Blue Sky Mining

Blue Sky Mining
Studio album by Midnight Oil
Released 25 February 1990
Recorded 1989 in Sydney
Genre Rock
Length 46:52
Label Columbia
Producer Warne Livesey & Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil chronology
Diesel and Dust
(1987)		 Blue Sky Mining
(1990)		 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.

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Reception

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Track listing

  1. "Blue Sky Mine" (Midnight Oil) - 4:18
  2. "Stars of Warburton" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett) - 4:43
  3. "Bedlam Bridge" (Robert Hirst) - 4:25
  4. "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie) - 4:21
  5. "Mountains of Burma" (Hirst) - 4:50
  6. "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie) - 3:58
  7. "River Runs Red" (Hirst, Moginie) - 5:28
  8. "Shakers and Movers" (Moginie, Garrett) - 4:32
  9. "One Country" (Moginie, Garrett) - 5:56
  10. "Antarctica" (Moginie, Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Garrett) - 4:22
  11. "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]

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1990 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1

Singles

Singles
"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
"Forgotten Years"
  • Released: 1990 (Netherlands, UK, US, Australia)
  • Written by: Moginie, Hirst
  • Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
  • Chart positions: #26 Australia
"Bedlam Bridge"
  • Released: 1990 (Netherlands, US, Australia)
  • Written by: Hirst
  • Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
  • Chart positions: #46 Australia
"King of the Mountain"
  • Released: 1990 (Australia, US)
  • Written by: Moginie, Hirst
  • Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
  • Chart positions: #25 Australia
"One Country"
  • Released: 1991 (Australia)
  • Written by: Moginie, Garrett
  • Produced by: Midnight Oil, Warne Livesy
  • Chart positions: #51 Australia

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Preceded by
The 12th Man Again! by The 12th Man		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
11–24 March 1990		 Succeeded by
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinéad O'Connor
Midnight Oil
Studio albums
Charting singles

1978: "Run by Night"  • 1981: "Don't Wanna Be the One"  • "Armistice Day"  • 1982: "Power and the Passion"  • "Read About It"  • "US Forces"  • 1986: "The Dead Heart"  • 1987: "Beds Are Burning"  • " Put Down that Weapon"  • 1988: "Dreamworld"  • 1990: "Blue Sky Mine"  • "Forgotten Years"  • "King of the Mountain"  • "Bedlam Bridge"  • "One Country"  • 1992: "Sometimes"  • 1993: "Truganini"  • "My Country"  • "In the Valley"  • "Drums of Heaven"  • "Outbreak of Love"  • 1996: "Underwater"  • "Surf's Up Tonight"  • 1998: "Redneck Wonderland"  • "White Skin Black Heart"  • "Cemetery In My Mind"  • 2000: "The Real Thing" 2002: "Golden Age"
Compilations and EPs
Live and other albums
Videos and films
Black Fella White Fella • Black Rain Falls • 20,000 Watt R.S.L. The Midnight Oil Collection • Best of Both Worlds
Additional personnel
Glyn Johns • Nick Launay • Magoo • Gary Morris
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