13-05-2016, 05:27
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MIDNIGHT OIL "blue sky mine" cd 1990
career stats:
studio albums........11
singles..................39
this album..................#1 AU...#1 NZ...#28 UK...#20 US
singles:
"blue sky mine".............#8 AU...#2 NZ...#66 UK...#47 US
"forgotten years".........#26 AU..#24 NZ..#97 UK
"king of the mountain"..#25 AU
"bedlam bridge"...........#46 AU
"one country"..............#51 AU
I don't know why I persisted with these guys for so long as their albums never seem to hit
the same heights that their singles do/did.
theres always around half of each album that I consider to be 'filler' and three or four absolutely
brilliant tracks (much like INXS for me)...
another anti-big business album with some anti mining themes also...
hello Peter Garrett!!!, mining is what drives the Australian economy followed by farming and construction!
but lets go bankrupt Peter and send even more of what we don't have overseas....idiot!
the guy is a crackpot, he seriously thinks that stopping industry and giving the whole country back to
Aborigines that we'll be better off.
that said, I do love watching Garrett perform in his videos and he is so unco-ordinated with his jerky dance moves!
I DO LIKE THIS ALBUM (but barely)
worst track: river runs red
best track: blue sky mine
[video=youtube;Ofrqm6-LCqs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs[/video]
tracks:
1...blue sky mine ***
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 *
3s=3
2s=3
1s=4
rating: 1.9
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.