20,000 Watt R.S.L.

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20,000 Watt R.S.L.
Greatest hits by Midnight Oil
Released	12 October 1997
Recorded	1982-1997
Genre	Rock
Length	75:55
Label	Sprint Music / CBS Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Midnight Oil chronology
Breathe (1996) 20,000 Watt R.S.L. (1997) Redneck Wonderland (1998)

20,000 Watt R.S.L is a compilation album by Midnight Oil released in 1997. The album includes two songs from the album "Redneck Wonderland" which was actually released a year later.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Chart positions 3 Personnel 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "What Goes On" (Midnight Oil) (from Redneck Wonderland, 1998)
2. "Power and the Passion" (Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett) (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
3. "Dreamworld" (Midnight Oil) (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
4. "White Skin Black Heart" (Midnight Oil) (from Redneck Wonderland, 1998)
5. "Kosciuszko" (Hirst, Moginie) (from Red Sails in the Sunset, 1984)
6. "The Dead Heart" (Midnight Oil) (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
7. "Blue Sky Mine" (Midnight Oil) (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
8. "US Forces" (Moginie, Garrett) (from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1982)
9. "Beds Are Burning" (Midnight Oil) (from Diesel and Dust, 1987)
10. "One Country" (Moginie/Garrett) (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
11. "Best of Both Worlds" (Hirst, Moginie) (from Red Sails in the Sunset, 1984)
12. "Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) (from Earth and Sun and Moon, 1993)
13. "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie) (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)
14. "Hercules" (Moginie, Garrett, Hirst) (from Species Deceases, 1986)
15. "Surf's up Tonight" (Midnight Oil) - from Breathe, 1996)
16. "Back on the Borderline" (Andrew James, Garrett, Hirst) (from Head Injuries, 1979)
17. "Don't Wanna Be the One" (Hirst, Garrett, Martin Rotsey, Moginie) (from Place without a Postcard, 1981)
18. "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie) (from Blue Sky Mining, 1990)

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

[edit] Personnel

• Martin Rotsey - guitars
• Jim Moginie - guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Rob Hirst - drums, vocals
• Peter Garrett - vocals, harmonica
• Peter Gifford - bass, vocals on tracks 2 3 5 6 8 9 11 14 17
• Bones Hillman - bass, vocals on tracks 1 4 7 10 12 13 15 18
• Andrew James - bass on 16

[edit] External links

• Midnight Oil
• Mottled Album Review

Preceded by Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1987-1997 by John Farnham

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album October 26 - November 1, 1997

Succeeded by My Best Friend's Wedding: Music from the Motion Picture by Various artists