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2008 ARIA Awards Nominees Announced... And Here They Are!

by Tim Cashmere - September 10 2008
photo by Tim Cashmere

The nominees for the 2008 ARIA Awards have been announced today. Rather than waffle on about them, I’ll just give you the list, hey?

The nominees are:

Album of the Year:
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus, Dig
The Living End – White Noise
The Presets – Apocalypso

Best Adult Contemporary Album:
Clare Bowditch – The Moon Looked On
Jimmy Barnes – Out In The Blue
Katie Noonan – Skin
Robert Forster – The Evangelist
The Panics – Cruel Guards

Best Blues and Roots Album:
Angus and Julia Stone – A Book Like This
Jeff Lang – Half Seas Over
Mia Dyson – Struck Down
The Audreys – When The Flood Comes
The Waifs – Sun, Dirt, Water

Best Children’s Album:
Hi-5 – Planet Earth
Jay Laga`aia – Come Dance and Sing
Justine Clarke – Songs To Make You Smile
The Fairies – Fairy Fun Fun Fun
The Wiggles – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Best Comedy Release:
Akmal - Akmal Live and Uncensored
Matt Tilley - Gotcha Calls Three's a Crowd
Merrick & Rosso - Live and Totally Wrong!
Shaun Micallef -The Expurgated Micallef Tonight: The Very Best of Shaun Micallef's Short-Lived but Brilliant Tonight
The Umbilical Brothers - Don't Explain

Best Country Album:
Catherine Britt - Little WildFlower
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones
Melinda Schneider - Be Yourself
Sara Storer - Silver Skies
The McClymonts - Chaos and Bright Lights

Best Dance Album:
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
Mobin Master – Show Me Love
PNAU – Pnau
The Potbelleez – Don’t Hold Back
The Presets – Apocalypso

Best Female Artist:
Clare Bowditch
Gabriella Cilmi
Holly Throsby
Kylie Minogue
Missy Higgins

Best Group:
Angus and Julia Stone
Silverchair
Faker
The Presets
The Living End

Best Independent Release:
Ben Lee – Ripe
British India – Thieves
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul
Lior – Corner of an Endless Road
Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia

Best Male Artist:
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu
Nick Cave
Paul Kelly
Pete Murray
Sam Sparro

Best Music DVD:
Hilltop Hoods – City of Light
Paul Kelly – Stolen Apples
Powderfinger/Silverchair – Across The Great Divide
John Butler Trio – Live at Federation Square
Wolfmother – Please Experience Wolfmother

Best Pop Release:
Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned
Kylie Minogue – X
Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

Best Rock Album:
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Primary Colours
Faker – Be The Twighlight
Gyroscope – Breed Obsession
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus, Dig
The Living End – White Noise

Best Urban Release:
A-Love – Ace of Hearts
Bliss ‘n’ Eso – Flying Colours
Kayalyst – What’s Happening?
Muph & Plutonic - ...and Then Tomorrow Came
Spit Syndicate – Towards The Light
The Herd – Summerland

Breakthrough Artist – Album
Angus and Julia Stone – A Book Like This
Gabriella Cilmi – Lessons To Be Learned
Midnight Juggernauts – Dystopia
Operator Please – Yes Yes Vindictive
Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro

Breakthrough Artist – Single
Angus and Julia Stone – The Beast
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
The Panics – Don’t Fight It
The Potbelleez – Don’t Hold Back

Single Of The Year
Faker – This Heart Attack
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
The Living End – White Noise
The Presets – My People

Highest Selling Single
Delta Goodrem – In This Life
Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me
The Potbelleez – Don’t Hold Back
The Veronicas – Untouched
The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

Highest Selling Album
David Campbell – The Swing Sessions 2
Delta Goodrem – Delta
Guy Sebastian – The Memphis Album
The Veronicas – Hook Me Up
Tina Arena – Songs of Love and Loss

...and if you’re still reading, here are the fine arts nominees:

Best Classical Album
Brett Dean and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Brett Dean
Elena Kats-Chernin – Slow Food
Richard Tognetti, Neal Peres da Costa and Daniel Yeadon – Bach Sonatas For Violin and Keyboard
Roger Woodward – Jon Seb Bach Chromatic Fantasia Fugue, BVW 903
Slava Grigorian and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra – Baroque Guitar Concertos

Best Jazz Album
Andrea Keller – Footprints
Deni Hines and James Morrison – The Other Woman
Grace Knight – Willow
Joe Chindamo – Duende, The Romantic Project
Mike Nock Project – Meeting of the Waters
Oehlers, Grabowsky, Beck – Lost and Found

Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album
Night – Original Cast Recording
Summer Heights High – Chris Lilley
Pricilla The Musical – Original Cast Recording
The Square – OST
Various Artists – The Countdown Spectacular Live 2

Best World Music Album
Archie Roach – Journey
David Jones – Colours of the Drum
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunnipingu – Gurrumul
Joseph Tawadros – Angel
Watussi – Tequilla Sandre Fuego

So there you go. Let calls of “These idiots don’t know what they’re talking about!” begin.

For the record, I voted, and I voted for every band that YOU hate that got nominated.