Album · 1987
Diesel and Dust
by Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust is a 1987 rock album by Midnight Oil. It runs 10 tracks across 43 minutes on CBS.
Rock · Alternative Rock · Pop Rock
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- 86 /100
- 8 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 43 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- E minor
- Key
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8 publications
- Daily Record5/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5
- AllMusic4.5/5
- PopMatters9/10
- The Village VoiceB+
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
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10 tracks · 43 min
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Diesel and Dust (2008 Remaster)Remaster · 1987 · 11 tracks
- 1Beds Are Burning
- 2Put Down That Weapon
- 3Dreamworld
- 4Arctic World
- 5Warakurna
- 6The Dead Heart
- 7Whoah
- 8Bullroarer
- 9Sell My Soul
- 10Sometimes
- 11Gunbarrel Highway
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About
Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock group Midnight Oil which was released in August 1987 by Spirit Music label under Columbia Records. Diesel and Dust was produced by Warne Livesey and the band. It is a concept album about the struggles of Indigenous Australians and environmental causes, issues important to the band. It drew inspiration from the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of remote Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland in 1986. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart for six weeks. In 1989, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it No. 13 on their list of the 100 best albums of the 1980s.
In brief
- When was Diesel and Dust released?
- Diesel and Dust was released in 1987 on CBS.
- How many tracks are on Diesel and Dust?
- Diesel and Dust has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
- What genre is Diesel and Dust?
- Diesel and Dust is catalogued under Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock.
- What BPM is Diesel and Dust?
- Diesel and Dust runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in E minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Diesel and Dust?
- Listeners of Diesel and Dust also rate The Joshua Tree by U2, Automatic for the People by R.E.M., Kick by INXS.
Diesel and Dust at a glance
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Produced by
- Warne Livesey
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