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| 5.0 classic | fog CONTRIBUTOR | October 2nd 20 |
Unlike many vaguely dissatisfied modern bands, Midnight Oil knows why they're angry, and they're smart enough to articulate it in a straightforward way that anyone can follow. Brimming with righteous indignation, you can tell this came from something special (Blackfella/Whitefella tour of 1986). The seemingly basic straight ahead rock of this is coloured with tons of interesting touches. They're not pretentious, but they aren't generic. It's a great political record, and it's a blast to listen to. Crank up Bullroarer and tell me I'm wrong.
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. STAFF | October 2nd 20 |
Yoooooo "Beds Are Burning" is that kind of song I've basically known my whole life without ever knowing the name. Didn't expect it was made by an Australian 80s band. I should've known: this is both deeply 80s and Australian. 80s because of the bombastic production style, these 80s drums, the jangly guitars, and mostly the band's propension to create anthemic tunes that would fill the stadiums. It's also deeply Australian: they spent several months in the Outback, played with indigenous music groups, which ultimately fueled their lyrics with indigenous issues and environmental causes - the singer eventually became Australia's Environment Minister! So, if we only take into account the music: this is a great 80s pop rock album that generated one megatube. A bit dated, a bit cheesy, still retaining that epic 80s feeling but that doesn't prevent the album from treading the same grounds during 45 minutes.
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| 4.5 superb | lz41 | February 19th 14 |
Uncompromisingly passionate, intelligent and (above all) important, 'Diesel and Dust' brings both the suffering and spirit of Australia's indigenous people to life with songs of belonging, recognition, identity and the struggle to achieve all three.
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| 4.0 excellent | nickw | March 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | KManoc1 | December 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Harlz | February 23rd 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Wyder | March 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | GDfan89 | September 17th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | December 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | September 5th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Ozshark | January 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinKC | October 17th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | igi78 | June 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | November 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faenrir | September 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Divaman | September 1st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Ianman | August 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | manu8a | April 3rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Nexus6 | January 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | October 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | FLRTE | April 24th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mookid | November 7th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | November 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Louis04 | February 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xed | February 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atheus | December 11th 12 |
| 2.5 average | mortnr | October 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | zackseb | April 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Coast | December 27th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Bossie | September 11th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Aids | July 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jethro42 | February 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Piglet | January 16th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Triple6 | November 12th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | sblount | October 13th 09 |
| 3.5 great | deGit | May 26th 09 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | March 4th 07 |
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