Editing Scream in Blue (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Scream in Blue
| type       = live
| artist     = [[Midnight Oil]]
| cover      = MidnightOil_ScreamInBlue.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 1992
| recorded   = 1982–1990
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 59:59
| label      = Sprint Music / [[CBS|Columbia Records]]
| producer   = Midnight Oil & Keith Walker
| prev_title = The Green Disc
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Earth and Sun and Moon]]
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Scream in Blue
 | type        = live
 | single1     = Sometimes
 | single1date = April 1992
 | single2     = Beds Are Burning
 | single2date = July 1992
}}
}}

'''''Scream in Blue''''' is a live [[album]] by [[Midnight Oil]] that was released in May 1992 under the [[Columbia Records]] label.  It contains songs carefully culled from 5 live concerts recorded over a 9-year period.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Scream-Blue-Midnight-Oil/dp/B0000028OQ Amazon.com: Scream in Blue: Midnight Oil: Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  The audiences sound quite large, but also included is material from a 1990 protest concert held on the street in front of Exxon headquarters in New York City.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/scream-in-blue-live-r59613/review Scream in Blue Live – Midnight Oil | AllMusic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  The album is mixed so as to sound like one continuous concert.

The album starts with a scathing, nearly atonal electric guitar solo and never lets up (until the final, more subdued studio bonus track "Burnie"), careening through a hooky hard-rock minefield of clever, socially conscious lyrics sung with passion over a rip-roaring but very tight band.<ref>[http://www.epinions.com/review/musc_mu-125674/content_343906422404 Scorching Live Anthems from Australian Rockers – Scream In Blue: Live by Midnight Oil – Epinions.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  The tracks were evidently recorded through the sound systems of the various concerts, then mixed to a clear and well-balanced sound in the style of audio verité.  Also, at the end of "Only the Strong", a short sound sample is inserted containing some chanting taken from "The Drum Song" with permission from [[Phil Fontaine]].<ref>[https://midnight-oil.info/discography/album/Scream-In-Blue Scream in Blue Album, Notes]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />