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Midnight Oil (1976 - )

Group - Australia Australian rock band

 Also known as (2)

Releases (92)

Official

Album

  1. Midnight Oil 1978
  2. Head Injuries 1979
  3. Place Without a Postcard Nov 1981
  4. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Nov 1982
  5. Red Sails in the Sunset 1984
  6. Diesel and Dust 22 Jun 1987
  7. Blue Sky Mining 25 Feb 1990
  8. Earth and Sun and Moon 20 Apr 1993
  9. Breathe 27 Sep 1996
  10. Redneck Wonderland 06 Jul 1998
  11. Capricornia 2001
  12. Best Of Both Worlds: Oils On The Water (Deluxe Edition) 05 Apr 2004
  13. Lasseter's Gold 26 May 2017 unreleased demos
  14. The Makarrata Project 30 Oct 2020
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Album - Live

  1. Scream in Blue: Live 30 Apr 1992
  2. The Real Thing 08 Jul 2000
  3. Best of Both Worlds 05 Apr 2004
  4. Live at the Wireless, 1978 - Studio 221 26 May 2017
  5. Armistice Day: Live at the Domain, Sydney 09 Nov 2018
  6. Badlands (Live 1985) 31 Jul 2020
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Album - Compilation

  1. 20,000 Watt R.S.L. 12 Oct 1997
  2. The Best of the B‐Sides 1997
  3. The Collection 2000
  4. Les Indispensables De Midnight Oil 2004
  5. Flat Chat 28 Oct 2006
  6. Essential Oils 02 Nov 2012
  7. Full Tank 12 May 2017
  8. Chiko Locallo 26 May 2017 b-sides & rarities
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Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Overflow Tank 12 May 2017
  2. Punter Barrier BPM 26 May 2017
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Promotion

Album - Remix

  1. The Green Disc 1990
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Dreamworld 1991
  2. Best of Both Worlds 1991
  3. Beds Are Burning 1992
  4. Oil From the Outback 1992
  5. Absolutely Live 1993 07 Aug 1993
  6. 1993-04-29: Astoria Theatre, London, UK 1993
  7. Live USA 1993
  8. Best of Both Live Acts 1993
  9. Sometimes 1993
  10. Unplugged Calgary Electric Chicago 1993
  11. What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding 1993
  12. Know Your Power 1993
  13. Live USA 1993
  14. Blue Sky Red Earth 1994
  15. Spiritual Magic 1994
  16. Our Country 2000
  17. Metro Chicago 2015
  18. Breathe Tour ’97 13 Apr 2019
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Other

  1. Acoustic 1993
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Relationships (14)

Members

  1. Rob Hirst (1972) original, percussion, drums (drum set)
  2. Jim Moginie (1972) original, keyboard, guitar
  3. Andrew James (1972 - 1980) original, electric bass guitar
  4. Peter Garrett (1973) lead vocals
  5. Martin Rotsey (1977) guitar
  6. Peter Gifford (1980 - Nov 1987) electric bass guitar
  7. Bones Hillman (Nov 1987) electric bass guitar

Supporting By

  1. Charlie McMahon (1984) didgeridoo
  2. Glad Reed (1985 - 1990) trombone
  3. Charlie McMahon (1986) didgeridoo
  4. Chris Abrahams (1993 - 1994) keyboard
  5. Chris Abrahams (2000) keyboard
  6. Glad Reed (2009) trombone
  7. Jack Howard (2017) flugelhorn, cowbell, percussion, keyboard, trumpet

Recordings by (351)

  1. Head Over Heels 4:05 (1978)
  2. Dust 3:20 (1978)
  3. Used and Abused 3:12 (1978)
  4. Surfing With a Spoon 5:22 (1978)
  5. Run by Night 3:57 (1978)
  6. Nothing Lost — Nothing Gained 8:28 (1978)
  7. Powderworks 5:35 (1978)
  8. Cold Cold Change 3:27 (1979)
  9. Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) 3:00 (1979)
  10. Naked Flame 3:27 (1979)
  11. Back on the Borderline 3:08 (1979)
  12. Koala Sprint 5:09 (1979)
  13. No Reaction 2:57 (1979)
  14. Stand in Line 4:48 (1979)
  15. Profiteers 3:45 (1979)
  16. Is It Now? 4:22 (1979)
  17. Don’t Wanna Be the One 3:04 (Nov 1981)
  18. Brave Faces 4:47 (Nov 1981)
  19. Armistice Day 4:27 (Nov 1981)
  20. Someone Else to Blame 2:47 (Nov 1981)
  21. Basement Flat 4:33 (Nov 1981)
  22. Written In the Heart 3:14 (Nov 1981)
  23. Burnie 4:43 (Nov 1981)
  24. Quinella Holiday 2:34 (Nov 1981)
  25. Loves on Sale 2:21 (Nov 1981)
  26. If Ned Kelly Was King 3:38 (Nov 1981)
  27. Lucky Country 4:49 (Nov 1981)
  28. Outside World 4:21 (Nov 1982)
  29. Only the Strong 4:34 (Nov 1982)
  30. Short Memory 3:53 (Nov 1982)
  31. Read About It 3:52 (Nov 1982)
  32. Scream in Blue 6:18 (Nov 1982)
  33. US Forces 4:07 (Nov 1982)
  34. Power and the Passion 5:40 (Nov 1982)
  35. Maralinga 4:44 (Nov 1982)
  36. Tin-Legs and Tin Mines 4:21 (Nov 1982)
  37. Somebody’s Trying to Tell Me Something 4:03 (Nov 1982)
  38. Glitch Baby Glitch (Power and the Passion dub) 4:44 (1983)
  39. Wedding Cake Island 3:08 (1983)
  40. When the Generals Talk 3:33 (1984)
  41. Best of Both Worlds 4:04 (1984)
  42. Sleep 5:09 (1984)
  43. Minutes to Midnight 3:07 (1984)
  44. Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers 7:24 (1984)
  45. Bakerman 0:54 (1984)
  46. Who Can Stand in the Way 4:35 (1984)
  47. Kosciusko 4:39 (1984)
  48. Helps Me Helps You 3:49 (1984)
  49. Harrisburg 3:50 (1984)
  50. Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond 3:27 (1984)
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. US Forces 4:07 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)

Produced

  1. Outside World 4:21 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  2. Maralinga 4:44 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  3. Tin-Legs and Tin Mines 4:21 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  4. Somebody’s Trying to Tell Me Something 4:03 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  5. Short Memory 3:53 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  6. Scream in Blue 6:18 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  7. Only the Strong 4:34 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  8. Read About It 3:52 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  9. US Forces 4:07 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  10. Power and the Passion 5:40 Midnight Oil (Nov 1982)
  11. Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers 7:24 Midnight Oil (1984)
  12. Bakerman 0:54 Midnight Oil (1984)
  13. Kosciusko 4:39 Midnight Oil (1984)
  14. Minutes to Midnight 3:07 Midnight Oil (1984)
  15. When the Generals Talk 3:33 Midnight Oil (1984)
  16. Helps Me Helps You 3:49 Midnight Oil (1984)
  17. Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond 3:27 Midnight Oil (1984)
  18. Best of Both Worlds 4:04 Midnight Oil (1984)
  19. Who Can Stand in the Way 4:35 Midnight Oil (1984)
  20. Sleep 5:09 Midnight Oil (1984)
  21. Shipyards of New Zealand 5:53 Midnight Oil (1984)
  22. Harrisburg 3:50 Midnight Oil (1984)
  23. Pictures 3:13 Midnight Oil (1985)
  24. Progress 3:57 Midnight Oil (1985)
  25. Blossom and Blood 4:27 Midnight Oil (1985)
  26. Hercules 4:31 Midnight Oil (1985)
  27. Sometimes 3:53 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  28. Beds Are Burning 4:16 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  29. Dreamworld 3:36 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  30. Sell My Soul 3:37 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  31. The Dead Heart 5:11 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  32. Whoah 3:50 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  33. Put Down That Weapon 4:38 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  34. Arctic World 4:21 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  35. Warakurna 4:38 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  36. Bullroarer 4:59 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  37. Gunbarrel Highway 3:38 Midnight Oil (1987)
  38. King of the Mountain 3:51 Midnight Oil (25 Feb 1990)

Holds Phonographic Copyright (?) For

  1. Beds Are Burning 4:16 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  2. Dreamworld 3:36 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  3. Whoah 3:50 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  4. The Dead Heart 5:11 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  5. Put Down That Weapon 4:38 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  6. Warakurna 4:38 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  7. Arctic World 4:21 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  8. Sell My Soul 3:37 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  9. Bullroarer 4:59 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  10. Sometimes 3:53 Midnight Oil (22 Jun 1987)
  11. Gunbarrel Highway 3:38 Midnight Oil (1987)

Credited as (14)

  1. Midnight Oil
  2. The Replacements / Midnight Oil
  3. Midnight Oil / Metallica / Ready for the World
  4. Midnight Oil feat. Yirrmal
  5. Midnight Oil feat. Dan Sultan, Joel Davison, Kaleena Briggs & Bunna Lawrie
  6. Midnight Oil feat. Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith
  7. Midnight Oil feat. Gurrumul Yunupingu & Dan Sultan
  8. Midnight Oil feat. Alice Skye
  9. Midnight Oil feat. Frank Yamma
  10. Midnight Oil feat. Kev Carmody & Sammy Butcher
  11. Midnight Oil feat. Troy Cassar-Daley
  12. Midnight Oil feat. Gurrumul & Dan Sultan
  13. Midnight Oil feat. Troy Cassar‐Daley
  14. The Rolling Stones / Midnight Oil / R-U Ready

Works (26)

Wrote

  1. Underwater
  2. Surf’s Up Tonight
  3. Common Ground
  4. Time to Heal
  5. Sins of Omission
  6. One Too Many Times
  7. Star of Hope
  8. In the Rain
  9. Bring on the Change
  10. Home
  11. E‐Beat
  12. Barest Degree
  13. Gravelrash
  14. Redneck Wonderland
  15. Concrete
  16. Cemetery in My Mind
  17. Comfortable Place on the Couch
  18. Safety Chain Blues
  19. Return to Sender
  20. Blot
  21. The Great Gibber Plain
  22. Seeing Is Believing
  23. White Skin Black Heart
  24. What Goes On
  25. Drop in the Ocean
  26. Blue Sky Mine

Events (5)

Main Performer At

  1. WaveAid
  2. Later… with Jools Holland: Series 2, Episode 7
  3. Hurricane
  4. MTV Unplugged
  5. Roskilde Festival 1993, Day 3: Orange time

Links (43)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.midnightoil.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1217762-3
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13904994r
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89017258
  4. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/midnight-oil/
  5. https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/band/Midnight_Oil
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-488937
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89017258
  8. https://imvdb.com/n/midnight-oil
  9. https://www.45cat.com/artist/midnight-oil
  10. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/midnight_oil
  11. https://www.whosampled.com/Midnight-Oil/

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-5286/midnight-oil/lyrics.html
  2. https://genius.com/artists/Midnight-oil

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Midnight+Oil

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/241996

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/midnight-oil-53d62f9d.html

Bandsintown

  1. https://www.bandsintown.com/a/16082

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/92734

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000405903

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1780416/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/126814996

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48284

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/6459

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/72KyoXzp0NOQij6OcmZUxk
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/6207

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/18747421
  2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id18747421
  3. https://www.junodownload.com/artists/Midnight+Oil/releases/
  4. https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Aewjokvphqnfplbl75fpnvkye4i
  5. https://www.7digital.com/artist/midnight-oil

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000AQ18XC

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/3543558

Fan Pages

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19990209010559/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/1348/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/19970402211115/http://pat.nyser.net/oils.html
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/19970402211220/http://pat.nyser.net/oilbase/
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/19990222171621/http://www.stevens-tech.edu/~dbelson/oilbase/

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/05072650-4b05-4e8b-83d0-dba2576e306a

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/midnightoilofficial
  2. https://twitter.com/midnightoilband
  3. https://www.instagram.com/midnightoilband/

Soundcloud

  1. https://soundcloud.com/midnight-oil-official

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/user/midnightoilvevo