Editing Diesel and Dust

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Diesel and Dust
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Midnight Oil]]
| cover      = MidnightOil_DieselAndDust.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 1987
| recorded   = January–April 1987
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Albert Productions|Albert]] (Sydney)
| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=46|s=37}}
| label      = Sprint / [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[Warne Livesey]], Midnight Oil
| prev_title = [[Species Deceases]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Blue Sky Mining]]
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Diesel and Dust
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[The Dead Heart]]
 | single1date = August 1986
 | single2     = [[Beds Are Burning]]
 | single2date = August 1987
 | single3     = [[Put Down That Weapon (song)|Put Down That Weapon]]
 | single3date = December 1987
 | single4     = [[Dreamworld (Midnight Oil song)|Dreamworld]]
 | single4date = 1988
}}
}}

'''''Diesel and Dust''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by Australian [[rock music|rock]] band [[Midnight Oil]], released in August 1987 by SPRINT Music label under [[Columbia Records]]. ''Diesel and Dust'' was produced by [[Warne Livesey]] and the band. It is a concept album about the struggles of [[Indigenous Australians]] and environmental causes, issues important to the band. It drew inspiration from the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of remote Indigenous communities with the [[Warumpi Band]] and [[Gondwanaland (Australian band)|Gondwanaland]] in 1986. The album peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Albums Chart for six weeks.

''Diesel and Dust'' has been critically lauded since its release. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' editors named it the best album of 1988 (the year of its United States release),<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060222083523/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rolling.htm#1988 "End of Year Critic Lists: 1988"]}}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Archived at Rocklist.net. Retrieved 17 June 2018.</ref> and later ranked it the 13th greatest record of the 1980s.<ref name="RS"/><ref name="McCarthy"/> In October 2010, ''Diesel and Dust'' was listed at number 1 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell"/> In December 2021, the album was listed at no. 5 in [[Rolling Stone Australia]]'s "200 Greatest Albums of All Time" countdown.<ref>[https://au.rollingstone.com/rolling-stones-200-greatest-australian-albums-of-all-time Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time]. Rolling Stone Australia, ''Rolling Stone Australia'', 06 December 2021. Retrieved 06 December 2021.</ref>

==Background==
Midnight Oil spent several months in mid-1986 on the Blackfella/Whitefella Tour of [[outback|outback Australia]] with indigenous music groups [[Warumpi Band]] and [[Gondwanaland (band)|Gondwanaland]], playing to remote Aboriginal communities and seeing first hand the seriousness of the issues in health and living standards.<ref name="McF"/> The tour was criticised by some journalists for being a one-off event instead of a long-term attempt to build bridges between communities.<ref name="Vellutini"/> The band was galvanised by the experiences and made them the basis of their next album, ''Diesel and Dust'', which was released in August 1987 and produced by [[Warne Livesey]] and the band.<ref name="ARDb"/> The album focused on the need for recognition by white Australia of past injustices involving the Aboriginal nation and the need for reconciliation. [[Peter Gifford]] left the band before the album's release due to extensive touring schedules,<ref name="Howl"/> and was replaced on bass guitar by [[Bones Hillman]], formerly of [[The Swingers]].<ref name="ARDb"/> The track "Gunbarrel Highway" was not included on the United States version of the album, reportedly, because the line "shit falls like rain on a world that is brown" was deemed too offensive for US audiences.<ref name="DeadHeart"/>

''Diesel and Dust'' peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on the Australian albums charts for six weeks,<ref name="Kent"/> No.&nbsp;21 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in 1988,<ref name="BillA"/> and No.&nbsp;19 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UKCharts"/> "[[Beds Are Burning]]" was their biggest international hit single, peaking at No.&nbsp;6 in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> No.&nbsp;17 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="BillS"/> and No.&nbsp;6 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="UKCharts"/> "The Dead Heart" peaked at No.&nbsp;4 in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> and charted on the Hot 100<ref name="BillS"/> and in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts"/> "Put Down that Weapon" also charted in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> while "Dreamworld" charted on ''Billboard'''s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] and at No.&nbsp;16 on its [[Modern Rock Tracks]].<ref name="BillS"/>

At the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) [[ARIA Music Awards of 1988|1988 Awards]] ceremony, Midnight Oil won "[[ARIA Award for Best Cover Art|Best Cover Art]]" for ''Diesel and Dust''. The album cover was designed by photographer Ken Duncan (b.1954, Mildura, VIC) and visual artist Wart (also known as Jen Waterhouse) (b.1958, Geelong, VIC). It also won "[[ARIA Award for Single of the Year|Best Single]]" and "[[ARIA Award for Song of the Year|Best Song]]" for "[[Beds Are Burning]]".<ref name=arialist/><ref name=aria1988/> A fracas developed between Gary Morris, their manager who was accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' compere [[Molly Meldrum|Ian Meldrum]] who was presenting: Meldrum objected to Morris making political commentary from the podium.<ref name=aria1988/>

There were concerns about ''Diesel and Dust'' and Midnight Oil's attempts to express [[Indigenous Australians|indigenous issues]] to [[white people|white]] urban audiences – namely, the question "who holds the power to tell whose history?"<ref name="Vellutini"/> The lyrics of "The Dead Heart" tell the story of [[colonisation]] from an indigenous [[Point of view (literature)|point of view]], but some critics felt they reinforced the "primitive" [[stereotype]].<ref name="Vellutini"/> Use of the [[bullroarer (music)|bullroarer]] was criticised as belonging to sacred rituals, and therefore not appropriate for rock songs.<ref name="Vellutini"/> "The Dead Heart" had been written in response to a request by organisers of the 1985 ceremony to return control of [[Uluru]] to its indigenous [[Property caretaker|caretakers]]; Midnight Oil originally resisted being added to a concert bill that they believed should contain indigenous groups, but the organisers insisted, arguing that the band would reach a wider audience within the predominantly [[white people|Caucasian]] urban centres.<ref name="BBCBio"/> Midnight Oil requested that all [[royalties]] from the song go to [[Indigenous Australians|indigenous communities]].<ref name="MemTV"/> In addition, two indigenous groups, Warumpi Band and Gondwanaland, toured with them.

Hirst said, "There's been a kind of folky element in Midnight Oil for a very long time. I think you first heard it in songs like "Kosciusko", but it really burst forward when we did ''Diesel and Dust''."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Australian Musician | title=A Studio Tour| date=Winter 1998|page=15|issue=14}}</ref>

Following the 1988 American tour in support of ''Diesel and Dust'' with Australian band [[Yothu Yindi]], Midnight Oil launched the ''Burning Bridges'' album with various artists contributing, including [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], Scrap Metal, Coloured Stone, [[Hunters & Collectors]], [[James Reyne]], [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]], [[Crowded House]], and [[INXS]].<ref name="McF"/> All sales proceeds were donated to the National Coalition of Aboriginal Organisations.<ref name="McF"/>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/diesel-and-dust-mw0000651747 |title=''Diesel and Dust'' – Midnight Oil |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 October 2015 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Dingwall|first=John|date=20 June 2008|title=Albums|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ALBUMS%3B+singles+and+albums-a0180339570|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-06-ca-680-story.html |title=Burning Midnight Oil |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=6 March 1988 |access-date=10 October 2015 |last=Willman |first=Chris}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev5Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/midnight-oil-diesel-and-dust-2496144108.html |title=Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=16 June 2018 |last=Gilstrap |first=Andrew}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/203471/review/5945431/diesel_and_dust |title=Midnight Oil: ''Diesel And Dust'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 April 1988 |access-date=2 October 2015 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111203545/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/midnightoil/albums/album/203471/review/5945431/diesel_and_dust |archive-date=11 November 2007}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Midnight Oil |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/541 541–42] |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev9Score = B+<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv289-89.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |date=14 March 1989 |access-date=29 April 2013 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
According to Australian rock music historian [[Ian McFarlane]], Midnight Oil "reached the peak of its powers with the release of the groundbreaking ''Diesel and Dust''... [it] is arguably one of the greatest Australian albums of all time. Powerful, dynamic and passionate songs like 'Beds are Burning', 'Put Down that Weapon', 'Dreamworld', 'The Dead Heart' and 'Sell My Soul' were statements of intent and a call to action backed by the strength of their convictions".<ref name="McF"/> Mark Deming of [[AllMusic]] called the record "an artistic success and a triumph for leftist politics" which "makes clear that the bandmembers could apply their intelligence and passion to less aggressive material and still come up with forceful, compelling music".<ref name="allmusic"/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing    = [[Peter Garrett]], [[Rob Hirst]], [[Jim Moginie]], except where noted
| headline       = Side one
| title1         = [[Beds Are Burning]]
| writer1        =
| length1        = 4:14

| title2         = [[Put Down That Weapon (song)|Put Down That Weapon]]
| writer2        =
| length2        = 4:38

| title3         = [[Dreamworld (Midnight Oil song)|Dreamworld]]
| writer3        =
| length3        = 3:36

| title4         = Arctic World
| writer4        = Garrett, Moginie
| length4        = 4:21

| title5         = Warakurna
| writer5        = Moginie
| length5        = 4:38
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Side two
| title6         = [[The Dead Heart]]
| writer6        =
| length6        = 5:10

| title7         = Whoah
| writer7        = Garrett, Moginie
| length7        = 3:50

| title8         = Bullroarer
| writer8        = 
| length8        = 4:59

| title9         = Sell My Soul
| writer9        = Garrett, Moginie
| length9        = 3:35

| title10        = [[Sometimes (Midnight Oil song)|Sometimes]]
| writer10       = 
| length10       = 3:53
}}
{{Track listing
| headline       = Not included on the vinyl and cassette releases or the original US CD release.
| title11        = Gunbarrel Highway
| writer11       = Garrett, [[Peter Gifford]], Hirst, Moginie, [[Martin Rotsey]]
| length11       = 3:38

}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1987–1988)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums [[Kent Music Report]]<ref name="Kent 1993">{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|1|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|chartid=8699|access-date=1 December 2021|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|13|id=684|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|14|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|5|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Midnight Oil|album=Diesel and Dust|rowheader=true|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|19|artist=Midnight Oil|rowheader=true|access-date=18 February 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Midnight Oil|rowheader=true|access-date=18 February 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1987)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Kent 1993"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1987-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1987 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1988)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1988&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1988|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 88
|-
!scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1988-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1988|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
|-
!scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1988|magazine=Billboard|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 30
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust |award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2014|refname="Album Certification"|access-date=31 December 2014}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1987|certyear=1988|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1987|certyear=1990|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Platinum|relyear=1987|certyear=1993|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1996|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel & Dust|award=Platinum|relyear=1987|id=1988-06-03|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1988}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Switzerland|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust |award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1994|relyear=1987|accessdate=2 May 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Gold|id=1794-1227-2|relyear=1988|certyear=1989|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Midnight Oil|title=Diesel and Dust|award=Platinum|relyear=1988|certyear=1988|access-date=July 18, 2022}}
{{certification Table Bottom}}

==Personnel==
;Midnight Oil
* [[Peter Garrett]] – lead vocals and backing vocals
* [[Peter Gifford]] – bass and backing vocals
* [[Rob Hirst|Robert Hirst]] – drums, drum machine and backing vocals
* [[Jim Moginie]] – guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals and string arrangements
* [[Martin Rotsey]] – guitars

;Additional musicians
* Glad Reed – trombone
* John Ockwell – cello
* [[Jeremy Smith (Australian musician)|Jeremy Smith]] – French horn

;Production
* Midnight Oil – production
* [[Warne Livesey]] – production, additional keyboards
* Guy Gray – engineering
* Greg Henderson – engineering <small> (6)</small>
* Gary Morris – management (credited as "facilitator")

==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="McF">{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |chapter= Encyclopedia entry for 'Midnight Oil'  |chapter-url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=487 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040813100940/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=487|archive-date= 13 August 2004|title-link= Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop}}</ref>

<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020538/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/midnightoil.html |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/midnightoil.html |title=Midnight Oil |last1=Holmgren |first1=Magnus |last2=Stenerlöv |first2=Carl-Johan |publisher=[[Australian Rock Database]]. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) |archive-date=27 September 2012 |url-status=usurped |access-date=12 February 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="DeadHeart">[http://www.deadheart.org.uk/news_and_info/faq/album_faq/diesel_and_dust.htm The Dead Heart] Midnight Oil FAQ, retrieved 11 March 2007.</ref>

<ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | author-link1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 | title-link = Kent Music Report }} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref>

<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=The Official Charts Company Midnight Oil |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="Howl">{{cite web |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en/midnightoil/midnightoil.htm |url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/midnightoil/midnightoil.htm |title=Midnight Oil |publisher=Howlspace |editor=Ed Nimmervoll |editor-link=Ed Nimmervoll |archive-date=26 July 2012 |access-date=22 January 2014 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name="Vellutini">{{cite web |url=http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=scholars&webpage=default&flexedit=&flex_password=&menu_label=&menuID=62&menubox=&scholar=76 |last=Vellutini |first=Laetitia |title=Finding a Voice on Indigenous Issues: Midnight Oil's Inappropriate Appropriations |website=The Australian Public Intellectual Network |date=30 September 2012 |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930201344/http://www.api-network.com/main/index.php?apply=scholars&webpage=default&flexedit=&flex_password=&menu_label=&menuID=62&menubox=&scholar=76 |archive-date=30 September 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="BillA">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4911|pure_url=yes}} |title=Midnight Oil – Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums |website=allmusic |access-date=21 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="BillS">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4911|pure_url=yes}} |title=Midnight Oil – Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums |website=allmusic |access-date=22 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name=arialist>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=M&artist=Midnight%20Oil |title=ARIA Awards 2008: History: Winners by Artist search result for Midnight Oil |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=25 August 2008  }}{{dead link|date=February 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

<ref name=aria1988>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1988 |title=ARIA Awards 2008: History: Winners by Year search result for 1988 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |access-date=24 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235720/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1988 |archive-date=26 September 2007  }}</ref>

<ref name="BBCBio">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3577232#back1 |title=Midnight Oil: a band with a conscience |publisher=BBC |date=11 February 2005 |access-date=23 October 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="MemTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/ltom.htm |title=Memorable TV – L to M |publisher=Memorable TV |access-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017142844/http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/ltom.htm |archive-date=17 October 2008  }}</ref>

<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-eighties-20110418/midnight-oil-diesel-and-dust-20110315 | title = 100 Best Albums of the Eighties: Midnight Oil, ''Diesel and Dust'' | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | access-date = 17 July 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite news | url = http://www.popmatters.com/feature/171171-power-and-the-passion-an-interview-with-midnight-oil/ | title = 'Power and the Passion': An Interview with Midnight Oil | last = McCarthy | first = Sean | website = [[PopMatters]] | publisher = Sarah Zupko | date = 6 May 2013 | access-date = 17 July 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="ODonnell">{{Cite book | title = 100 Best Australian Albums | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | author-link1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | author-link2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | author-link3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = [[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 | title-link = 100 Best Australian Albums }}</ref>

}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=276–277|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}

==External links==
* [http://www.midnightoil.com Midnight Oil]

{{Midnight Oil}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diesel And Dust}}
[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:Midnight Oil albums]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]
[[Category:Sprint Music albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Warne Livesey]]
[[Category:ARIA Award–winning albums]]
[[Category:1980s concept albums]]