Blue Sky Mining
by Midnight Oil
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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 949 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,832.
(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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Blue Sky Mining track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Blue Sky Mining rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  identifer | Top 10 Music Albums of 1990 | 8/10 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 401-500 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 | markl73 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 29 Music Albums of 1990 | 6/29 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 90/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 135 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 792 | |||
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Blue Sky Mining ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/13/2026 12:35 |  Strangel | 1,009 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 08:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,056 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2026 21:05 | TheHutts | 2,107 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Blue Sky Mining forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza Romanelli 05/14/2024 17:49 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 10/09/2019 18:30 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?Blue Sky Mining comments
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Blue sky mine and King of the mountain are great singles.
dihansse 12/10/2015 21:28 | #154302 | TOP COMMENT
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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".
hoyquarlow 02/08/2020 14:39 | #247601 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/21/2011 20:16 | #22074 | TOP COMMENT
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This is not their best album by far, but the Oils are a great band, and Blue Sky Mining is still a fine record. "Blue Sky Mine" was a terrific single.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2018 11:15 | #204613 | TOP COMMENT
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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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