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Blue Sky Mining

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Blue Sky Mining is an album by Midnight Oil that was released in 1990 under the Columbia Records label. While receiving high ratings from critics, it was poorly received by fans of earlier albums as straying too far from Midnight Oil's signature edginess. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl.

Blue Sky Mining
Blue Sky Mining cover
Studio album by Midnight Oil
Released February 1990
Recorded 1989
Genre Rock
Length 46:52
Label Columbia
Producer Warne Livesey & Midnight Oil
Professional reviews
Midnight Oil chronology
Diesel and Dust
(1987)
Blue Sky Mining
(1990)
The Green Disc
(1990)

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blue Sky Mine" (Midnight Oil)
  2. "Stars of Warburton" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett)
  3. "Bedlam Bridge" (Robert Hirst)
  4. "Forgotten Years" (Hirst, Moginie)
  5. "Mountains of Burma" (Hirst)
  6. "King of the Mountain" (Hirst, Moginie)
  7. "River Runs Red" (Hirst, Moginie)
  8. "Shakers and Movers" (Moginie, Garrett)
  9. "One Country" (Moginie, Garrett)
  10. "Antarctica" (Moginie, Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Garrett)
  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]

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 (Netherlamds, 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

[2] [3]

Personnel

Preceded by
"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
April 7, 1990
Succeeded by
"Metropolis" by The Church

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