Blue Sky Mining
Encyclopedia
Blue Sky Mining is an album
by Midnight Oil
that was released in 1990 under the Columbia Records
label. It received high ratings from critics. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl
. The title track reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks
.
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Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the 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 in 1990 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. It received high ratings from critics. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
. The title track reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...
.
Reception
Track listing
- "Blue Sky MineBlue Sky Mine"Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released as the first single from their album Blue Sky Mining. It peaked at #8 in the ARIA Singles Chart, #7 on Canada's Top 100 Singles Chart, #66 in the UK Singles Chart, #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on both the Billboard...
" (Midnight Oil) - 4:18 - "Stars of Warburton" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett) - 4:43
- "Bedlam Bridge" (Robert Hirst) - 4:25
- "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie) - 4:21
- "Mountains of Burma" (Hirst) - 4:50
- "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie) - 3:58
- "River Runs Red" (Hirst, Moginie) - 5:28
- "Shakers and Movers" (Moginie, Garrett) - 4:32
- "One Country" (Moginie, Garrett) - 5:56
- "Antarctica" (Moginie, Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Garrett) - 4:22
- "You May Not Be Released"
- Some early Australian copies included the track "You May Not Be Released" - it was the B-side to a 12-inch issue of "Forgotten Years," and it is believed that this only appeared on the first 1,000 LP copies.http://www.deadheart.org.uk/news_and_info/faq/album_faq/blue_sky_mining.htm
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Albums Chart |
1 |
Singles
| Singles |
|---|
| "Blue Sky Mine Blue Sky Mine "Blue Sky Mine" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil released as the first single from their album Blue Sky Mining. It peaked at #8 in the ARIA Singles Chart, #7 on Canada's Top 100 Singles Chart, #66 in the UK Singles Chart, #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on both the Billboard... "
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| "Forgotten Years"
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| "Bedlam Bridge"
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| "King of the Mountain"
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| "One Country"
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Personnel
- Bones HillmanBones HillmanBones Hillman is a New Zealand musician. He played bass guitar in his first band The Masochists, an early New Zealand punk act, formed with friends from the Auckland suburb of Avondale . In late 1977 he joined the Suburban Reptiles and appeared on their first single, "Megaton"...
: Bass, Vocals - Martin RotseyMartin RotseyMartin 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...
: Guitars, Vocals - Robert Hirst: Drums, Vocals
- Peter GarrettPeter GarrettPeter 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...
: Lead Vocals - Jim MoginieJim MoginieJames "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...
: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
- Warne Livesey : Additional Keyboard
- Jeremy Smith : French Horn
- Phillip Hartl : String Leader
- Glad and Carl : Horn Swells