Not too long ago in the northwest of my home state of Western Australia there lay a thriving rural community, indeed a town called Wittenoom. Diesel and Dust. They responded in 1990 with Blue Sky Mining. Armed with a renewed confidence and a new bass player, they managed to write an incredible follow up. This album has a more subtle and open approach to the songs.
Great song lyrics.
Maybe a little too commercial. Not as good as some of their earlier releases. Soon after the release of Diesel and Dust , the album that first introduced Midnight Oil to the world, came the release of their new workings, Blue Sky Mining . It is evident that in this new album, Midnight Oil have kept to their creed of writing songs that are almost editorials to the political and environmental conditions of the time. However, it is also evident that Midnight Oil tried to go back to their roots through the release of this album.