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Most of Midnight Oil's late-'80s and early-'90s hits are on the band's first compilation, 20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits -- "Beds Are Burning," "The Dead Heart," "Dreamworld," "Blue Sky Mine," "Forgotten Years," "King of the Mountain," "Truganini" -- and many highlights from the group's early albums ("Power and the Passion," "Kosciuszko," "US Forces," "Best of Both Worlds," "Back on the Borderline," "Don't Wanna Be the One") are also present. The music is not sequenced chronologically -- it flips between the two periods of the group's career with no rhyme or reason, adding two new tracks ("What Goes On," "White Skin Black Heart") from the group's (then) forthcoming 1998 album, Redneck Wonderland. Even though the non-chronological running order is frustrating, it's a worthwhile retrospective, since the compilation features everything a casual fan could want.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Magoo, Producer
(P) 1997 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1982 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Nick Launay, Producer - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1988 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Magoo, Producer
(P) 1997 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1986 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Warne Livesey, Producer
(P) 1990 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Nick Launey, Producer - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1982 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Warne Livesey, Producer - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1988 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Warne Livesey, Producer - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1990 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1993 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Warne Livesey, Producer - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1990 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Francois Kevorklan, Producer - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1985 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist - Malcolm Burn, Producer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Les Karski, Producer - James Mellon, Composer, Lyricist - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1979 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - GLYN JOHNS, Producer - Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Rotsey, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1981 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer, Associated Performer, Producer - Warne Livesey, Producer - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1990 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Album review
Most of Midnight Oil's late-'80s and early-'90s hits are on the band's first compilation, 20,000 Watt R.S.L.: Greatest Hits -- "Beds Are Burning," "The Dead Heart," "Dreamworld," "Blue Sky Mine," "Forgotten Years," "King of the Mountain," "Truganini" -- and many highlights from the group's early albums ("Power and the Passion," "Kosciuszko," "US Forces," "Best of Both Worlds," "Back on the Borderline," "Don't Wanna Be the One") are also present. The music is not sequenced chronologically -- it flips between the two periods of the group's career with no rhyme or reason, adding two new tracks ("What Goes On," "White Skin Black Heart") from the group's (then) forthcoming 1998 album, Redneck Wonderland. Even though the non-chronological running order is frustrating, it's a worthwhile retrospective, since the compilation features everything a casual fan could want.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:47
- Main artists: Midnight Oil
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
1997 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
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