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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.
[edit] 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.[1]
[edit] Singles
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"Blue Sky Mine"
- Released: 1990 (Netherlands, Australia, UK, US)
- Written by: Midnight Oil
- Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
- Chart positions: #66 UK, #47 US, #8 Australia
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"Forgotten Years"
- Released: 1990 (Netherlands, UK, US, Australia)
- Written by: Moginie, Hirst
- Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
- Chart positions: #26 Australia
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"Bedlam Bridge"
- Released: 1990 (Netherlands, US, Australia)
- Written by: Hirst
- Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
- Chart positions: #46 Australia
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"King of the Mountain"
- Released: 1990 (Australia, US)
- Written by: Moginie, Hirst
- Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
- Chart positions: #25 Australia
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"One Country"
- Released: 1991 (Australia)
- Written by: Moginie, Garrett
- Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
- Chart positions: #51 Australia
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[edit] Personnel
- Warne Livesey : Additional Keyboard
- Jeremy Smith : French Horn
- Phillip Hartl : String Leader
- Glad and Carl : Horn Swells
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