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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Videos Awards Links Various Refers
MIDNIGHT OIL
Sydney, Australia
*  1976+  11/2002

Line-Up (2017):

MIDNIGHT OIL (photo)
 

Peter Garrett - voc
Martin Rotsey - g
Jim Moginie - g,kb
Bones Hillman - bg
Rob Hirst - ds

Former Members:

Andrew James (bg, 1976-80); Peter Gifford (bg, 1980-87)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Midnight Oil1978 Powderworks
2.Head Injuries1979 Powderworks
3.Place Without A Postcard1981 Powderworks
4.10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 16/1983 CBS 178
5.Red Sails In The Sunset7/1985 CBS 177
6.Diesel And Dust2/1988 CBS19 21
7.Blue Sky Mining3/1990 CBS28 20
8.Scream In Blue18.05.1992CBS 141
9.Earth And Sun And Moon26.04.1993CBS27 49
10.Breathe14.10.1996CBS 155
11.20.000 Watt R.S.L.08.12.1997CBS
12.Redneck Wonderland
(in the USA 3.11.1998)		05.07.1998CBS
13.The Real Thing07.08.2000CBS
14.Capricornia19.02.2002Liquid 8/BMG
15.Gaia21.03.2003
16.Flat Chat21.11.2006Sony
17.Essential Oils
(2CD)		30.04.2013Sony Music
18.Live and Unplugged… Calgary '9302.12.2016Air Cuts
19.Resist2/2022 Sony

Jim Moginie:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Alas Folkloric26.09.2006EMI

Peter Garrett:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.A Version of Now22.07.2016

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Run By Night1979 Powderworks
2.Bird Noises EP
(No Time For Games / Knife's Edge / Wedding Cake Island / I'm The Cure)		11/1980 Powderworks
3.U.S. Forces / Outside World
12" + Some Kids / Knife Edge		5/1983 CBS
4.Power And The Passion / Glitch Baby
(v Austrálii 4/83)		7/1983 CBS
5.Tin Legs And Tin Minds / Power And The Passion9/1983 Columbia
6.Outside World / Read About It2/1984 Columbia
7.Best Of Both Worlds / Koscrusko
12" + Power And The Passion		7/1985 CBS
8.When The Generals Talk / Who Can Stand In The Way9/1985 CBS
9.Species Deceases EP11/1985
10.Beds Are Burning / Gun Barrel Highway
12" + Hercules / Power And The Passion		3/1986 CBS48 17
11.The Dead Heart8/1986
12.Put Down That Weapon1/1988
13.Dead Heart / Kosciusco
7" + Blossom And Blood / Pictures
12",CD + Whoah / Beds Are Burning (mix)		6/1988 CBS68 53
14.Progress / Dreamworld
CD + Hercules / Blossom And Blood / Pictures (Special Diseases EP)		11/1988 Columbia
15.Beds Are Burning / Gun Barrel Highway
(reissue)		2/1989 CBS5
16.Dead Heart / Kosciusco
(reissue)		6/1989 CBS62
17.Blue Sky Mine / Wedding Cake Island
12",CD + Beds Are Burning		2/1990 CBS66 47
18.Forgotten Years / You May Not Be Released
12",CD + Shakers And Movers / Don't Wanna Be The One		5/1990 CBS97
19.King Of The Mountain8/1990
20.Bedlam Bridge11/1990
21.Sometimes (live) / Used And Abused (live)
CD1 + Written In My Heart (live)
CD2 + No Reaction (live) / Wharf Rat		11.05.1992CBS
22.Truganini / Beds Are Burning / Read About It / Stars Of Warburton08.03.1993CBS29
23.My Country (radio version) / Glitch Baby Glitch21.06.1993CBS66
24.In The Valley / Ships Of Freedom / My Country (live)
12",CD + Blue Sky Mine (live)		04.10.1993CBS60
25.Outbreak Of Love10/1993
26.Underwater02.09.1996CBS
27.Surfs Up Tonight17.03.1997CBS
28.20.000 Watt R.S.L.08.12.1997CBS
29.The Real Thing6/2000 CBS
30.Gadigal Land07.08.2020
31.The Makarrata Project EP11/2020

Videos:

1. Black Rain Falls - 1990, SMV, 45 min
2. Blackfella Whitefella - 9/1992, SMV

Awards:

1988 Rolling Stone Critics

- Album Of The Year ("Diesel And Dust")
- Band Of The Year

WWW Links:

http://www.midnightoil.com

Various:

1978 own label Powderworks

Peter Garrett:

appeared on the SP:

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (12/85, EMI)

11/2007 ministr životního prostředí Australia

Press References:

&musiQ
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
20031 18Pelmel
Bang!
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1994923.03.199423Video
Big Beng!
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19962414.11.199626Forum kritikumalbum review
19974013.11.199725Forum kritikumalbum review
19982920.08.199818profile, discography
19982920.08.199827Forum kritikumalbum review
20001631.08.200046Forum kritikumalbum review
20022020.12.200222profile, discography
20022020.12.200242Forum kritikumalbum review
Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
199012 368Melodie ze světaprofile
19915 27Recenzealbum review
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19824430.10.19829interview
19832304.06.198314Singlessingle review
19832411.06.198329Albumsalbum review
19832809.07.198326interview
19833603.09.198330Singlessingle review
19922123.05.199230Albumsalbum review
19923819.09.19929Advance - Periscope
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19901607.12.19904Pelmel
19901721.12.199016profile
1991629.03.199120Recenzealbum review
19921101.06.199227Profilyprofile
19922009.10.199228Recenzealbum review
19931623.08.199328Recenzealbum review
19941616.08.199431Live - WOMADgig review
19941730.08.199430Live - Open Air Gampelgig review
19971 74interview
19971 94Livegig review
19971 104Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
19978 30Online
19981 106Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
19989 80interview
19989 103Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
20001 15Pelmel
20003 14Pelmel
20009 15Pelmel
200010 105Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
200111 14Pelmel