Blue Sky Mining | ||||
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Released | 9 February 1990 | |||
Recorded | June−September 1989 | |||
Studio | Rhinoceros Studios, Sydney | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 46:52 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Warne Livesey & Midnight Oil | |||
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Blue Sky Mining is the seventh studio album by Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil, released on 9 February 1990 under the Columbia Records label. It received high ratings from critics. In March of that year, the album peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart for two weeks. A limited release of the record featured clear blue vinyl. This was the band's first studio album with bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman, who would remain in the group until his death in 2020.