Midnight Oil
Red Sails in the Sunset
Columbia
CK 39987
(1984)
Rock/Pop
CD, 12
Tracks, 50:24
Length
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01 |
When the Generals Talk |
Peter Garrett; Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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03:33 |
02 |
Best of Both Worlds |
Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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04:04 |
03 |
Sleep |
Peter Garrett; Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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05:09 |
04 |
Minutes to Midnight |
Peter Garrett; Jim Moginie |
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03:07 |
05 |
Jimmy Sharman's Boxers |
Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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07:24 |
06 |
Bakerman |
Rob Hirst |
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00:54 |
07 |
Who Can Stand in the Way |
Peter Garrett; Jim Moginie |
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04:35 |
08 |
Kosciusko |
Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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04:39 |
09 |
Helps Me Helps You |
Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie |
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03:49 |
10 |
Harrisburg |
Jim Moginie; Denis Kevans |
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03:50 |
11 |
Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond |
Peter Garrett; Peter Gifford; Rob Hirst; Jim Moginie; Martin Rotsey |
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03:27 |
12 |
Shipyards of New Zealand |
Peter Garrett; Jim Moginie |
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05:53 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Vocals |
Peter Garrett |
Drums |
Rob Hirst |
Guitar |
Jim Moginie |
Guitar |
Martin Rotsey |
Bass |
Peter Gifford |
Musician |
Midnight Oil |
Producer |
Midnight Oil; Nick Launay |
Engineer |
Nick Launay |
Cover by |
Tsunehisa Kimura |
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Index |
#
2183 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Alternative Rock |
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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 (allmusic.com)