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April 2022 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 studio Midnight Oil MidnightOil_10987654321.jpg November 1982 September 1982 Townhouse (London) * New wave art rock 45:55 Sprint Music / Columbia Nick Launay & Midnight Oil Place Without a Postcard 1981 Red Sails in the Sunset 1984 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 studio US Forces November 1982 Power and the Passion March 1983 Read About It 1983 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in 1982 by Columbia Records. It hit number 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart during 171 total weeks. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book Ltd St Ives, NSW 1993 0-646-11917-6 Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. The band's first US release, it peaked at number 178 on the Billboard 200. At the Countdown Music Awards, it was nominated for Best Australian Album. http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm Australian Music Awards Ron Jeff 16 December 2010 30 June 2012 https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm dead http://1970scountdown.atspace.com/1987.html Final episode of Countdown 1970scountdown 23 October 2020 In October 2010, the album made the Top 40 of the book 100 Best Australian Albums. 100 Best Australian Albums O'Donnell John John O'Donnell (music journalist) Creswell Toby Toby Creswell Mathieson Craig Craig Mathieson Hardie Grant Books October 2010 Prahran, Vic 978-1-74066-955-9 It is listed in the Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, 2011, at number 21.http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/11/countdown/all.htm Countdown #7 | Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time | triple j Jan 28, 2011 www.abc.net.au Jan 9, 2021 In December 2021, it was number 19 in Rolling Stone Australias "200 Greatest Albums of All Time" countdown.Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, 06 December 2021. Retrieved 06 December 2021. Content Contrary to the hard rock of Midnight Oil's previous albums, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 has been described as new wave and art rock, with difficult time signatures.de Visé Daniel May 4, 2023 Thirteen New Wave Album Classics https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/thirteen-new-wave-album-classics November 4, 2025 AllMusic enMay 19, 2017 It’s like Midnight Oil never left https://www.courant.com/2017/05/19/its-like-midnight-oil-never-left/ November 4, 2025 Hartford Courant en-US Drummer Rob Hirst added, "With that album, we were one of the first Australian bands to get into sequencers and synthesisers. It was quite a landmark album at the time, and still stands up really well, because it managed to combine all the aggression and frustration of Midnight Oil with some amazing studio stuff courtesy of Nick." Australian Musician A Studio Tour Winter 1998 13 14 The album's closing track "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something" contains a note held by the group which continues into the album's runout groove, and emulated on the CD version for just over 40 seconds. This is an approximation of a locked groove, a method used a number of times on vinyl albums (such as Diamond Dogs and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) wherein the ending sound continues into the runout groove indefinitely until the turntable arm is lifted or the automatic return, present on some turntables, kicks in. Singer Peter Garrett noted: "We wanted, as a band, to make this album lyrically stronger, because these are fucking desperate times. It's very important for us to get immediate, because we can't go on making records like this for years and years and people can't go on ignoring it."Toby Creswell and Martin Fabinyi The Real Thing Random House 2000 0091835488 137 Reception AllMusic 4.5 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-mw0000652251 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Midnight Oil AllMusic 5 February 2018 Deming Mark Rolling Stone 4 5https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/136367/review/5946309/10_9_8_7_6_5_4_3_2_1 Midnight Oil: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Rolling Stone 27 October 1983 5 February 2018 Puterbaugh Parke https://web.archive.org/web/20071112002134/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/136367/review/5946309/10_9_8_7_6_5_4_3_2_1 2007-11-12 dead The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 5Midnight Oil Fricke David David Fricke The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th 2004 Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian Simon & Schuster 0-7432-0169-8 541–42 Tom Hull B−https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=midnight+oil Grade List: Midnight Oil Tom Hull Hull Tom 4 April 2025 The Village Voice C+https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv2-84.php Christgau's Consumer Guide The Village Voice New York 21 February 1984 5 February 2018 Christgau Robert Robert Christgau Mark Deming at AllMusic wrote: "It's remarkably listenable and catchy, offering up one passionate anthem after another. The band's politics are both well considered and unapologetically upfront throughout ... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 was [Midnight Oil's] first undeniably great album and still ranks with their very best." David Fricke said the album "sounds like the end of the world turned up to 10". The Sun-Herald added: "This extraordinary collection of songs marked the evolution of Midnight Oil from explosive live band to studio act capable of great invention without ever sounding poxy." The Sun-Herald Rock of Ages Peter Holmes 1 November 1998 Roadrunner praised how the band "combine power with intelligence. 10-1 is without doubt their most subtle and intricate offering to date. Roadrunner Midnight Oil Donald Robertson January 1983 56 Track listing Side one Outside World Jim Moginie 4:24 Only the Strong Robert Hirst, Moginie 4:31 Short Memory Peter Garrett, Hirst, Moginie 3:52 Read About It Garrett, Hirst, Moginie 3:52 Scream in Blue Garrett, Moginie, Martin Rotsey 6:22 Side two US Forces Garrett, Moginie 4:06 Power and the Passion Garrett, Hirst, Moginie 5:39 Maralinga Garrett, Moginie 4:44 Tin Legs and Tin Mines Garrett, Moginie, Rotsey 4:28 Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something Garrett, Peter Gifford, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey 3:58 Charts Weekly Chart (1982+) Peakposition Australian Kent Music ReportAustralian Chart Book 1970–1992 Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book St Ives, NSW 1993 0-646-11917-6 NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 3 Canada (RPM)"RPM100 Albums". RPM, March 3, 1984. 98New Zealand 5 Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 true 30 November 2018Billboard200 178 Midnight Oil true 21 December 2025 Year-end Chart (1983) Position Australian Kent Music Report 2 Chart (1984) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1984-12-31 Top Selling Albums of 1984 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart Recorded Music New Zealand 2 February 2022 37 Certifications album Australia Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Platinum 7 2014 "Album Certification" 31 December 2014 New Zealand album Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 1983 1984 Platinum https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/1984-06-08 Official Top 40 Albums Recorded Music NZ 10 June 1984 6 December 2022 yes PersonnelMidnight Oil Peter Garrett – lead vocals Peter Gifford – bass, vocals Rob Hirst – drums, vocals Jim Moginie – guitars, keyboards Martin Rotsey – guitarsAdditional personnel' Gary Barnacle, Peter Thoms & Luke Tunney – brass (on "Power and the Passion") References Category:Midnight Oil albums Category:Sprint Music albums Category:1982 albums Category:Albums produced by Nick Launay Category:Columbia Records albums Category:Albums recorded at Townhouse Studios Category:New wave albums by Australian artists Category:Art rock albums by Australian artists