Blue Sky Mining (studio album) by Midnight Oil

Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 2,164th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 160 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (31st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (386th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,164th)
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Midnight Oil bestography

Blue Sky Mining is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by Midnight Oil on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Midnight Oil is Diesel And Dust which is ranked number 988 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,826.

Midnight Oil album bestography « Higher ranked (1,782nd) This album (2,164th) Lower ranked (4,431st) »
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1Blue Sky MiningEarth And Sun And Moon

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Blue Sky Mining track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 160 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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90/100
From 02/08/2020 14:39
May not have the "classic" vibe of Diesel and Dust, but I think Blue Sky Mining is superior, truly Midnight Oil's finest. Songs are more varied, catchier and more passionate.

Standouts ; Blue Sky Mine, Mountains of Burma, Shakers and Movers, Antarctica.
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60/100
From 01/05/2018 11:15
Big MO fan but I've never understood the hype around this album , the only track I love is 'One Country' with the remainder so so . lyrically great , musically disappointing.
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90/100
From 12/10/2015 21:28
This is one of my overall top 100 albums which you can check out with additionele comments.
Although the predecessor of this album "Diesel and Dust" is maybe better known, this "Blue Sky Mining" is certainly the best of the Australian band Midnight Oil.
Although Peter Garett is maybe not the best singer and maybe the preacher in him is sometimes a bit too present, there is something magical about the songs on this album, going from the somewhat symphonic sound on tracks like "Shakers and Movers" to very energetic tracks ready for stadion rock singing like "Forgotten years".
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65/100
From 10/28/2015 14:18
In 1990 they pushed it on the cover of the "famous" "wom magazine" - and I bought it!!!
OK its radio music!
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Rating:  
75/100
From 10/11/2014 22:51
very good album, love midnight oil
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From 10/18/2012 11:44
This is very average album. Not bad but nothing special.
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From 10/11/2012 23:01
Mountains of Burma stands out above the rest.
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70/100
From 10/04/2012 17:14
Not as strong as Diesel and Dust, but still worth a listen.
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From 06/24/2012 20:59
Blue sky mine and King of the mountain are great singles.
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From 12/31/2011 23:50
One Country was a beautiful Oils song that stands with anything they ever did together.
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