Midnight Sun (Redgum album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Midnight Sun
| type = studio
| artist = Redgum
| cover = Midnight Sun (Redgum album).jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1986
| recorded = Fast Forward Studios, Melbourne, July/August 1986
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 44:01
| label = Epic
| producer = Michael Atkinson & Hugh McDonald
| prev_title = Anything's Legal, Anything Goes
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = The Very Best of Redgum
| next_year = 1987
}}
Midnight Sun is the fifth and final studio album by Redgum, released through Epic Records in November 1986.Striped Sunlight Blog [http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com/2008/05/redgum-midnight-sun.html Midnight Sun review]
John Schumann had left the group in 1985 to pursue a solo career,John Schumann website [http://www.schumann.com.au/john/redgum/redgum_history.html Redgum history] so Hugh McDonald took over as lead singer.Bmusic [http://www.bmusic.com.au/links/whatsnew/newsletters/archives/newsno102.html#where Redgum: Where Are They Now?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023114930/http://www.bmusic.com.au/links/whatsnew/newsletters/archives/newsno102.html |date=2009-10-23 }} Michael Atkinson left the group in 1987 after its release; the remaining members toured until 1990 to pay off the band's debts, and then disbanded.
Track listing
;Side A
- "Talk" (Hugh McDonald/Michael Spicer) - 4:21
- "When Your Luck Ran Out" (Hugh McDonald) - 5:48
- "Running with the Hurricane" (Hugh McDonald/Michael Atkinson) - 3:47
- "Empty Page" (Michael Spicer/Verity Truman) - 4:39
- "Midnight Sun" (Michael Atkinson) - 4:45
;Side B
- "Too Many Dollars" (Michael Atkinson) - 3:44
- "Another Country" (Michael Atkinson) - 5:02
- "In Their Hands" (Verity Truman) - 4:30
- "Blood upon the Rain" (Hugh McDonald/Michael Atkinson) - 4:24
- "La Partida (The Parting)" (Victor Jara) - 3:05
Charts
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!Chart (1986/87) !Position |
Australia (Kent Music Report) |
Personnel
- Michael Atkinson - bass, vocals
- Hugh McDonald - lead vocals, guitars, violin
- Michael Spicer - keyboards, flute
- Verity Truman - vocals, saxophone, flute
- Alex Pertout
- Chris Doheny
- Dave Clabour
- David Burgos
- Eddie Rayner
- John Barrett
- Lisa Young
- Roger McLachlan
- Shane Howard
- Trevor Courtney
References
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