Midnight Oil
by Midnight Oil
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Midnight Oil bestography
Midnight Oil is ranked 12th 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 950 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,831.
(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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Midnight Oil track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Midnight Oil 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 | stangetzaway | Top 45 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/45 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 70/89 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 51 Music Albums of 1978 | 46/51 | 1 |
| 2025 | joathome | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/40 | 4 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 79 Music Albums of 1978 | 62/79 | 1 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Midnight Oil Ranked | 10/11 | - |
| 2024 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | 1978: 100+ | 12/45 | - |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 57 Music Albums of 1978 | 34/57 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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Midnight Oil ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/23/2026 04:58 | culwin | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 21:04 | TheHutts | 2,107 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 13:45 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,123 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
Midnight Oil forum mentions
neilgee 01/06/2026 03:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Midnight Oil comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2018 11:37 | #204617
This is where it all began , very raw , very rough but the trade mark MO DNA is all there . Best track is 'Run By Night ' , followed by 'Surfing On A Spoon ' ( I always thought 'Surfing On A Spoon' was about drug use) (Edited)
There's something here, but I'm not sure what. I'm not sure they knew either, at least not yet. They needed just a little more time to cook. But the ingredients are there. (Edited)
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