Species Deceases is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 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 1985 under the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 record label. It was released on 6 August 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima being bombed by the USA.

The EP debuted at No. 1 on the Australian Charts. It was the first single and/or EP to ever hit No. 1 on the charts in its first week of release. Species Deceases spent a total of 6 weeks at the top in Australia (Dec. 1985 – Jan. 1986), being Midnight Oil's only Australian No. 1 on the singles chart.

Track listing

1. "Progress" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett)
2. "Hercules" (Moginie, Garrett, Robert Hirst)
3. "Blossom and Blood" (Hirst, Moginie)
4. "Pictures" (Midnight Oil)

Personnel

• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Rob Hirst
  Rob Hirst
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External links

• Midnight Oil
• Scribd