Blue Sky Mining

Blue Sky Mining
Studio album by
Released9 February 1990
RecordedJune−September 1989
StudioRhinoceros Studios, Sydney
GenreAlternative rock
Length46:52
LabelColumbia
ProducerWarne Livesey & Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil chronology
Diesel and Dust
(1987)
Blue Sky Mining
(1990)
The Green Disc
(1990)
Singles from Blue Sky Mining
  1. "Blue Sky Mine"
    Released: January 1990
  2. "Forgotten Years/Shakers & Movers"
    Released: April 1990
  3. "King of the Mountain"
    Released: July 1990
  4. "Bedlam Bridge"
    Released: October 1990
  5. "One Country"
    Released: 1991

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.


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