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Midnight Oil's second international release found them ambitiously taking on a variety of lyrical causes in a variety of musical styles. Their basic approach, with its martial rhythms, chanted vocals, and guitar textures, served as a jumping-off place, but they always sounded more assured when they stuck to that, rather than trying other things. And the unrelentingly judgmental tone of the lyrics, sung with dead seriousness by Peter Garrett, tended to douse the album's potential enjoyment, too. (It's hard to dance when you're being lectured to.) It wasn't much of a surprise when Garrett decided to run for the Australian Senate shortly after this album's release.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Hirst, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Kevans, Composer, Lyricist - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Midnight Oil, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Garrett, Producer - James Moginie, Producer, Strings - Moginie, Composer, Lyricist - Martin Rotsey, Producer - Rob Hirst, Producer - Peter Gifford, Producer - Nick Launay, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - John Garrett, Composer, Lyricist - Kazufumi Ohhama, Strings - Shigeo Miyamoto, Assistant Engineer - Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1984 Sony Music Productions Pty. Ltd.
Album review
Midnight Oil's second international release found them ambitiously taking on a variety of lyrical causes in a variety of musical styles. Their basic approach, with its martial rhythms, chanted vocals, and guitar textures, served as a jumping-off place, but they always sounded more assured when they stuck to that, rather than trying other things. And the unrelentingly judgmental tone of the lyrics, sung with dead seriousness by Peter Garrett, tended to douse the album's potential enjoyment, too. (It's hard to dance when you're being lectured to.) It wasn't much of a surprise when Garrett decided to run for the Australian Senate shortly after this album's release.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:11
- Main artists: Midnight Oil
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
1984 CBS Productions Pty. Ltd.
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