Scream in Blue
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Scream in Blue is a live concert album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil , were an Australian rock band from Sydney originally performing as Farm from 1972 with drummer Rob Hirst, bass guitarist Andrew James and keyboard player/lead guitarist Jim Moginie...

 that was released in 1992 under the Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 label. It contains songs carefully culled from 5 live concerts recorded over a 9 year period. 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. 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. 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 by unidentified American Indians which also sounds passionately rendered, although jarringly out of context.

Reception

Critical reception of Scream in Blue (Live) was mixed. For instance, Allmusic's review by Roch Parisien was entirely in praise of the album, saying that it perfectly captured the edge and power of Midnight Oil's live performances, which consistently outshined the popular studio versions of the same material. However, Allmusic's own overall rating of the album amounted inexplicably to only 2 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Scream in Blue" 2:56 (Martin Rotsey, James Moginie, Peter Garrett) - Horden Pavilion, Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

    , 1984
  2. "Read about It" 3:52 (Robert Hirst, Moginie, Garrett) - Brisbane Entertainment Centre
    Brisbane Entertainment Centre
    The Brisbane Entertainment Centre is a centre, located in Boondall, a Brisbane City suburb, in Queensland, Australia.The arena has an assortment of seating plans, which facilitate the comfort of its users, subject to performance. Specific seating plans usually are allocated, depending on the...

    , 1990
  3. "Dreamworld" 3:42 (Moginie, Garrett, Hirst) - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 1990
  4. "Brave Faces" 5:00 (Moginie, Garrett) - Capitol Theatre, Sydney, 1982
  5. "Only the Strong" 5:41 (Hirst, Moginie) - Capitol Theatre, Sydney, 1982
  6. "Stars of Warburton" 5:04 (Moginie, Garrett) - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 1990
  7. "Progress" 6:17 (Moginie, Garrett) - Exxon
    Exxon Valdez oil spill
    The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled of crude oil. It is considered to be one of the most devastating human-caused...

     Protest, 6th Ave, N.Y., N.Y.
    New York City
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    , 1990
  8. "Beds Are Burning
    Beds Are Burning
    "Beds Are Burning" is a 1987/1988 worldwide hit single by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, the first track from their album Diesel and Dust. This song was the second from the album to be released as a single, and is among the band's best-known songs outside Australia.It reached No. 1 in the New...

    " 4:05 (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett) - Our Common Future
    Our Common Future
    Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, from the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development was published in 1987....

     Concert, Darlinghurst, 1989
  9. "Sell My Soul" 4:10 (Moginie, Garrett) - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 1990
  10. "Sometimes" 3:29 (Moginie, Garrett, Hirst) - Our Common Future
    Our Common Future
    Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report, from the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development was published in 1987....

     Concert, Darlinghurst, 1989
  11. "Hercules" 4:57 (Moginie, Garrett, Hirst) - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 1990
  12. "Powderworks" 5:50 (Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey, Garrett, Andrew James) - Capitol Theatre, Sydney, 1982
  13. "Burnie" 5:04 (Moginie, Garrett) - Bonus Track, Acoustic
    Acoustic music
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     Recording

Personnel

  • Bones Hillman
    Bones Hillman
    Bones Hillman is a New Zealand musician. He played bass guitar in his first band The Masochists, an early New Zealand punk act, formed with friends from the Auckland suburb of Avondale . In late 1977 he joined the Suburban Reptiles and appeared on their first single, "Megaton"...

    : Bass, Vocals
  • Martin Rotsey
    Martin Rotsey
    Martin Rotsey is an Australian guitarist, and was a member of the rock band Midnight Oil from 1977 until the band's dissolution in 2002.In 2006, he joined fellow Midnight Oil member Rob Hirst's projects Ghostwriters and The Angry Tradesmen...

    : Guitars, Vocals
  • Robert Hirst: Drums, Vocals
  • Peter Garrett
    Peter Garrett
    Peter Robert Garrett, AM, MP , is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and politician.Garrett was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002...

    : Lead Vocals
  • Jim Moginie
    Jim Moginie
    James "Jim" Moginie is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he was a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter...

    : Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Peter Gifford
    Peter Gifford
    Peter Gifford , sometimes known as "Giffo," is an Australian musician. From 1980 until 1987 he played bass guitar for Australian rock band Midnight Oil.-Midnight Oil:...

    : Bass, Vocals

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