Summary
The Real Thing is a mostly acoustic live album by Midnight Oil, which includes four additional studio recordings, among them a cover version of Russell Morris's classic "The Real Thing". It was initially issued in Australia with a bonus disk of interview material listed as containing 2 tracks ("Interview" and "Track by track") but the CD was divided into 30 tracks, dividing the interview up so that past albums and each track on "The Real Thing" gets a short discussion followed by snippet from the album or song being discussed. Later international releases had a bonus disk with videos of "Cemetery In My Mind" and "Redneck Wonderland".
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| Released | July 2000 | |||
| Recorded | (see track listing) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 62:20 | |||
| Label | Sprint Music / Sony Music | |||
| Producer | various / Midnight Oil | |||
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Like the band's previous live album Scream in Blue, it was not included in the Full Tank box set, but three of the four studio tracks appear on the b-sides disc of the Overflow Tank box set (the fourth is included on Full Tank as part of Capricornia).
Track listing edit
- "The Real Thing" (Johnny Young) 3:32 (studio recording)
- "Say Your Prayers" (Moginie) 4:27 (studio recording, first released on the album Liberdade - Viva East Timor in 1999)
- "Spirit of the Age" (Garrett, Moginie) 3:11 (studio recording)
- "Feeding Frenzy" (Garrett, Moginie) 6:02 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "Tell Me the Truth" (Garrett, Moginie) 3:36 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "The Dead Heart" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 6:04 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "Tin Legs and Tin Mines" (Garrett, Gifford, Moginie, Rotsey) 4:43 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "Short Memory" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 4:53 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "In the Valley" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) 3:31 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
- "Blue Sky Mine" (Garrett, Hillman, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey) 4:25 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "US Forces" (Garrett, Moginie) 4:24 – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
- "Warakurna" (Moginie) 4:27 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
- "Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) 4:37 – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
- "The Last of the Diggers" (Hirst) 4:19 (studio recording)
Personnel edit
Midnight Oil edit
- Peter Garrett - lead vocals, harmonica
- Bones Hillman - bass, vocals
- Rob Hirst - drums, vocals
- Jim Moginie - guitars, organ, harmonium, autoharp
- Martin Rotsey - guitars
Additional personnel edit
- Chris Abrahams - piano, organ (on all live tracks)
- Basheri - percussion (on MTV Unplugged tracks)
- Sunil de Silva - percussion (on all other live tracks)
- Charlie McMahon - Didgeridoo (on "The Dead Heart")
Horns on "Say Your Prayers":
- Stewart Kirwan - trumpet
- Andrew Bickers - tenor saxophone
- Anthony Kable - trombone
Charts edit
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] | 7 |
References edit
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Midnight Oil – The Real Thing". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2018.