Red Sails In The Sunset
by Midnight Oil
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Midnight Oil bestography
Red Sails In The Sunset is ranked 4th 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 1,832.
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Red Sails In The Sunset track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Red Sails In The Sunset rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | joathome | Top 42 Music Albums of 1984 | 2/42 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 51/53 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1984 | 87/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Album covers: Quirky, intriguing, aesthetically pleasing | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 87/98 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Best Australian Albums | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 49 Music Albums of 1984 | 33/49 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 24 Oceania | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 80/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 78 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 351 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 45 hours ago |  Leonard | 6,623 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 16:29 |  identifer | 1,005 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 04:21 |  serpico | 912 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza Purplepash 05/31/2026 06:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Red Sails In The Sunset comments
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/05/2021 00:16 | #268215 | TOP COMMENT
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Midnight Oil are underrated as heck. Third favorite album of theirs. Becoming one of my favorite 80s bands for sure. Catchy, quite unique and fun as heck. His vocals and their style are addictive to my brain. One of those rare artists that impressed me right off the bat when I finally listened to them. Doesn't happen often but when it does I rank such an artist quite highly very quickly after first listen.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2018 08:41 | #204609 | TOP COMMENT
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Following the mega huge 10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1 all of Australia held its collective breath for Midnight Oils next album which would be Red Sails In The Sunset and .....its a really good album ! . Some Oil fans were disappointed but not me , I recall loving this album upon release and I still do today . Easily Oils 3rd best Album behind Diesel and 10 to 1 .
A great, fiery, anthemic and left-wing rock record which is also a daring series of grafting experiments, with horn sections, clanking dance beats, banjo filigrees, and synthetic ghost-choirs hovering around the fringes like predatory cherubim.
The epitome of mid eighties nuclear age paranoia this is a angry, soaring rock feast. Brilliant variety and risk taking with the musical arrangements the Oils were firing on all cylinders creatively here.
Very strong set overall. It's the Harrisburg song which takes it further... that was creepy. Far more than 'Breathing' by Kate Bush. It's literally on another level altogether. Paranoid messages from the disaffected? No. This is a warning.
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