Newspaper Mama

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Newspaper Mama
Newspaper Mama by Peter Combe.png
original artwork
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1988
Recorded1988
StudioAxent & ABC Studios, Sydney
Genre Children's music
Label ABC Music
Producer Peter Combe
Peter Combe chronology
Toffee Apple
(1987)
Newspaper Mama
(1988)
Chopsticks
(1989)

Newspaper Mama is the fifth studio album by Australian children's musician Peter Combe. It was released in November 1988 and was certified gold in Australia in June 1989. [1]

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1989, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album, Combe's second consecutive win. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Newspaper Mama"
  2. "Six Juicy Apples"
  3. "Blow Out the Candles"
  4. "Happy As Larry"
  5. "Edward J Fox"
  6. "Syntax Error"
  7. "All Good Things"
  8. "The Front of Me"
  9. "Hammer in the Nails"
  10. "Australia Hooray"
  11. "Yellow Banana"
  12. "Chish and Fips"
  13. "Walking Encyclopaedia"
  14. "Spangle Road"
  15. "Tell Me the Ti-i-ime Please"
  16. "First Reader"
  17. "Chops and Sausages"
  18. "Snow White and Prince"
  19. "Robin Hood's Dream"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [1] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia1988StandardABC RecordsL28021 / C28021
1988
  • Gatefold LP
Re-release836038-1

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References

  1. 1 2 "Newspaper Mama (1988)". petercombe. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. "1989 ARIA Award winners". ARIA Awards. 1989. Retrieved 19 February 2016.