Newspaper Mama Explained

Newspaper Mama
Type:studio
Artist:Peter Combe
Cover:Newspaper_Mama_by_Peter_Combe.png
Caption:original artwork
Released:November 1988
Recorded:1988
Studio:Axent & ABC Studios, Sydney
Genre:Children's music
Label:ABC Music
Producer:Peter Combe
Prev Title:Toffee Apple
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Chopsticks
Next Year: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]

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"

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia1988StandardABC Records L28021 / C28021
1988Re-release 836038-1

Notes and References

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