''This Machine Is Made of People'' is a studio album by Australian

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and roots rock band Wild Pumpkins at Midnight. The album was released in August 1989. At the

ARIA Music Awards of 1990 The Fourth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 26 March 1990 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. Australian host Glenn Shorrock of L ...

, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release.

Track listing

; Side A # "Retrenchment Town" # "Get On That Train" # "Strange Disease" # "Counting the Pennies" ; Side C # "Only Five Days Until The Weekend" # "The Gaiety" # "This Machine Is Made of People"

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums ARIA Award-winning albums