Album dossier / 1987
Diesel and Dust
Midnight Oil · Alternative Rock
Recorded at Albert Studios in Sydney with producer Warne Livesey, Diesel and Dust grew directly out of Midnight Oil's 1986 Blackfella/Whitefella Tour through remote Indigenous Australian communities with the Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland; the resulting concept album about Aboriginal land rights and environmental justice topped the Australian charts for six weeks and was later ranked #13 on Rolling Stone's 100 best albums of the 1980s.
Record facts
- Label
- Columbia/Sprint
- Producer
- Warne Livesey, Midnight Oil
- Chart peak
- #1 Australia (Kent Music Report)
- Notable tracks
- ★ Beds Are Burning
- ★ The Dead Heart
- ★ Put Down That Weapon
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
4 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Midnight Oil. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 10 tracks
- Beds Are Burning
- Put Down That Weapon
- Dreamworld
- Arctic World
- Warakurna
- The Dead Heart
- Whoah
- Bullroarer
- Sell My Soul
- Sometimes
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en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com · track listing: https://www.discogs.com/release/595165 · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-26