Diesel and Dust

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Diesel and Dust
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Length
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Release Date
1986
Diesel and Dust is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1987 under the CBS record label. The album is a concept album about the struggles of the Australian Aborigines and environmental causes, issues both near and dear to the band, and follows the Black Fella White Fella tour of remote Indigenous communities with the Warumpi Band in 1985. The rhythm of "Beds are Burning" is said to be inspired by the noise of their vehicles' wheels on the corrugated dirt roads in the region. The track "Gunbarrel Highway" was not included on the United States release… read more
Diesel and Dust is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1987 under the CBS record label. The album is a concept album about the struggles of… read more
Diesel and Dust is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1987 under the CBS record label. The album is a concept album about the struggles of the Australian Aborigines and enviro… read more

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Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Beds Are Burning
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 4:14 309,928 listeners
2 Play track Put Down That Weapon
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 4:38 35,333 listeners
3 Play track Dreamworld
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 3:31 37,582 listeners
4 Play track Arctic World
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 21,712 listeners
5 Play track Warakurna
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 4:46 27,395 listeners
6 Play track The Dead Heart
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 6:30 50,510 listeners
7 Play track Whoah
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 22,728 listeners
8 Play track Bullroarer
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 4:43 19,995 listeners
9 Play track Sell My Soul
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 5:06 25,900 listeners
10 Play track Sometimes
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 5:40 24,734 listeners

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Midnight Oil is an alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit single "Beds Are Burning". For most of their career, the band consisted of Peter Garrett (vocals), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboards), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Bones Hillman (bass, vocals) and Rob Hirst (drums). The band split in 2002 to allow Garrett to focus on his political career. He became a member of the Australian House of Representative… read more
Midnight Oil is an alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and… read more
Midnight Oil is an alternative rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1976. The band originally formed as "Farm" in 1972. The band is best known for their political activism and environmentalism and their 1987 worldwide hit… read more

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