Head Injuries is an Alt/Indie album by Midnight Oil, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 42 pressings tracked.
About
Flip through any vintage record collection in Australia, and it’s highly likely that Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett will be there screaming at you from the cover of 1979’s <i>Head Injuries</i>. The Sydney band’s second album saw them bottling the aggressive energy of their live shows—a cry of outrage born in the nation’s then-conservative political climate. Opener “Cold Cold Change” sets the pace, summing up the eternal two-steps-forward, one-step-back of societal progress. “Koala Sprint” captures the dull pain of interstate travel with an undercurrent of environmental concern, and “Stand In Line” sneers dismissively at the sheeplike status quo. Meanwhile, the band’s spontaneous pub rock packs high-impact flashes of punk while retaining tight runs of beer-soaked boogie and foregrounding Garrett’s especially animated delivery. Later releases would sharpen the Oils’ rhetorical knives, but this is where these angry young men found their collective voice.
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Tracklist
- 1Cold Cold Change3:29
- 2Section 5 (Bus to Bondi)2:59
- 3Naked Flame3:27
- 4Back On the Borderline3:08
- 5Koala Sprint5:11
- 6No Reaction2:56
- 7Stand In Line4:47
- 8Profiteers3:44
- 9Is It Now?4:25
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Punk
- angular
- driving
- punky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew JamesBACKING VOCALS BASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Jim MoginieGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS
- Martin RotseyGUITAR
- Peter GarrettVOCALS
- Rob HirstBACKING VOCALS DRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 42 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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