Diesel and Dust
by Midnight Oil
- Type: Album
- Released: August 1987
- Label: Columbia
- Country: Australia
- Length: 46:39
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Jeremy Smith, Rob Hirst, John Ockwell, Peter Gifford, Glad Reed, Martin Rotsey, Jim Moginie
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A towering achievement of political alternative rock, 'Diesel and Dust' directly addresses the historical mistreatment of Indigenous Australians and widespread environmental destruction. Peter Garrett's impassioned vocals and the band's driving, acoustic-tinged guitar arrangements create a warm, anthemic soundscape deeply connected to the Australian outback. It remains a fiercely conscious, melodic protest record that achieved massive global resonance.
Genres
Descriptors: political, conscious, melodic, protest, nature, desert
Tracklist
- Beds Are Burning (4:15)
- Put Down That Weapon (4:38)
- Dreamworld (3:36)
- Arctic World (4:22)
- Warakurna (4:37)
- The Dead Heart (5:11)
- Whoah (3:50)
- Bullroarer (4:59)
- Sell My Soul (3:37)
- Sometimes (3:51)
- Gunbarrel Highway (3:40)
Credits
- Midnight Oil - primary artist, producer, written-by
- Peter Gifford - bass, vocals [singing]
- Rob Hirst - drums, vocals [singing]
- Guy Gray - engineer
- Martin Rotsey - guitar
- Jim Moginie - guitar, keyboards, vocals [singing], arranged by [string arrangements]
- Peter Garrett - lead vocals [singer]
- Andrew McMillan - liner notes [a chapter from the forthcoming book strict rules by]
- Gary Morris - management [facilitator]
- Allan Parsons - mastered by
- Warne Livesey - producer, arranged by [string arrangements], keyboards [additional keyboards]
- Glad Reed - trombone
- John Ockwell - cello
- Greg Henderson - engineer
- Jeremy Smith - french horn
- Nick Launay - mixed by [final mix]