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The first Midnight Oil album I owned was Diesel and Dust.
The first Midnight Oil song that I was aware of was The Power and the Passion. At its best Midnight Oil certainly possessed plenty of both.
Because I started with Diesel I also picked up Blue Sky Mining – I still think that the Oils were one of the best at putting a political message inside a three…
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