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10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Studio album by
Midnight Oil
ReleasedNovember 1982
RecordedSeptember 1982
StudioTownhouse (London)
Length45:55
LabelSprint Music / Columbia
ProducerNick Launay & Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil chronology
Place without a Postcard
(1981) 		10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
(1982) 		Red Sails in the Sunset
(1984)
Singles from 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
  1. "US Forces"
    Released: November 1982
  2. "Power and the Passion"
    Released: March 1983
  3. "Read About It"
    Released: 1983

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 is the fourth studio album by Midnight Oil, released in 1982 by Columbia Records. It hit number 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart during 171 total weeks.[1] The band's first US release, it peaked at number 178 on the Billboard 200. At the Countdown Music Awards, it was nominated for Best Australian Album.[2][3]

In October 2010, the album made the Top 40 of the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[4] It is listed in the Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time, 2011, at number 21.[5] In December 2021, it was number 19 in Rolling Stone Australia's "200 Greatest Albums of All Time" countdown.[6]

Content

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The album's closing track "Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something" contains a note held by the group which continues into the album's runout groove, and emulated on the CD version for just over 40 seconds. This is an approximation of a locked groove, a method used a number of times on vinyl albums (such as Diamond Dogs and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) wherein the ending sound continues into the runout groove indefinitely until the turntable arm is lifted or the automatic return, present on some turntables, kicks in.

Garrett noted: "We wanted, as a band, to make this album lyrically stronger, because these are fucking desperate times. It's very important for us to get immediate, because we can't go on making records like this for years and years and people can't go on ignoring it."[7]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
The Village VoiceC+[11]

Mark Deming at AllMusic wrote: "It's remarkably listenable and catchy, offering up one passionate anthem after another. The band's politics are both well considered and unapologetically upfront throughout ... 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 was [Midnight Oil's] first undeniably great album and still ranks with their very best."[8] The Sun-Herald added: "This extraordinary collection of songs marked the evolution of Midnight Oil from explosive live band to studio act capable of great invention without ever sounding poxy."[12]

David Fricke said the album "sounds like the end of the world turned up to 10".[7]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Outside World"Moginie4:24
2."Only the Strong"Hirst, Moginie4:31
3."Short Memory"Garrett, Hirst, Moginie3:52
4."Read About It"Garrett, Hirst, Moginie3:52
5."Scream in Blue"Garrett, Moginie, Rotsey6:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."US Forces"Garrett, Moginie4:06
7."Power and the Passion"Garrett, Hirst, Moginie5:39
8."Maralinga"Garrett, Moginie4:44
9."Tin Legs and Tin Mines"Garrett, Moginie, Rotsey4:28
10."Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something"Garrett, Gifford, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey3:58

Charts

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Weekly

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Chart (1982+) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[13] 3
Canada (RPM)[14] 98
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15] 5

Year-end

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Chart (1983) Position
Australian Kent Music Report[13] 2
Chart (1984) Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 37

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[17] 7× Platinum 490,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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Midnight Oil

Additional personnel

  • Gary Barnacle, Peter Thoms & Luke Tunney – brass (on "Power and the Passion")

References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  5. ^ "Countdown #7 | Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time | triple j". www.abc.net.au. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ^ Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, 06 December 2021. Retrieved 06 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b Toby Creswell and Martin Fabinyi (2000). The Real Thing. Random House. p. 137. ISBN 0091835488.
  8. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Midnight Oil". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (27 October 1983). "Midnight Oil: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  10. ^ Fricke, David (2004). "Midnight Oil". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 541–42. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (21 February 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  12. ^ Peter Holmes (1 November 1998). "Rock of Ages". The Sun-Herald.
  13. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  14. ^ "RPM100 Albums". RPM, March 3, 1984.
  15. ^ "Charts.nz – Midnight Oil – 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1984 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  17. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  18. ^ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 10 June 1984. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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