Blue Sky Mining

Infobox Album |
Name = Blue Sky Mining
Type = Album
Artist = Midnight Oil


Released = February 25, 1990
Recorded = 1989 in Sydney
Genre = Rock
Length = 46:52
Label = Columbia
Producer = Warne Livesey & Midnight Oil
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4a967u50h0jf link]
* Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|dud [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=midnight+oil link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/180354/review/5946494/blue_sky_mining link]
Last album = "Diesel and Dust"
(1987)
This album = "Blue Sky Mining"
(1990)
Next album = "The Green Disc"
(1990)

"Blue Sky Mining" is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1990 under the Columbia Records label. It received high ratings from critics. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl. The title track reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks.

Track listing

# "Blue Sky Mine" (Midnight Oil)
# "Stars of Warburton" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett)
# "Bedlam Bridge" (Robert Hirst)
# "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie)
# "Mountains of Burma" (Hirst)
# "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie)
# "River Runs Red" (Hirst, Moginie)
# "Shakers and Movers" (Moginie, Garrett)
# "One Country" (Moginie, Garrett)
# "Antarctica" (Moginie, Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Garrett)
# "You May Not Be Released"
#* Some early Australian copies included the track "You May Not Be Released" - it was the B-side to a 12-inch issue of "Forgotten Years," and it is believed that this only appeared on the first 1,000 LP copies. [http://www.deadheart.org.uk/news_and_info/faq/album_faq/blue_sky_mining.htm]

Chart positions

ingles

[http://www.humanfrailty.com.au/artists/oils.htm] [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Midnight+Oil]

Personnel

* Bones Hillman: Bass, Vocals
* Martin Rotsey: Guitars, Vocals
* Robert Hirst: Drums, Vocals
* Peter Garrett: Lead Vocals
* Jim Moginie: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

* Warne Livesey : Additional Keyboard
* Jeremy Smith : French Horn
* Phillip Hartl : String Leader
* Glad and Carl : Horn Swells

External links

* [http://www.midnightoil.com Midnight Oil]

succession box
before = "The 12th Man Again!" by The 12th Man
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = March 11 - March 24 1990
after = "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" by Sinéad O'Connor