Midnight Oil - The Real Thing (Live) (2000)

Midnight Oil - The Real Thing (Live) (2000)

Tracklist front / back album covers

"The Real Thing" (Johnny Young)

"Say Your Prayers" (Moginie)

"Spirit of the Age" (Garrett, Moginie)

"Feeding Frenzy" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"Tell Me the Truth" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"The Dead Heart" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"Tin-legs and Tin Mines" (Garrett, Gifford, Moginie, Rotsey) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"Short Memory" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"In the Valley" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged

"Blue Sky Mine" (Garrett, Hillman, Hirst, Moginie, Rotsey) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"US Forces" (Garrett, Moginie) – The Metro Theatre, Sydney (October 1994)

"Warakurna" (Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged

"Truganini" (Hirst, Moginie) – Sony Studios NYC (April 1993) for MTV Unplugged

"The Last of the Diggers" (Hirst)

 

Midnight Oil Band Members / Musicians

Peter Garrett - lead vocals

Bones Hillman - bass, vocals

Rob Hirst - drums, vocals

Jim Moginie - guitars, keyboards

Martin Rotsey - guitars

Chris Abrahams - piano, organ

Stewart Kirwan - trumpet

Andrew Bickers - tenor saxophone

Anthony Kable - trombone

Basheri - percussion

Sunil de Silva - percussion

Charlie McMahon - Didgeridoo

The Real Thing is a live album by Midnight Oil, and includes a cover version of Russell Morris's classic "The Real Thing". It was initially issued in Australia with a bonus disk of interview material listed as containing 2 tracks ("Interview" and "Track by track") but the CD was divided into 30 tracks, dividing the interview up so that past albums and each track on "The Real Thing" gets a short discussion followed by snippet from the album or song being discussed. Later international releases had a bonus disk with videos of "Cemetery In My Mind" and "Redneck Wonderland".