ARIA Music Awards of 1991
The Fifth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 25 March 1991 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney.[1][2] International host Bob Geldof was assisted by presenters to distribute 24 awards.[1][3] There were live performances but the awards were not televised and the ceremony was noted for its three-hours plus length with Gary Morris, manager of Midnight Oil providing a 20-minute acceptance speech.[1][4]
In addition to previous categories, "Lifetime Achievement Award" was created and first awarded posthumously to record producer and Albert Productions label owner, Ted Albert (who died in November 1990);[5] an "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to Midnight Oil.[1] The ARIA Hall of Fame inducted four artists: Don Burrows, Pete Dawson, Glenn Shorrock and Billy Thorpe.[1]
Ceremony details
Host Bob Geldof found the three-hour plus ceremony to be interminable and threatened to walk out.[4] Midnight Oil's manager, Gary Morris, provided the longest acceptance speech of the night at 20 minutes.[4] Morris later stated that because the ceremony was not televised he decided to speak his mind.[4] Music commentator, Ian "Molly" Meldrum, disapproved of Morris' speech length—they had already had a fracas at the ARIAs in 1988—Meldrum provided an even longer acceptance speech in 1993.[4]
Awards
The winners are listed in bold.
ARIA Awards
- Album of the Year
- The Black Sorrows - Harley and Rose
- John Farnham - Chain Reaction
- INXS - X
- Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining
- Margaret Urlich - Safety in Numbers
- Single of the Year
- Absent Friends – "I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You"
- Divinyls - "I Touch Myself"
- John Farnham - "That's Freedom"
- Hunters and Collectors - "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
- Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine"
- Song of the Year
- John Farnham – "Burn for You"
- The Black Sorrows - "Harley and Rose"
- Wendy Matthews - "Token Angels"
- Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine"
- Hunters and Collectors - "Turn a Blind Eye"
- Highest Selling Album
- Highest Selling Single
- Best Group
- Boom Crash Opera - Look! Listen!!
- The Black Sorrows - Harley and Rose
- Hunters and Collectors - "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
- INXS – X
- Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
- Best Female Artist
- Kate Ceberano - Like Now
- Grace Knight - Come In Spinner
- Wendy Matthews - Émigré
- Jenny Morris - "Piece of My Heart"
- Margaret Urlich - Safety in Numbers
- Best Male Artist
- Peter Blakeley - Harry's Cafe de Wheels
- Jimmy Barnes - Two Fires
- Daryl Braithwaite - Rise
- Stephen Cummings - "Hell (You Put Me Through)"
- John Farnham - Chain Reaction
- Best New Talent
- Doug Anthony Allstars - Icon
- Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane
- Sea Stories - Miller's Pond
- Mary-Jo Starr - Too Many Movies
- The Screaming Jets - "C'mon"
- Best Australian Debut Album
- Best Australian Debut Single
- Absent Friends – "I Don't Want to Be With Nobody But You"
- Wendy Matthews – "Token Angels"
- Archie Roach - "Took the Children Away"
- Seven Stories - "Sleeping Through Another War"
- Southern Sons - "Heart in Danger"
- Best Country Album
- James Blundell – Hand it Down
- Best Independent Release
- Blue Ruin - I'm Gonna Smile
- Girl Monstar - "Joe Cool"
- The Killjoys – Ruby
- Roaring Jack - Through the Smoke of Innocence
- Various Artists - Rockin Bethlehem: The Second Coming
- Best Indigenous Release
- Archie Roach – Charcoal Lane
- Best Adult Contemporary Album
- Various – "Come in Spinner"
- Best Comedy Release
- John Clarke & Bryan Dawe – Great Interviews of the 20th Century
Fine Arts Awards
- Best Jazz Album
- Clarion Fracture Zone – Blue Shift
- Best Classical Album
- Stuart Challender, Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Sculthorpe: Orchestral Works
- Best Children's Album
- Robyn Archer – Mrs Bottles Burp
- Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording
- Jon English and David Mackay – Paris
Artisan Awards
- Producer of the Year[6]
- Ross Fraser
- Engineer of the Year
- Doug Brady
- Best Video
- Caudia Castle – Midnight Oil – "Blue Sky Mine"
- Best Cover Art
- Livingstone Clarke, Midnight Oil – Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mining
Achievement awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Outstanding Achievement Award
ARIA Hall of Fame inductees
The Hall Of Fame inductees were:
Performers
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Winners by Year 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ "Australia 1991 ARIA Awards". ALLdownunder.com. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ↑ "1991 Australian ARIA Award Nominations". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne, Vic: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 228–230. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ↑ Albert Productions, Milesago: Australasian Music & Popular Culture 1964-1975,website
- ↑ "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'.