| March
|
*
The Church release 'Starfish',
featuring the single "Under the Milky Way", which reached #5
on the national Australian charts. The single also won Best
Single at the ARIA Awards |
| June
|
*
Died Pretty release 'Lost', going on to become the second biggest
alternative album seller for the year |
| August
|
*
Crowded House
release 'Temple of Low Men', reaching #1 nationally
* John Farnham
releases 'Age of Reason' |
| October |
*
TISM release 'Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance' |
| December |
*
Kev Carmody releases his debut album, 'Pillars of Society' |
| |
*
Midnight Oil
embark on a 36 state tour of the US, with Yothu
Yindi as support
* Do Re Mi break up,
but Deborah Conway is named Best Australian Female Singer by
Rolling Stone
* The Cruel Sea form
* Australia's Bicentenary year - John
Farnham named Australian of the Year
* CDs outsell vinyl for the first time in the US |
