The Second

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Music Awards (generally known as the

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or simply The ARIAS) was held on 29 February 1988 at the Sheraton Wentworth Hotel in

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was the host, with

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and Ian "Molly" Meldrum included as presenters of the 21 awards. Other presenters were Rudi Grassner (RCA/BMG boss),

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and Richard Wilkins. There were no live performances and the awards were not televised. A shouting match developed between

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Gary Morris, accepting awards for

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, and former ''

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'' compere Meldrum who was presenting. Some significant changes were made for the second ARIA Awards. In addition to the categories for the inaugural year, "Best Children's Album" was added. The

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was also created, with six acts being inducted:

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and

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. Finally an "Outstanding Achievement Award" was created and first awarded to

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Ceremony details

Midnight Oil won "Best Cover Art" for '' Diesel and Dust'' and both "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "

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". A shouting match developed between

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'' compere Ian "Molly" Meldrum who was presenting: Morris had also objected to ARIA's award category, Best Indigenous Release, as some nominees (including Midnight Oil themselves) had no Indigenous members. Meldrum objected to Morris' political commentary from the podium and the making jokes at the expense of

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'' was disappointed by the ceremony where " sults flowed almost as freely as the wine and all three of the international guest presenters fell victim to flimsy jokes and foolishness". She felt that Morris was "winner of the unofficial prize for least-liked personality. ... eaimed a poor one-liner at British presenter Bryan Ferry". However the "greatest revelation of the evening proved that there are more sore losers in the business than the small screen would lead us to believe. When a winner happened to be a little unpopular, the beautiful people booed".

Awards and nominations

Winners are listed first and bolded, other final nominees (where known) are listed alphabetically.

ARIA Awards

*Album of the Year ** Icehouse – ''

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'' *Single of the Year **

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with

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– "

Slice of Heaven "Slice of Heaven" is a single by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn with the band Herbs, released in 1986 on the soundtrack of the animated motion picture, '' Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tail Tale''. The single reached 1 on the New Zealand ...

" *** Icehouse – "

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" *Highest Selling Album ** Icehouse – ''

'' *Highest Selling Single **

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...

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" *Best Group **

Crowded House Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later ban ...

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Hunters & Collectors Hunters & Collectors are an Australian rock band formed in 1981. Fronted by founding mainstay, singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of Pub rock (Australia), pub rock and funk, art-funk. Other mainstays are John ...

*** Icehouse ***

INXS INXS (a word play, phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian Rock music, rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. The band's founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboar ...

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*Best Female Artist ** Jenny Morris – '' Body and Soul'' ***

Anne Kirkpatrick Anne Kirkpatrick (born 4 July 1952) is an Australian country music singer. She is the daughter of country singers Slim Dusty and Joy McKean. Biography She also has a brother, David Kirkpatrick, who is an accomplished singer-songwriter. The ...

– ''Come Back Again'' ***

Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the soul, jazz, and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her song " Pash" received a gold ...

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Sharon O'Neill Sharon Lea O'Neill (born 23 November 1952) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with " Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Recording Industry Association ...

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Shona Laing Shona Laing (born 9 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician. She has had several hits in her native country, as well as a few minor international hits, most notably "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Soviet Snow". Laing contributed to Manfred M ...

*Best Male Artist **

*Best New Talent **

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Scorn of the Women ''Scorn of the Women'' is the debut album by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. The band originally recorded it as an independent release, but on the strength of the group's ever growing live following, the group ended up being offer ...

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James Reyne James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM (born 19 May 1957) is an Australian rock musician and singer-songwriter both in solo work and, until 1986, with the band Australian Crawl. Biography Early years Reyne was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father, Ro ...

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Lime Spiders Lime Spiders were an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar, Gerard Corben on guitar, Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut ...

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Painters and Dockers Painters and Dockers are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1982. Paul Stewart, singer-songwriter and trumpet player, Dave Pace (vocals and trumpet) and Mick Morris (vocals and sax) are all original members in the band which was nam ...

*Best Country Album **

Flying Emus Flying Emus are an Australian country/ bluegrass band that formed in 1984 and released four studio albums, including, '' This Town'', which won an ARIA Award for Best Country Album in 1988. They disbanded in 1990. At the Country Music Awards o ...

– '' This Town'' ***

– ''Come Back Again'' *Best Indigenous Release **

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– ''Australia all Over'' ***

– ''This Town'' ***

– '' Diesel and Dust'' ***

Warumpi Band Warumpi Band () were an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in the outback settlement of Papunya, Northern Territory, in 1980. The original line-up was George Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo, Gordon Butcher Tjapanang ...

– ''Go Bush'' *Best Adult Contemporary Album **

– " Touch of Paradise" *Best Comedy Release ** The 12th Man – ''

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– "Life's Just a Routine"

Fine Arts Awards

*Best Jazz Album **

Vince Jones Vincent Hugh Jones (born 24 March 1954) is an Australian jazz singer, songwriter, and trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet player. His music includes both original material and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often lov ...

– '' It All Ends Up in Tears'' ***The

Don Burrows Donald Vernon Burrows (8 August 1928 – 12 March 2020) was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute. Life and career Donald Vernon Burrows was born on 8 August 1928, the only child of Vernon and Beryl and ...

Quintet with the

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– ''Nice 'n' Easy'' *Best Classical Album **Voss (Australian Opera) – ''

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'' ***Dave Loew and the National Arts Orchestra Australia – ''Debut'' *Best Children's Album **

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– ''

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'' *Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Recording **Original Australian Cast Recording – ''

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'' ***Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (

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) – '' The Lighthorsemen''

Artisan Awards

*Song of the Year **

Peter Garrett Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician. In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his sign ...

Rob Hirst Robert George Hirst (born 3 September 1955) is an Australian musician from Camden, New South Wales. He is a founding member of rock band Midnight Oil on drums, percussion and backing vocals (sometimes lead vocals) from the 1970s until the band t ...

Jim Moginie James Moginie (born 18 May 1956) is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he is a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter. Career In addition to Midnight Oil, Moginie has work ...

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" *Producer of the Year **

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Andrew Farriss Andrew Charles Farriss (born 27 March 1959) is an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist, backing vocalist, and main composer for rock band INXS. Farriss released his debut studio album in 2021. Care ...

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Jon Farriss Jonathan James Farriss (born 10 August 1961) is an Australian drummer and founding member of rock band INXS. Biography Jon Farriss was born to Dennis and Jill Farriss, and is the second youngest of four children: brothers and fellow band mem ...

*Engineer of the Year **David Nicholas – Richard Clapton – ''Glory Road,

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'' *Best Video **Claudia Castle – Paul Kelly – "

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" *Best Cover Art **Ken Duncan, Creative Type Wart, Gary Morris,

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– '' Diesel and Dust''

Outstanding Achievement Award

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees

The inaugural

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inductees were: *

References

External links

ARIA Awards official websiteList of 1988 winners
{{ARIA music awards 1988 music awards 1988 in Australian music ARIA Music Awards