''Come in Spinner'' is the soundtrack album to the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

1989/1990 television mini-series of the 1951 novel '' Come in Spinner'' by

Dymphna Cusack Ellen Dymphna Cusack AM (21 September 1902 – 19 October 1981) was an Australian writer and playwright. Personal life Born in Wyalong, New South Wales, Cusack was educated at Saint Ursula's College, Armidale, New South Wales and graduated f ...

and

Florence James Florence Gertrude James (2 September 1902 – 25 August 1993) was an Australian writer and literary agent, born in New Zealand. Life James was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, daughter of a refrigeration engineer with a successful consulting pr ...

. The album is credited to

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 ...

and

Grace Knight Grace Ethel Knight (born 23 December 1955) is an English-born Australian vocalist, saxophone player and songwriter. During the 1980s she was a mainstay of Indie pop group Eurogliders which formed in Perth, Western Australia. Knight later became a ...

and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Charts. At the

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. International host Bob Geldof was as ...

, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album and was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album and Knight was nominated for Best Female Artist.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{reflist Vince Jones albums 1990 soundtrack albums ARIA Award-winning albums Soundtracks by Australian artists