10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is an album by Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

 that was released on vinyl in 1982 under the Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 label. The lengthy name is often pronounced "ten-to-one" or "ten-nine-eight" by fans. It peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 171 weeks. The album's closing track "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something" contains a note held by the group for what seems like an eternity, which would continue into the album's runout groove, and emulated on the CD version for just over 40 seconds. This is an approximation of a locked groove, a gimmick used a number of times on vinyl albums (such as Diamond Dogs

Diamond Dogs

Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. Thematically it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie's own glam-tinged vision of a post-apocalyptic world...

and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin...

) where the ending sound would continue into the runout groove, with which the sound would continue on until the turntable arm was lifted off, or the automatic return on some turntables would kick in. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

with 1987's Diesel and Dust

Diesel and Dust

Diesel and Dust is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1987 under the CBS record label.The album is a concept album about the struggles of the Australian Aborigines and environmental causes, issues both near and dear to the band, and drew inspiration from the Black Fella White Fella tour...

at No. 1.

Track listing

1. "Outside World" (James Moginie) – 4:24
2. "Only the Strong" (Robert Hirst, Moginie) – 4:31
3. "Short Memory" (Hirst, Moginie, Peter Garrett) – 3:53
4. "Read About It
   Read about It
   "Read About It" is the second single released by Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, from their 1982 studio album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It was a favorite with the band and with fans, appearing at least once on every tour since its release and appearing at the WaveAid concert...
   
   " (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett) – 3:52
5. "Scream in Blue
   Scream in Blue (song)
   "Scream in Blue" is a song by Midnight Oil from their 1982 studio album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. It is the longest song on the album , featuring an extremely esoteric yet also very intense, perhaps somewhat progressive rock-inflected intro - for which the song is probably best remembered -...
   
   " (Martin Rotsey, Moginie, Garrett) – 6:22
6. "US Forces
   US Forces (song)
   "US Forces" is the third single released by Australian rock band, Midnight Oil, from their fourth studio album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.The song denounces the United States Armed Forces' involvement in foreign affairs...
   
   " (Moginie, Garrett) – 4:06
7. "Power and the Passion
   Power and the Passion (song)
   "Power and the Passion" is the first single by Midnight Oil from their widely-acclaimed 1982 studio album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The song is one of the band's most famous, and it appeared on every Midnight Oil tour since the issue of 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 as well as at the WaveAid...
   
   " (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett) – 5:39
8. "Maralinga" (Moginie, Garrett) – 4:44
9. "Tin Legs and Tin Mines" (Rotsey, Moginie, Garrett) – 4:28
10. "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something
    Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something
    "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something" is a song by Midnight Oil drawn from their 1982 studio effort 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The song more or less disappeared after the tour for the album ensued.-Run-out groove:...
    
    " (Midnight Oil) – 3:58

Personnel

• Martin Rotsey
  Martin Rotsey
  Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist, and was a member of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1977 until the band's dissolution in 2002.In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member Rob Hirst's projects Ghostwriters and The Angry Tradesmen...
  
  
• Peter Gifford
  Peter Gifford
  Peter Gifford , sometimes known as "Giffo," is an Australian musician. From 1980 until 1987 he played bass guitar for Australian rock band Midnight Oil.-Midnight Oil:...
  
  
• Robert Hirst
• Jim Moginie
  Jim Moginie
  James "Jim" Moginie is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he was a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter...
  
  
• Peter Garrett
  Peter Garrett
  Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002...