20,000 Watts R.S.L.: Greatest Hits

Midnight Oil | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 4, 1997)
• Original Release Date: November 4, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002C4D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,664 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. What Goes On

2. Power and the Passion

3. Dream World

4. White Skin Black Heart

5. Kosciuszko

6. The Dead Heart

7. Blue Sky Mine

8. US Forces

9. Beds Are Burning

10. One Country

11. Best of Both Worlds

12. Truganini

13. King of the Mountain

14. Hercules

15. Surf's Up Tonight

16. Back on the Borderline

17. Don't Wanna Be the One

18. Forgotten Years

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not too shabby, August 1, 2004

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Davy (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 20,000 Watts R.S.L.: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

this is the australian band's greatest hits collection, and while i like listening to the actual LPs a bit more--because their generally very cohesive albums with steady thematic undertones--this gives a satisfactory view of their career on the charts, including all the hits and cult-favorites. there are some positively scorching numbers on here...songs so full of passion that even their biggest hit, "beds are burning," pales in comparison and seems almost flakey. great liner notes tell the inspiring true story of the band's rise to fame and influence.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Compilation - Makes You Want More!, January 28, 2006

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Morten Vindberg (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This Midnight Oil compilation cover their music over 20 years from 1979's "Head Injuries" till "Redneck Wonderland" from 1998. The only early album not represented is their first from 1978.

Their commercially most succesfull period around "Blue Sky Mining" is logically covered the broadest with 3 tracks from "Diesel and Dust" and 4 from "Blue Sky Mining". All tracks well chosen; actually these albums are so great that almost any tracks would be.

The greatly overlooked 1993 album "Earth and Sun and Moon" is only represented by "Truganini" which is a shame - "In the Valley" should have been here!

From "Breathe" a great song called "Surf's Up Tonight" has been included. I have never yet heard "Breathe" as a whole; but this song really stirs my curiosity to do so. It's a song of raw simple beauty, unlike any other track I have heard from the band; and I would never have guessed who it was if I had heard it on the radio - a little like Alex Chilton/Big Star.

Among the early songs "Kosciuszko" is my favourite.

The booklet includes an interesting band story written by Tim Winton. Makes you want more. Recommended!

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best., February 24, 2000

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Jason Stein (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I don't want to offend any Midnight Oil fans by saying that I think this is a great cd. I don't own any individual cds, but as far as greatest hits compiliations are concerned, this one is solid. In America, only Beds Are Burning, The Dead Heart, Blue Sky Mine, Forgotten Years and Truganini were hits...and they're all here plus great songs I hadn't heard before. I do think that Midnight Oil is one of Australia's finest exports. This is a must have for any serious music fan.