Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil
Sprint/CBS
Released 2nd August 1987
Produced by Warne Livesey, Midnight Oil
Chart Positions
Australia #1
New Zealand #1
UK #19
US #21
Personnel
Peter Garrett – vocals
Peter Gifford – bass, vocals
Robert Hirst – drums, vocals
Jim Moginie – guitars, keyboards
Martin Rotsey – guitars
Peter Garrett – vocals
Peter Gifford – bass, vocals
Robert Hirst – drums, vocals
Jim Moginie – guitars, keyboards
Martin Rotsey – guitars
Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock group Midnight Oil which was released in August 1987 by Sprint Music label under CBS 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.
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.
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