Head Injuries

by Midnight Oil

Head Injuries cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1979
  • Label: Powderworks
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 34:11
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Rob Hirst, Les Karski, Jim Moginie, Andrew James, Martin Rotsey, Peter Garrett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boasting a significantly more abrasive and focused sound than their debut, 'Head Injuries' addresses themes of environmentalism, urban alienation, and political hypocrisy. The hard-edged guitar textures and impassioned vocal deliveries quickly established the group's formidable reputation in the Australian pub rock circuit.

Genres

Descriptors: nature, political, desert, guitars, rhythmic, loud, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Cold Cold Change (3:29)
  2. Section 5 (Bus To Bondi) (2:59)
  3. Naked Flame (3:27)
  4. Back On The Borderline (3:08)
  5. Koala Sprint (5:11)
  6. No Reaction (2:56)
  7. Stand In Line (4:47)
  8. Profiteers (3:44)
  9. Is It Now? (4:25)

Credits

  • Andrew James - bass, backing vocals, written-by, bass guitar, background vocals vocal
  • Rob Hirst - drums, backing vocals, written-by, membranophone, background vocals vocal
  • Martin Rotsey - guitar, written-by
  • Jim Moginie - guitar, keyboards, written-by, guitar keyboard
  • Peter Garrett - vocals, written-by, lead vocals vocal

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