Album · Midnight Oil
Earth and Sun and Moon by Midnight Oil
Earth and Sun and Moon is an album by Midnight Oil, released in 1993. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Truganini”, on 11 lists with a best position of #55.
Earth and Sun and Moon, Midnight Oil's eighth album, arrived on Columbia in April 1993 with Nick Launay producing, and it carried the Sydney band's worldwide run on from Diesel and Dust and Blue Sky Mining. The lineup was locked tight: Peter Garrett out front, Jim Moginie and Martin Rotsey on guitars, Rob Hirst on drums and Bones Hillman on bass, and the songs still ring with the big, open-sky guitars and hollered choruses the Oils had built their name on.
The politics hadn't gone anywhere either. "Truganini", the international hit, packs a lot into one song: the tale of Tasmania's supposed last Aboriginal woman, the treatment of the Indigenous artist Albert Namatjira, the fight over Australia's flag and the push for a republic. The album went to number two at home and made the top 30 in Britain, and "Outbreak of Love", "My Country" and "Tell Me The Truth" gave it staying power.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Earth and Sun and Moon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Truganini | 11 | #55 | – | 1993–2005 | |
| 2 | My Country | 7 | #1109 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 3 | Tell Me The Truth | 7 | #1218 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 4 | Renaissance Man | 6 | #1722 | – | 1999–2004 | |
| 5 | Outbreak of Love | 2 | #105 | – | 1993–2003 | |
| 6 | Drums of Heaven | 1 | #1837 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.