Diesel and Dust

Rock · 1987 · 7 tracks

Diesel and Dust

Arid, urgent rock that smells of red dust and diesel. A rhythmic, high-stakes protest record that trades stadium gloss for the jagged edges of the Australian interior.

The ultimate protest album that actually makes you want to turn the volume up and drive into the desert.

Urgent and morally clear, balancing the heat of the desert with the cold reality of social injustice.

Diesel and Dust · vs · Midnight Oil

Desert+1.4σ

Desert saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks

02

Put Down That Weapon

4:38

04

Arctic World

4:22

05

Warakurna

4:38

07

Whoah

3:51

08

Bullroarer

4:59

09

Sell My Soul

3:37

10

Sometimes

3:51

Moments Worth Waiting For

the mechanical, rhythmic chugging of the guitars on track one that mimics tires on a corrugated road

the explosive, percussive snare crack that punctuates the chorus of Put Down That Weapon

the haunting, spacious piano opening of Arctic World that feels like a cold wind across a flat landscape

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