10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
by Midnight Oil
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Midnight Oil bestography
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is ranked 2nd 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 949 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,833.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 28 Music Albums of 1982 | 22/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Ranking the years in music ~ 1960-2024 | 17/51 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 81 Music Albums of 1982 | 36/81 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/82 | 5 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1982 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 21 Music Albums of 1982 | 12/21 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Recently Departed: 2026 | 1/48 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 138 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 920 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/31/2026 05:24 |  Purplepash | 5,002 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:24 |  hoyquarlow | 541 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 21:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,938 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSea BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendo BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2017 12:24 | #197436 | TOP COMMENT
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This album appears under appreciated on this site but in Australia it has God like status for any music lover growing up in the 80's . This album provided the soundtrack to our young lives , we smoked weed , lost our virginity and drove around the coast all with this album blowing our minds . Only beaten by Midnight Oils Diesel and Dust for best Australian album of all time . I know every word , every note every micro second of this amazingl album and god damn love it . I understand how the Australian lyrical content could be confusing to non- Australian listeners impacting scores
In '83 or '84 I came home one day with 2 albums by new groups (to Canada anyway) that I had heard about but had only heard one song from each. My roommate pronounced them both "shit". Both are still in my personal top 100 of all time. One is this, which got me into good Aussie rock. The other was Murmur-REM.
A rock smorgasboard where picking the best track is nigh impossible. Went platinum 10 times over locally but hardly a ripple anywhere else. Pity because this is the greatest rock band of the eighties at their pinnacle.
TerryTezza 08/09/2019 00:33 | #240970 | TOP COMMENT
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A true Aussie icon band at their best in Midnight Oil with 10 to 1. The album covers a whole range of political topics with some attitude and pleads for solutions in this complex world. From Destruction of Cambodia to business deals in parking lots, this has so many great lines to read about. I remember after an Oils concert everyone in the train sing their song U.S. Forces...magic. This album has great hits mixed with atmospheric sounds and tune like Pink Floyd. This album is legendary in Australia and should be the same over the world.
timtooky 03/31/2014 20:01 | #108201 | TOP COMMENT
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with this recording the "aussis" are proving, that they could write tuneful and interesting poprock songs. still there are ups and downs here. some tracks are good, but some doesn't make much sense to me.
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