Midnight Oil Celebrated With Essential Oils, Double-Disc Collection Of Recordings Spanning 1978-2002, Curated By The Band

36-TRACK COLLECTION FEATURES 28 SINGLES AND 8 ALBUM TRACKS, SPANNING EVERY ALBUM (AND TWO RARE EPS)

AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE APRIL 30, 2013, THROUGH COLUMBIA/LEGACY

The power and the passion of one of the world’s most inspirational rock and roll bands comes full circle on ESSENTIAL OILS, the

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first double-CD chronology ever assembled on Australia’s favorite sons, MIDNIGHT OIL. Containing 36 songs, handpicked by the band, the tracklist covers every one of the Oils’ 12 studio albums (and two of their rare 1980s EPs).  ESSENTIAL OILS will be available everywhere April 30^th through COLUMBIA/LEGACY, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

ESSENTIAL OILS spotlights the band’s early development years (1978-1985) on the first disc before moving on to their tenure as a world-class touring and recording outfit (1987-2002) on the second disc.  The songs that won them a global audience pour out like a machine gun volley to the heart: “Beds Are Burning,” “Dreamworld,” “The Dead Heart,” “Blue Sky Mine,” “Forgotten Years,” “King Of the Mountain,” “Truganini,” and more.

ESSENTIAL OILS by MIDNIGHT OIL (Columbia/Legacy 88725 49763 2) TRACK LIST:
CD ONE – Selections: 1. Run By Night (A) — 2. Cold Cold Change (B) — 3. Back On the Borderline (B) — 4. Wedding Cake Island (C) — 5. No Time for Games (C) — 6. Don’t Wanna Be the One (D) — 7. Armistice Day (D) — 8. Lucky Country (D) — 9. Only the Strong (E) — 10. Short Memory (E) — 11. Read About It (E) — 12. US Forces (E) — 13. Power and the Passion (E) — 14. When the Generals Talk (F) — 15. Best of Both Worlds (F) — 16. Kosciusko (F) — 17. Progress (G) — 18. Hercules (G).

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CD TWO – Selections: 1. Beds Are Burning (H, Mainstream Rock #6) — 2. Put Down That Weapon (H) — 3. Dreamworld (H, Modern Rock #16, Mainstream Rock #37) — 4. The Dead Heart (H, Mainstream Rock #11) — 5. Warakurna (H) — 6. Blue Sky Mine (I, Mainstream Rock #1, Modern Rock #1) — 7. Forgotten Years (I, Modern Rock #1, Mainstream Rock #11) — 8. King Of the Mountain (I, Modern Rock #3, Mainstream Rock #20) — 9. One Country (I) — 10. Truganini (J, Modern Rock #4) — 11. My Country (J) — 12. In the Valley (J) — 13. Surf’s Up Tonight (K) — 14. Redneck Wonderland (L) — 15. White Skin Black Heart (L) — 16. Say Your Prayers (M) — 17. Golden Age (N) — 18. Luritja Way (N).

   MIDNIGHT OIL won audiences with their fierce commitment to social, environmental, anti-nuclear, and human rights causes, especially the plight of Australia’s indigenous Aboriginal native culture. During the divisive Reagan-Bush era, a period that turned out to be as volatile and disenfranchising as the late-1960s, Midnight Oil’s conscience struck a raw nerve in America. Nearly 20 years into their career, they earned critical and commercial success in the U.S. (and UK) that would stand them in good stead for their next decade, until their official disbandment in 2002.

From 1978’s “Run By Night” (off their self-titled debut LP on the indie Powderworks label) to 2002’s “Luritja Way” (from their final album, Capricornia), ESSENTIAL OILS collects 28 Midnight Oil single sides, and eight well-chosen album and EP tracks. “For this collection,” said the band’s guitarist/KEYBOARDIST JIM MOGINIE, “we put our most definitive songs in chronological timeline, so listening feels like a turbo boosted journey at light speed through 25 years of being in Midnight Oil.”