After achieving international success with the 1987 Diesel and Dust and a hit single, "Beds Are Burning", Midnight Oil could have decided to go mainstream pop and capitalized on their success.  Instead, they stuck by their guns, something they have done throughout most of their career, and delivered an even more pointed and political album, Blue Sky Mining, in 1990.

After achieving international success with the 1987 Diesel and Dust and a hit single, "Beds Are Burning", Midnight Oil could have decided to go mainstream pop and capitalized on their success. Instead, they stuck by their guns, something they have done throughout most of their career, and delivered an even more pointed and political album, Blue Sky Mining, in 1990.

After achieving international success with the 1987&nbsp;Diesel and Dust&nbsp;and a hit single, "Beds Are Burning", Midnight Oil could have decided to go mainstream pop and capitalized on their success.&nbsp; Instead, they stuck by their guns, something they have done throughout most of their career, and delivered an even more pointed and political album,&nbsp;Blue Sky Mining,&nbsp;in 1990.&nbsp;

Episode 36: Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining

There are those albums that are artistic, critical and commercial milestones.  They are generally agreed to be the pinnacles of an artist’s career.  This is not about those albums.  This is about what came next.

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There are those albums that are artistic, critical and commercial milestones. They are generally agreed to be the pinnacles of an artist’s career. This is not about those albums. This is about what came next.

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