Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Red Sails in the Sunset captures Midnight Oil at one of the most adventurous points in their career.
Released in 1984, the album combines the band’s powerful Australian rock sound with increasingly ambitious arrangements and a sharper political and social edge, from the urgency of When the Generals Talk and Best of Both Worlds to the intensity of Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers and Kosciusko; the album moves between driving rock, atmospheric passages and some of Midnight Oil’s most distinctive songwriting.
A landmark album from the band’s mid-80s period, showcasing the sound that would help pave the way for their later international breakthrough.
🎧 Tracklist
00:00 When the Generals Talk
03:33 Best of Both Worlds
07:37 Sleep
12:46 Minutes to Midnight
15:53 Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers
23:17 Bakerman
24:13 Who Can Stand in the Way
28:46 Kosciusko
33:27 Helps Me Helps You
37:15 Harrisburg
41:05 Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond
44:32 Shipyards of New Zealand
Red Sails in the Sunset captures Midnight Oil at one of the most adventurous points in their career.
Released in 1984, the album combines the band’s powerful Australian rock sound with increasingly ambitious arrangements and a sharper political and social edge, from the urgency of When the Generals Talk and Best of Both Worlds to the intensity of Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers and Kosciusko; the album moves between driving rock, atmospheric passages and some of Midnight Oil’s most distinctive songwriting.
A landmark album from the band’s mid-80s period, showcasing the sound that would help pave the way for their later international breakthrough.
🎧 Tracklist
00:00 When the Generals Talk
03:33 Best of Both Worlds
07:37 Sleep
12:46 Minutes to Midnight
15:53 Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers
23:17 Bakerman
24:13 Who Can Stand in the Way
28:46 Kosciusko
33:27 Helps Me Helps You
37:15 Harrisburg
41:05 Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond
44:32 Shipyards of New Zealand
