Blue Sky Mining

by Midnight Oil

Overview

Success didn't change Midnight Oil with their 1990 album Blue Sky Mining. The Australian band had finally broken through with their previous record, Diesel and Dust, but chart accomplishments didn't temper the group. Blue Sky Mining found lead singer Peter Garrett and the boys singing about familiar themes with their usual passion. The songs aren't quite on par with those from Diesel and Dust, but there's still enough here to make it a worthy follow-up. The lead track "Blue Sky Mine" deals with the oppression of the lower working class within the context of a mining company. The immediately catchy cut managed to find mid-chart success. Other notable tracks are the driving "Forgotten Years," which also managed a bit of airplay, and the menacing "Mountains of Burma." The band stumble only once, on the clumsy love song "Shakers and Movers." ~ Tom Demalon

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2000
Label:	Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	5099746565329
Rank:	931

Tracks

1. Blue Sky Mining
2. Stars Of Warburton
3. Bedlam Bridge
4. Forgotten Years
5. Mountains Of Burma
6. King Of The Mountain
7. River Runs Red
8. Shakers And Movers
9. One Country
10. Antarctica

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Midnight Oil   Primary Artist
Jim Moginie   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Martin Rotsey   Guitar,Vocals
Rob Hirst   Vocals,Drums
Warne Livesey   Keyboards
Bones Hillman   Vocals,Bass
Phillip Hartl   Strings
Jeremy Smith   French Horn
Peter Garrett   Vocals

Technical Credits

Jim Moginie   Composer
Rob Hirst   Composer
Warne Livesey   Producer
David Nicholas   Engineer
Felix Kendall   Engineer
Midnight Oil   Producer,Composer
Jim Mogine   Composer
Bones Hillman   Composer
Brendan Morley   Engineer
Peter Garrett   Composer
Martin Rotsey   Composer