Blue Sky Mining

by Midnight Oil

Blue Sky Mining cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1990
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 46:46
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Martin Rotsey, Rob Hirst, Warne Livesey, Jim Moginie, Bones Hillman, Jeremy Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following their global breakthrough, the Australian rock activists crafted another incredibly passionate, politically charged alternative release. Centered largely around themes of environmental destruction and corporate greed, the sweeping, anthemic production ensured a successful follow-up.

Genres

Descriptors: political, nature, melodic, environmentalism, mining

Tracklist

  1. Blue Sky Mine (4:15)
  2. Stars of Warburton (4:54)
  3. Bedlam Bridge (4:32)
  4. Forgotten Years (4:16)
  5. Mountains of Burma (4:54)
  6. King of The Mountain (3:51)
  7. River Runs Red (5:22)
  8. Shakers and Movers (4:26)
  9. One Country (5:53)
  10. Antarctica (4:18)

Credits

  • Bones Hillman - bass, vocals [singing]
  • Rob Hirst - drums, vocals [singing], written-by
  • Jeremy Smith - french horn
  • Jim Moginie - guitar, keyboards, vocals [singing], written-by
  • Martin Rotsey - guitar, vocals [singing], written-by
  • Garf - horns [horn swells]
  • Glad Reed - horns [horn swells]
  • Leon Zervos - lacquer cut by

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