• Diesel and Dust is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under Columbia Records....
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    Red Sails in the Sunset Species Deceases Diesel and Dust Blue Sky Mining Scream in Blue (Live) Earth and Sun and Moon Breathe 20,000 Watt R.S.L. Redneck...
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    with and without pilot injection. According to Diesel, neither was a coal-dust–producing industry existent, nor was fine, high-quality coal-dust commercially...
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    the 1987 album Diesel and Dust which edged them into mainstream global recognition. In addition to number one in Australia, Diesel and Dust peaked at number...
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  • Beds Are Burning (category Songs about racism and xenophobia)
    their album Diesel and Dust. This song was released as the second single from the album. It reached No. 1 in New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, No....
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  • 1 (1982), Red Sails in the Sunset (1984) and Diesel and Dust (1987), as well the EPs Bird Noises (1980) and Species Deceases (1985). Gifford joined the...
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  • in the top 30 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums, with 1987's Diesel and Dust at No. 1. In July 2011, the album was listed in Triple J Hottest 100...
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  • Put Down That Weapon (category Songs about nuclear war and weapons)
    in December 1987 as the third single from their sixth studio album, Diesel and Dust. Australian release "Put Down That Weapon" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett...
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  • Australia in 1986 and in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1988 after it had been included on the 1987 album, Diesel and Dust. It peaked at number...
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  • for its 1987 hit “Beds Are Burning,” off the internationally popular Diesel and Dust. That platinum-selling album was the band's first real success stateside...
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    work Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor, Rudolf Diesel considers using coal dust as fuel for the diesel engine. However, Diesel just considered...
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  • fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, Diesel and Dust. In the United States, the song reached No. 16 on the Modern Rock chart and No. 37...
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    Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: /ˈdiːzəlˌ -səl/, German: [ˈdiːzl̩] ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer...
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  • by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, from their sixth studio album Diesel and Dust, released in 1987. A live recording from 1989 was released in April...
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    invited Trudell (as Graffiti Man) to tour with them during their From Diesel and Dust to the Big Mountain world tour. They billed Trudell's part of the show...
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    Bullroarer (category Rotating and whirling aerophones)
    Oil included a recording of an imitation bullroarer on their album Diesel and Dust (1987) at the beginning of the song "Bullroarer". In an interview,...
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  • may also refer to: "Bullroarer", a song on Midnight Oil's 1987 album Diesel and Dust Bullroarer, the nickname of the great-great-grand-uncle of Bilbo Baggins...
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    1987, after touring the outback and recording the band's best-known album Diesel and Dust, Gifford suffered ill health and resigned. New bass player Bones...
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  • and harmonica; Peter Gifford on bass guitar and backing vocals; Rob Hirst on drums and backing vocals; Jim Moginie on lead guitar and keyboards; and Martin...
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  • weeks in Australia and had Top 5 chart success in Sweden, Switzerland and Norway. It peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200 and number 28 on the UK...
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    Australia to work with Midnight Oil on their album Diesel and Dust. The record sold 5 million copies worldwide and in 2010 was named the best Australian album...
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    2, 1 (1982) Red Sails in the Sunset (1984) Diesel and Dust (1987) Blue Sky Mining (1990) Earth and Sun and Moon (1993) Breathe (1996) Redneck Wonderland...
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  • are Burning" (from the Diesel and Dust album): Four wheels scare the cockatoos/From Kintore east to Yuendumu. Midnight Oil and Warumpi Band's 1986 tour...
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  • January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The other inductees this year consist of The Coasters...
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  • are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums...
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  • Midnight Oil's album, Diesel and Dust (August 1987), which became an international hit and brought the issues of land rights and aboriginal reconciliation...
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  • to John Farnham. Midnight Oil won "Best Cover Art" for Diesel and Dust and both "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning". A shouting match developed...
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  • language and cultural protocols of the people. Warakurna is also mentioned in the Midnight Oil song "Warakurna" in their No #1 hit album "Diesel and Dust". Australian...
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    Diesel exhaust is the gaseous exhaust produced by a diesel type of internal combustion engine, plus any contained particulates. Its composition may vary...
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    Steely Dan, A Decade of Steely Dan K.d. lang, Ingenue Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)...
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