percy Grainger
• Sherbet

  Performers

• Kate Ceberano & Peter Blakeley – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
• James Blundell
• Tommy Emmanuel & James Morrison