Midnight Oil – Diesel & Dust (LP Vinyl)
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Midnight Oil were never a band content to stay comfortable, and the 1986 Blackfella/Whitefella Tour through remote Australian communities genuinely changed them. Peter Garrett's vocals carry a different weight here, and the sparse, sun-baked production lets songs like "Beds Are Burning" and "The Dead Heart" land as both rock anthems and moral reckonings. Forty years on, the record's urgency hasn't dimmed a degree.
180gm Vinyl Reissue! 'Diesel and Dust' is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, first released in August 1987 by Spirit Music label under Columbia Records. 'Diesel and Dust' was produced by Warne Livesey and the band. It is a concept album about the struggles of Indigenous Australians and environmental causes, issues important to the band. It drew inspiration from the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of remote Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland in 1986. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart for six weeks. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No. 13 on their list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s. In October 2010 it was listed at No. 1 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums. Newly remastered for vinyl, 180gm audiophile vinyl, in gatefold sleeve
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 889853391615
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 1.30.26
Format: LP Vinyl