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Midnight Oil – Red Sails In The Sunset (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1984
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Red Sails In The Sunset is an LP by Midnight Oil from 1984 released on the CBS, Sprint label.
About this album
Red Sails In The Sunset is the album that pushed Midnight Oil from cult favourites towards broader recognition. Released in 1984, it sharpened the band’s hard-edged alternative rock with politically charged writing, drawing on nuclear anxiety, war, labour and Australian identity. Best Of Both Worlds, When the Generals Talk and Kosciusko show the group balancing blunt force with keen melodic instinct, while Peter Garrett’s intense delivery turns the record into a rallying cry as much as a rock album. The album helped define Midnight Oil’s reputation for activist conviction and made them one of Australia’s most distinctive rock bands.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Midnight OilLabel: CBS, Sprint – SBP 238027Format: LP, Album, MisprintUnits: 1Country: AustraliaReleased: 1984Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Alternative RockA1 When The Generals Talk
A2 Best Of Both Worlds
A3 Sleep
A4 Minutes To Midnight
A5 Jimmy Sharman'S Boxers
A6 Bakerman
B1 Who Can Stand In The Way
B2 Kosciusko
B3 Helps Me Helps You
B4 Harrisburg
B5 Bells And Horns In The Back Of Beyond
B6 Shipyards Of New Zealand