The Real Thing (Midnight Oil album)

The Real Thing is a live album by Midnight Oil, and includes 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".

Track listing

1. "The Real Thing" (Johnny Young)
2. "Say Your Prayers" (Moginie)
3. "Spirit of the Age" (Garrett, Moginie)
4. "Feeding Frenzy" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
5. "Tell Me the Truth" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
6. "The Dead Heart" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
7. "Tin-legs and Tin Mines" (Garrett, Gifford, Moginie, Rotsey) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
8. "Short Memory" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
9. "In the Valley" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
10. "Blue Sky Mine" (Garrett, Hillman, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
11. "US Forces" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)
12. "Warakurna" (Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
13. "Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged
14. "The Last of the Diggers" (Hirst)

Charts

Personnel

Midnight Oil

• Peter Garrett - lead vocals
• Bones Hillman - bass, vocals
• Rob Hirst - drums, vocals
• Jim Moginie - guitars, keyboards
• Martin Rotsey - guitars

Additional personnel

• Chris Abrahams - piano, organ
• Stewart Kirwan - trumpet
• Andrew Bickers - tenor saxophone
• Anthony Kable - trombone
• Basheri - percussion
• Sunil de Silva - percussion
• Charlie McMahon - Didgeridoo

References