• 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells. The rest, and in offices and other built environments...
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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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    different categories: automotive, collision, trucks (diesel technology) and alternative fuels. Diesel mechanics have developed into a trade somewhat distinctive...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated...
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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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    in the song "Warakurna" on the 1987 Aboriginal rights-themed album Diesel and Dust by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. His story was the subject of...
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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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  • 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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  • Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). "1: Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust". 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. p. 14...
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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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  • closing Poets and Slaves. The album was produced, mixed and arranged by Warne Livesey, who also worked on Midnight Oil's seminal Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky...
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    ARIA Music Awards (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    that year Midnight Oil were nominated for Best Indigenous Record for Diesel and Dust despite having no Indigenous members. Morris objected to that decision...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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