Midnight Oil - The Full Tank [2017], Overflow Tank [2017], The Green Disc [1990] and The Real Thing [2000] (19 x CDs)

MIDNIGHT OIL

Midnight Oil - The Full Tank [2017], Overflow Tank [2017], The Green Disc [1990] and The Real Thing [2000] (19 x CDs)

Midnight Oil is one of Australia’s most influential and uncompromising rock bands, known for fusing high-octane performance with fierce political conviction. Emerging from Sydney’s northern beaches in the mid-1970s, they built their reputation not through radio play or industry hype, but by relentlessly touring, engaging directly with audiences, and standing firm on issues that mattered, from Indigenous land rights to environmental protection and anti-corporate activism.

Led by the unmistakable Peter Garrett, whose towering stage presence and later political career amplified the band’s message, Midnight Oil became synonymous with protest rock that didn’t sacrifice musicality. Their lyrics were pointed, their delivery urgent, and their commitment to social justice unwavering. They played mining towns, Aboriginal communities, and international stages with equal intensity, often choosing venues and causes that aligned with their values rather than commercial gain.

Their success wasn’t just measured in chart positions, but in cultural impact. Midnight Oil became a voice for the voiceless, challenging complacency and sparking conversation across generations. They achieved international recognition while remaining deeply rooted in Australian identity, and their influence extended beyond music into activism, education, and policy. Few bands have managed to balance artistic integrity with mainstream success so effectively, and fewer still have done it with such sustained passion and purpose.

In 2017, Midnight Oil released two monumental box sets, The Full Tank and The Overflow Tank as part of their “Great Circle” reunion tour. These archival deep-dives, issued by Sony Music and Eleven: A Music Company, were a gift to fans and collectors alike, offering remastered albums, rare demos, B-sides, and over 14 hours of video content. Together, they form the most comprehensive retrospective of the Oils’ politically charged, sonically adventurous career.

The Full Tank is a 13 x CDs CD/DVD set that includes all eleven studio albums, plus the Bird Noises and Species Deceases EPs, and a bonus DVD of music videos. Each album is remastered and housed in replica cardboard sleeves, preserving the original artwork and sequencing. From the raw pub-rock of Powderworks to the global breakthrough of Diesel and Dust and the expansive textures of Earth and Sun and Moon, this set charts the band’s evolution with clarity and punch. The remastering brings out the depth in tracks like “Truganini,” “Beds Are Burning,” and “Power and the Passion,” while the inclusion of EPs ensures no corner of their discography is overlooked.

The Overflow Tank is where things get truly rare. This 12-disc set (4 CDs and 8 DVDs) is packed with unreleased demos, B-sides, live recordings, and archival footage. Highlights include Lasseter’s Gold, a disc of demos spanning from 1970s home recordings to Blue Sky Mining outtakes, and Chiko Locallo, a collection of B-sides and covers like their take on “(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.” The DVDs  are not included here however feature legendary performances: Goat Island (1985), Tanelorn Festival (1981), MTV Unplugged, and a full stadium show in South Africa (1994). For longtime fans, this set is a treasure trove of context and grit, proof of the band’s relentless energy and commitment to message-driven music.

Before these box sets, rarities were scattered across fan club releases and promo discs. One such gem is The Green Disc, a 1990 promotional CD issued by CBS Australia. It compiles B-sides, live tracks, and alternate mixes, including “Gunbarrel Highway,” “You May Not Be Released,” and a live version of “Stand in Line.” Though not widely available, it became a cult item among collectors, offering a glimpse into the band’s off-album material during their peak years.

The Real Thing (2000) is a single-disc Australian release issued by Columbia/Sprint, capturing Midnight Oil in a reflective and transitional phase. It features a mix of live acoustic performances and select studio recordings, offering reinterpretations of classics like “The Dead Heart,” “Beds Are Burning,” and “Truganini” with stripped-back intensity and emotional nuance. The title track, a bold cover of Russell Morris’s 1969 psychedelic anthem, anchors the set with cultural resonance. Original studio cuts like “Spirit of the Age” and “The Last of the Diggers” explore themes of identity and legacy. Released just two years before the band’s hiatus, The Real Thing serves as a quiet reaffirmation of purpose, showcasing Midnight Oil’s enduring relevance and their ability to evolve without losing conviction.

Together, these releases form a layered portrait of Midnight Oil: fierce, uncompromising, and deeply rooted in both place and principle. For archivists and fans alike, they’re essential. (B)

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Track lists

The Full Tank [2017]

CD01

01 Midnight Oil - Powderworks 5:36

02 Midnight Oil - Head Over Heels 4:03

03 Midnight Oil - Dust 3:18

04 Midnight Oil - Used and Abused 3:12

05 Midnight Oil - Surfing with a Spoon 5:21

06 Midnight Oil - Run by Night 3:56

07 Midnight Oil - Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained 8:26

CD02

01 Midnight Oil - Cold Cold Change 3:29

02 Midnight Oil - Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) 3:00

03 Midnight Oil - Naked Flame 3:27

04 Midnight Oil - Back on the Borderline 3:09

05 Midnight Oil - Koala Sprint 5:11

06 Midnight Oil - No Reaction 2:57

07 Midnight Oil - Stand in Line 4:49

08 Midnight Oil - Profiteers 3:48

09 Midnight Oil - Is it Now? 4:26

CD03

01 Midnight Oil - No Time for Games 4:34

02 Midnight Oil - Knife's Edge 3:33

03 Midnight Oil - Wedding Cake Island 3:13

04 Midnight Oil - I'm the Cure 3:49

CD04

01 Midnight Oil - Don't Wanna Be the One 3:06

02 Midnight Oil - Brave Faces 4:50

03 Midnight Oil - Armistice Day 4:31

04 Midnight Oil - Someone Else to Blame 2:51

05 Midnight Oil - Basement Flat 4:38

06 Midnight Oil - Written in the Heart 3:15

07 Midnight Oil - Burnie 4:51

08 Midnight Oil - Quinella Holiday 2:35

09 Midnight Oil - Loves on Sale 2:22

10 Midnight Oil - If Ned Kelly Was King 3:42

11 Midnight Oil - Lucky Country 4:55

CD05

01 Midnight Oil - Outside World 4:24

02 Midnight Oil - Only the Strong 4:31

03 Midnight Oil - Short Memory 3:53

04 Midnight Oil - Read About It 3:52

05 Midnight Oil - Scream in Blue 6:22

06 Midnight Oil - U.S. Forces 4:06

07 Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion 5:39

08 Midnight Oil - Maralinga 4:44

09 Midnight Oil - Tin Legs and Tin Mines 4:28

10 Midnight Oil - Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something 3:58

CD06

01 Midnight Oil - When the Generals Talk 3:33

02 Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds 4:04

03 Midnight Oil - Sleep 5:09

04 Midnight Oil - Minutes to Midnight 3:07

05 Midnight Oil - Jimmy Sharman's Boxers 7:32

06 Midnight Oil - Bakerman 0:53

07 Midnight Oil - Who Can Stand in the Way 4:35

08 Midnight Oil - Kosciusko 4:41

09 Midnight Oil - Helps Me Helps You 3:47

10 Midnight Oil - Harrisburg 3:50

11 Midnight Oil - Bells and Horns in the Back of Beyond 3:27

12 Midnight Oil - Shipyards of New Zealand 5:51

CD07

01 Midnight Oil - Progress 3:55

02 Midnight Oil - Hercules 4:30

03 Midnight Oil - Blossom and Blood 4:30

04 Midnight Oil - Pictures 3:13

CD08

01 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning 4:16

02 Midnight Oil - Put Down That Weapon 4:38

03 Midnight Oil - Dreamword 3:36

04 Midnight Oil - Arctic World 4:22

05 Midnight Oil - Warakurna 4:38

06 Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart 5:11

07 Midnight Oil - Whoah 3:51

08 Midnight Oil - Bullroarer 4:59

09 Midnight Oil - Sell My Soul 3:37

10 Midnight Oil - Sometimes 3:51

11 Midnight Oil - Gunbarrel Highway 3:40

CD09

01 Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine 4:15

02 Midnight Oil - Stars of Warburton 4:54

03 Midnight Oil - Bedlam Bridge 4:32

04 Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years 4:16

05 Midnight Oil - Mountains of Burma 4:54

06 Midnight Oil - King of the Mountain 3:51

07 Midnight Oil - River Runs Red 5:22

08 Midnight Oil - Shakers and Movers 4:26

09 Midnight Oil - One Country 5:53

10 Midnight Oil - Antarctica 4:18

CD10

01 Midnight Oil - Feeding Frenzy 5:14

02 Midnight Oil - My Country 4:53

03 Midnight Oil - Renaissance Man 4:42

04 Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon 4:41

05 Midnight Oil - Truganini 5:03

06 Midnight Oil - Bushfire 4:36

07 Midnight Oil - Drums of Heaven 5:31

08 Midnight Oil - Outbreak of Love 5:12

09 Midnight Oil - In the Valley 4:41

10 Midnight Oil - Tell Me the Truth 4:06

11 Midnight Oil - Now or Neverland 5:22

CD11

01 Midnight Oil - Underwater 5:03

02 Midnight Oil - Surf's Up Tonight 3:05

03 Midnight Oil - Common Ground 4:26

04 Midnight Oil - Time to Heal 3:54

05 Midnight Oil - Sins of Omission 4:35

06 Midnight Oil - One Too Many Times 3:29

07 Midnight Oil - Star of Hope 4:57

08 Midnight Oil - In the Rain 2:27

09 Midnight Oil - Bring on the Change 3:50

10 Midnight Oil - Home 4:29

11 Midnight Oil - E-Beat 4:31

12 Midnight Oil - Barest Degree 3:08

13 Midnight Oil - Gravelrash 3:28

CD12

01 Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland 3:09

02 Midnight Oil - Concrete 4:12

03 Midnight Oil - Cemetery in My Mind 3:58

04 Midnight Oil - Comfortable Place on the Couch 4:07

05 Midnight Oil - Safety Chain Blues 4:21

06 Midnight Oil - Return to Sender 3:31

07 Midnight Oil - Blot 3:24

08 Midnight Oil - The Great Gibber Plain 4:38

09 Midnight Oil - Seeing is Believing 4:28

10 Midnight Oil - White Skin Black Heart 4:01

11 Midnight Oil - What Goes on 2:59

12 Midnight Oil - Drop in the Ocean 4:15

CD13

01 Midnight Oil - Golden Age 3:40

02 Midnight Oil - Too Much Sunshine 3:45

03 Midnight Oil - Capricornia 3:17

04 Midnight Oil - Luritja Way 4:02

05 Midnight Oil - Tone Poem 4:50

06 Midnight Oil - A Crocodile Cries 1:10

07 Midnight Oil - Mosquito March 3:07

08 Midnight Oil - Say Your Prayers 4:25

09 Midnight Oil - Been Away Too Long 3:16

10 Midnight Oil - Under the Overpass 4:02

11 Midnight Oil - World That I See 4:08

12 Midnight Oil - Poets and Slaves 5:55

Overflow Tank [2017]

CD01

01 Midnight Oil - Schwampy Moose 1:18

02 Midnight Oil - 21?? Century Human 3:56

03 Midnight Oil - Red Indian 8:31

04 Midnight Oil - Can't See Reason 4:45

05 Midnight Oil - Love Life 3:28

06 Midnight Oil - Heart is Nowhere 3:33

07 Midnight Oil - Wreckery Road 3:47

08 Midnight Oil - Farm 1:01

09 Midnight Oil - Ghost of the Roadhouse 5:14

10 Midnight Oil - The Band Played the Last Melody 4:50

11 Midnight Oil - A Sunburnt Sky 3:57

12 Midnight Oil - Doghead 3:34

CD02

01 Midnight Oil - Ships of Freedom 3:15

02 Midnight Oil - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding 3:41

03 Midnight Oil - Heaven and Earth 3:58

04 Midnight Oil - Cemetery in My Mind 5:48

05 Midnight Oil - The Real Thing 3:33

06 Midnight Oil - The Last of the Diggers 4:21

07 Midnight Oil - Spirit of the Age 3:11

08 Midnight Oil - You May Not Be Released 3:40

09 Midnight Oil - Kiss That Girl 3:39

10 Midnight Oil - Wharf Rat 6:07

11 Midnight Oil - I See You 4:24

12 Midnight Oil - Smash the Wobble Board 5:21

13 Midnight Oil - The Great Gibber Plain 6:34

14 Midnight Oil - Land 6:13

15 Midnight Oil - Frontier… What Frontier? 3:40

16 Midnight Oil - Devilfish Shuffle 5:58

17 Midnight Oil - Kingdom of Flaunt 5:41

CD03

01 Midnight Oil - Ensemble 5:35

02 Midnight Oil - Dust 3:51

03 Midnight Oil - Surfing With a Spoon 5:10

04 Midnight Oil - Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained 9:34

05 Midnight Oil - Powderworks 5:30

06 Midnight Oil - Run by Night 4:11

07 Midnight Oil - Used and Abused 3:42

08 Midnight Oil - Take Me Down Easy 4:13

CD04

01 Midnight Oil - Stand in Line 5:55

02 Midnight Oil - Brave Faces 4:40

03 Midnight Oil - Lucky Country 4:21

04 Midnight Oil - No Reaction 2:57

05 Midnight Oil - Back on the Borderline 2:58

06 Midnight Oil - Koala Sprint 5:56

07 Midnight Oil - Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) 3:16

08 Midnight Oil - Don't Wanna Be the One 2:50

09 Midnight Oil - Powderworks 6:57

10 Midnight Oil - Eye Contact 5:06

11 Midnight Oil - Pictures 2:52

12 Midnight Oil - E Beat 4:43

13 Midnight Oil - Comfortable Place on the Couch 4:12

14 Midnight Oil - What Goes On 2:34

15 Midnight Oil - Concrete 3:41

16 Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland 3:43

17 Midnight Oil - Burnie 5:11

The Green Disc [1990]

01 Midnight Oil - King of The Mountain 3:50

02 Midnight Oil - Brave Faces 4:46

03 Midnight Oil - No Time for Games 4:33

04 Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart (Long Version) 6:07

05 Midnight Oil - Kosciusko 4:40

06 Midnight Oil - Don't Wanna Be The One 3:02

07 Midnight Oil - Power and The Passion (Remix) 6:43

08 Midnight Oil - No Reaction 2:56

09 Midnight Oil - Powderworks 5:36

10 Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds 4:03

11 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning (Tamarama Mix) 8:01

12 Midnight Oil - Gunbarrel Highway 3:39

13 Midnight Oil - Hercules 4:28

14 Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine (Food on The Table Mix) 6:33

15 Midnight Oil - Stand in Line (Live) 5:55

The Real Thing [2000]

01 Midnight Oil - The Real Thing 3:32

02 Midnight Oil - Say Your Prayers 4:27

03 Midnight Oil - Spirit of The Age 3:11

04 Midnight Oil - Feeding Frenzy 6:02

05 Midnight Oil - Tell Me The Truth 3:36

06 Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart 6:04

07 Midnight Oil - Tin Legs and Tin Mines 4:43

08 Midnight Oil - Short Memory 4:53

09 Midnight Oil - In The Valley 3:31

10 Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine 4:25

11 Midnight Oil - US Forces 4:24

12 Midnight Oil - Warakurna 4:27

13 Midnight Oil - Truganini 4:37

14 Midnight Oil - The Last of The Diggers 4:19

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